We're all signed up with Vumatel and Mweb as ISP. Very easy and straightforward, and we got a great deal where Mweb covers the cost of installation and connection fee - more than R2000 saved! To me the objections on the hanging cables appears to be a bit of a NIMBY attitude but I may be wrong... We already have an electricity and telephone cable reaching our house, an additional one won't be a train smash. I very much look forward to fibre! Vumatel will also be ready much sooner than Octotel.
On Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 8:04:14 AM UTC+2, adubois wrote: > > What I do not like about their method of installation, is the fact that > cables are positioned from the electricity poles/lines to your property . > I also have an apartment in Mowbray and it would have meant 3 block having > a line from the electric pole and then from flat to flat, mid-air. > Reminds me of Hong Kong or a township where you see lines from building > to building in their mass. Not good. I would hate to think all > neighbours in our street having lines hanging mid-air to their properties > plus a further cable running down your building also . Might be > concealed to some degree on the building but def. not mid-air from electric > poles to properties. > > > > I went onto the MWEB optic fibre solution website last night and I think > they have possibly a much better option . will phone them and see how they > connect one. . Same price as Vumatel. Once off payment for > installation cost of R1780 plus they supply you with a R500 fibre router. > See : > https://www.mweb.co.za/internet-connection/fibre/fibre-to-the-home?PPC=Y&PPC=Y&gclsrc=aw.ds > > > > > *From:* ob...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > ob...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Simon Rhodes > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 27, 2017 10:42 PM > *To:* Piers > *Cc:* The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch > *Subject:* Re: [obsnw] Fibre solution for Observatory > > > > I have to concur, I received a link saying activate your account here > which led to 'this page cannot be found'. I had the same enquiry regarding > mweb and have received no further correspondence! For the moment also > sticking to the 10meg which fades to 2 at best when the wind blows and it > gets entangled in neighboring tree branches! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 27 Sep 2017, at 22:30, Piers <piers....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Just as an FYI i'm sharing my experience with Vumatel so far. > I logged an 'express your interest' on their website and co-incidentally > they had door-to-door people visiting our street a couple of weeks after > the village meeting. They were clearly guns for hire but polite, > knowledgeable and what you'd expect. I mentioned I'd like to use Mweb and > they said "sure, no problem". > I was browing the offers on their site and I noticed there was no Mweb > option so I sent them a mail. Long story short, I sent 5 mails to which I > had one reply "we'll be in touch..." and still nada. > Perhaps they're overwhelmed by the interest but I'm not buying it. If this > is an indicator of the level of their service then, thanks, but i'll stick > with my 10MBPS copper line or wait for someone who has capacity to deliver > the level of service they are promising. > > > > > On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 12:02:47 PM UTC+2, Colin Theobald wrote: > > Thanks Mark that does indeed help. > > Looking forward to harassing them at their street stall this weekend. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > > TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > EMERGENCIES: 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ONW email: o...@obs.org.za <javascript:> > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. 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