Top South African ISP slashed fibre prices in South Africa
In recent years, FTTH users in South Africa have frequently been hit with price increases. One major ISP has managed to protect many of its customers from most of the impact.
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Alan Knott-Craig Junior | Fibertime | Fibre | Fibre network operators (FNOs) | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | home fibre
From 10,000 to 400,000 in two years
Fibertime is rolling out FTTH connectivity in townships at a rate of knots.
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Telkom’s last ADSL holdouts
Telkom had just 17,077 DSL customers remaining at the end of 2025. It will only retire the service once all these customers have been offered alternative connectivity options.
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South Africa’s two biggest fibre networks announce price increases
Major ISP Afrihost has started sending out notices to customers regarding price hikes on Vumatel and Openserve home fibre products.
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Fibertime | Fibre | Fibre network operators (FNOs) | fibre networks | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | Frogfoot
Biggest fibre networks in South Africa
These are the 10 largest fibre-to-the-home networks in South Africa based on homes passed.
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Evotel | Fibre | Fibre internet | Fibre network operator (FNO) | fibre networks | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)
Fibre cancellations and downgrade penalties in South Africa
South Africa’s top fibre network operators (FNOs) have widely differing policies for cancellations and downgrades, with some not charging a cent while others claw back well over R2,000 in certain cases.
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Capitec Connect | Fibre | Fibre network operator (FNO) | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | FNB | FNB Connect
FNB’s fibre secrets
FNB has not provided an update on its fibre-to-the-home ambitions for more than a year.
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closed-access | Dietlof Mare | Fibre | Fibre network operator (FNO) | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | fixed-wireless
Vumatel won’t fix what isn’t broken after taking over major fibre network operator
Vumatel has provided clarity on its plans for Herotel, South Africa’s third-largest fibre network operator.
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cheapest fibre packages | Fibre | Fibre internet | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | home fibre | low-cost fibre
Vumatel has a plan to rule township Internet in South Africa
Vumatel believes three factors will give it an edge as competition heats up on the next frontier of FTTH in South Africa.
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Axxess | biggest bandwidth hogs | biggest data users | Fibre | Fibre internet | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)
One fibre customer in South Africa used over one million gigabytes this year
One ISP fibre customer consumed an average of 116GB per hour in the last year.