Afrihost

About 

Afrihost is an internet service provider that is based in South Africa that offers a multitude of products. They specialise in ADSL, fibre, broadband, LTE and web hosting services. 

Afrihost is an internet service provider, they do not provide fibre to the infrastructure. They have partnered with a number of fibre infrastructure providers and you can choose any of their fibre infrastructure. This is an advantage for the customer as this means that customers can compare prices and choose a package that is best suited to their business needs. 

Pricing 

The price is affected by the fibre infrastructure. Afrihost broadband fibre works with 24 fibre infrastructures and those include Openserve, Vumatel, Frogfoot, Octotel and Metrofibre to name a few. 

• 10 Mbps upload/download speed, uncapped and unshaped data, which comes in symmetrical and asymmetrical depending on the package you choose, ranging from R569 p/m.
• 20 Mbps upload/download speed, uncapped and unshaped data, which comes in symmetrical and asymmetrical depending on the package you choose, ranging from R597 p/m. 
• 50 Mbps upload/download speed, uncapped and unshaped data, which comes in symmetrical and asymmetrical depending on the package you choose, ranging from R797  p/m. 
• 100 Mbps upload/download speed, uncapped and unshaped data, which comes in symmetrical and asymmetrical depending on the package you choose, ranging from R917 p/m. 
• 200 Mbps upload/download speed, uncapped and unshaped data, which comes in symmetrical and asymmetrical depending on the package you choose, ranging from R1117 p/m. 

*Please note, some fibre infrastructures require you to pay an installation fee, activation fee and for wifi router. Most of them offer all three for free when using Afrihost as an ISP.

Features 

• Uncapped broadband – Afrihost broadband fibre has no usage thresholds and offers unshaped and unthrottled fibre meaning that customers can use their internet all times, with the same speed. 
• State-of-the-art fibre network – This provides customers with better products, better support and connectivity throughout. 
• Fast and reliable fibre – their fibre speed is up to 50x times faster than any ADSL line in South Africa and they have stable connection with lower latency. 
• Connect multiple devices – connect more devices at faster speeds. 

Pros

• No contracts – All fibre packages are month to month and can be cancelled at any time. 
• Smooth, fast connectivity – With lower latency, the internet speed is able to offer fast and stable internet for all your big file uploads, video calls etc. 

Cons

May have to pay for installation and activation fees with some of the fibre infrastructures. 

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