Home-Connect Launches Home Broadband on Comsol 5G

Home-Connect now sells home internet on Comsol's 5G network at the same prices and fair-use limits as Afrihost.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Telecommunications

Plain white home router with a slim antenna on a sunlit windowsill, with a distant cell mast over dry open land beyond the glass. — Home-Connect began selling home broadband on Comsol's 5G network, matching Afrihost's R275, R549 and R875 monthly packages and fair-use limits. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Home-Connect began selling home broadband on Comsol's 5G network, announcing the partnership on Tuesday. It lists three uncapped packages at R275, R549 and R875 per month, matching Afrihost's prices and fair-use limits.

Why it matters

The partnership gives South African households another option for fixed wireless home internet from a provider that spent nearly 30 years selling to enterprises before entering the home market in August. Both ISPs apply stricter fair-use limits on Comsol's network than Afrihost applies on MTN's network.

The three packages are priced at R275, R549 and R875 per month, with throttling to 4Mbit/s after 100GB, 270GB and 440GB respectively. Home-Connect's ZTE router costs R1 799 against Afrihost's R1 499, which Afrihost includes free with its two dearer packages, and the source does not say how many customers have signed up.

The players

Comsol

Comsol is a South African telecommunications company that spent nearly 30 years selling to enterprises before moving into home broadband.

Home-Connect

Home-Connect is a South African internet service provider that now sells home broadband on Comsol's 5G network.

Afrihost

Afrihost is a South African internet service provider that offers the same Comsol packages, prices and fair-use limits as Home-Connect.

The details

Home-Connect added a white-label 5G product through Comsol's platform, integrated with its billing and onboarding systems. Comsol sells its network only through partners and runs on 60MHz of spectrum in the 3.7GHz band, with more than a million Gauteng households covered so far.

August 2026: Comsol moved into home broadband with a partner-only network.
November 2026: Home-Connect announced its Comsol partnership on Tuesday.
End of 2026: Stevenson told TechCentral that Gauteng would have blanket coverage.
March 2027: Comsol's launch statement puts full Gauteng coverage.

Roadmap

Fixed wireless access over 5G gives South African households a home internet alternative to fibre and ADSL where fixed lines are limited. The partnership extends that approach by adding Home-Connect as a second retailer on Comsol's partner-only network.

Households considering home broadband can compare Home-Connect and Afrihost, which offer identical packages and fair-use caps on Comsol's network. Buyers should weigh the R1 799 router at Home-Connect against Afrihost's free router with its two dearer packages.

The takeaway

Compare the total monthly cost, including the router, before choosing between Home-Connect and Afrihost, since their packages match but their router pricing does not. Check the fair-use cap for your chosen package, as throttling to 4Mbit/s starts at 100GB on the R275 plan.

What happens next

Comsol projects blanket Gauteng coverage by the end of 2026 and full Gauteng coverage by March 2027, with Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal to follow in 2027 and 2028.