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I'm curious if anyone in and around these areas in Durban have found a good high speed provider.

I used to have Telkom DSL but eventually the copper got so corroded telkom abandoned support a few years ago. So I moved on to Neotel Wireless 8mbit which was around R1499pm.

I found my current wireless provider Wireless Internet - Airband, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Greytown, Kwazulu-Natal who offer me 15/8mbit uncapped no FUP for R1499.00. While their support is excellent I'd love to find something faster at the same or lower pricing.

If you live in Durban you know Fiber coverage is an absolute joke because of our "Anti-Fiber Mafia" o_O
 
I'm curious if anyone in and around these areas in Durban have found a good high speed provider.

I used to have Telkom DSL but eventually the copper got so corroded telkom abandoned support a few years ago. So I moved on to Neotel Wireless 8mbit which was around R1499pm.

I found my current wireless provider Wireless Internet - Airband, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Greytown, Kwazulu-Natal who offer me 15/8mbit uncapped no FUP for R1499.00. While their support is excellent I'd love to find something faster at the same or lower pricing.

If you live in Durban you know Fiber coverage is an absolute joke because of our "Anti-Fiber Mafia" o_O

im in merebank and after my line degrading to crap and breaking all the time, decided to stick to lte.. really sucks for my gaming :(

is what you using any good and month to month?


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im in merebank and after my line degrading to crap and breaking all the time, decided to stick to lte.. really sucks for my gaming :(

is what you using any good and month to month?


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Also in Merebank, yup connection is pretty great for wireless. Local game ping is around 30-40ms, international like R6 is 190-210ms.
Airband are pretty good, I just have a NEED FOR SPEED :p
Price for 15/8 R1499 but they offer lower speeds , its proper uncapped. I avg around 1TB a month they don't care, that's just from basic downloads/streaming etc

The copper at the ridge got so bad we can't even use basic analog phones, had to port them to VOIP.

If you are looking to sign up with them I'm pretty sure they offer a nice discount for you and me using my friends & family code.
 
Also in Merebank, yup connection is pretty great for wireless. Local game ping is around 30-40ms, international like R6 is 190-210ms.
Airband are pretty good, I just have a NEED FOR SPEED :p
Price for 15/8 R1499 but they offer lower speeds , its proper uncapped. I avg around 1TB a month they don't care, that's just from basic downloads/streaming etc

The copper at the ridge got so bad we can't even use basic analog phones, had to port them to VOIP.

haha im also on the ridge(do i know you) [emoji57]
ive heard so many lies about us getting fibre soon...


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yo im also in merebank hmu lol
🤔 There is a company apparently trying to get fiber done in our area. If you could spread this link to people in the area, maybe it can actually happen. Express Interest – TeleFi Networks (PTY) Ltd

I'm currently on Bitco 30/15, which is probably the fastest we can get in this area, without getting a business fiber link.
 
I am in Amanzimtoti, i know Mistol and frogfoot is digging up the entire area here at the moment doing fiber. So we should have fiber by the new year.
 
What is this a Merebank reunion or something.

At my parents' place on the ridge, they recently got upgraded to VDSL (apparently this is offered there now???) - so they're good for 10Mbps Uncapped and the line is solid.

When I was there, the best it got was LTE (not LTE-A) and good luck hitting more than 20Mbps.
 
Bitco ? so you're using the fiber package in merebank?
🤔 There is a company apparently trying to get fiber done in our area. If you could spread this link to people in the area, maybe it can actually happen. Express Interest – TeleFi Networks (PTY) Ltd

I'm currently on Bitco 30/15, which is probably the fastest we can get in this area, without getting a business fiber link.
 
haha im also on the ridge(do i know you) [emoji57]
ive heard so many lies about us getting fibre soon...


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Fibre is coming soon. I'm not going to mention who I work for currently, but we have plans to build Merebank and the rest of Bluff soon. And no, I'm not part of the Amanzimtoti build. I know everyone involved in that build, but its most definitely not us. Lets say maybe 6 months and you will be able to order 100mb if you wish.
 
Bitco ? so you're using the fiber package in merebank?
Bitco wireless to home, it's R1099pm works great but 2 year contract. I get fibre like latency in games and full download speed anytime of the day. Ping in Cod Cold war is 20-30ms with zero packetloss. I left Telkom about 4 years ago as the copper here is completely fukt at the ridge, our landline would hardly ever work properly. Not sure where about they are offering VDSL, I recall telkom sales calling me to offer it when I cancelled but ETA was 4 months, so I told them to get lost.

About a month after I signed up to Bitco in August, I heard fibre is in the works. Realistically it's going to be another full year before fibre is live and ready for users to sign up and have connectivity.
 
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I'm from the ridge also , Mweb adsl 4mb only syncing at like 1.5mb ....any update on the fibre?
 
Zombie networks has been laying fibre here for the past two weeks. My road is done. They came through about 4 weeks ago to inform everyone they would be trenching.

Not sure when it will be live but they have at least started laying cables.
 
Thanks bro ! Hopefully it should be live in the next month or two .
 
Hey guys sorry , just a question ... the other day I took a drive just to see how far they are with digging up fibre . I noticed they haven't even started the lower ridge area , that's where I live !!!! Are they going to?
 
Hey guys sorry , just a question ... the other day I took a drive just to see how far they are with digging up fibre . I noticed they haven't even started the lower ridge area , that's where I live !!!! Are they going to?
Not sure, I'd assume they are doing the whole area, wish there was a whatsapp group or website to get updates on the progress.

I guess you could contact Tele-Fi Networks I believe they are the company deploying fiber here.
 

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