Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

 

  1. DSL Services

The maximum achievable speed on all DSL Data services is 40 Mbps. If you are using a Fibre Line and would like to achieve speeds higher than 40 Mbps, please consider using our Fibre Data services.

 

All uncapped services are billed within a calendar month (1st to last day of every month). Your proof of payment is to reach us before 5pm on the last day of the month to prevent service interruption on the 1st of each month.

Prepaid services are a once off purchase and are valid for a period of 12 months (1 year), you are able to top up the prepaid service with additional bandwidth of the same service type at any time, with each top up the validity of the prepaid service will be extended with an additional 12 months (1 year).

The capacity of the Network and available bandwidth is in no way guaranteed on any of the bandwidth based services offered by Red Link  and as such we reserve the right to manage (shape, throttle, limit protocol through-put) all services in accordance with the available network capacity at all times. Our first priority will always be to provide the best possible experience to all of our users when/if it becomes necessary to manage services

 

Although we endeavour to keep our coverage data as accurate as possible, we are reliant on the maps provided to us by Openserve, which may sometimes have slight inaccuracies.
The advertised line speeds are a representation of the maximum possible throughput on that package. This speed is dependent on and varies from exchange to exchange as regulated by Openserve. In certain areas, some speeds are not achievable.

Due to Openserve infrastructure restrictions, some line speeds may not be available in your area. Check coverage in your area to see which packages are available in your area

All Just DSL packages are subject to an Acceptable Use Policy. Just DSL accounts are locked to a single location. The location it gets locked to is the location you supply during sign up.

Regular Openserve copper line required to apply for a Just DSL package. A voice line, however, is not required.

Performance is subject to contention. This means that data speeds and latency may be affected by factors outside of Red Link' control or demand for bandwidth at any given time

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelling your current DSL line

If you are an existing user of a DSL service and would like to Cancel your current data, line and Telkom phone line in order to move to the Just DSL service, then we recommend that you do not cancel your current service(s) until a Technician has been sent out to your premises to inspect and perform the installation. The Technician will either use the existing Infrastructure (copper and wall point) or install a completely new line, which will run simultaneously. You should only cancel your current DSL service, once the your new Just DSL service is live. This overlap of services is to ensure there is A.) No interruption of Internet Connectivity during the cross over and B.) Ensure that there are DSL ports available for your line in the Openserve local Exchanges. If you cancel your existing service on a full DSLAM and someone else's order comes up before yours, then you could lose the available port and your new Just DSL order cannot be completed – which could result in you losing your DSL Internet connection all together.

 

Capped Services

Rollover of Data

 Unused data rolls over to the following renewal month (calendar month) for a period of 3 months. Rolled over data will be used first from the 1st of each month and thereafter the renewal data will be used. Rollover data consists of unused renewal data and unused top up data.

The most recent rolled over data will be used first, working on a system of last in first out

EXAMPLE 

The monthly renewal on a 10GB service is 10GB. In the last 3 months the following amounts of unused data have rolled over, March 1GB, April 2GB, May 2GB. On the 1st of June the service will renew and 10GB will be allocated together with the 4GB which has rolled over from March to May. Usage from the 1st of June will be deducted from the rolled over data from May then April then March, only once the rolled over data of 4GB has been exhausted will the renewal data of 10GB start being used. Should there be any unused data by the end of June, this data will rollover to July and the process will begin again. Should usage not reach the rolled over data for March it will fall away

Rollover of Data is only applicable to services which are paid up to date and are renewed monthly. If your debit order or credit card payment fails for any reason you will not be able to use any Rollover Data until all services are paid up to date. Should you cancel your service any accumulated rollover data will fall away and cannot be reinstated if the cancellation date has passed and the service is restored

 

 

Uncapped Services

Uncapped services do not carry a usage limit (cap) but speeds will be limited to the speed of the ADSL line. The service is for personal use only and may not be resold, shared or used for commercial purposes. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service provider) is strictly prohibite

All uncapped products carry an Acceptable Use Policy which can be found here, please take the time to read through it as important information is communicated there-in. By accepting the Terms and Conditions, you also agree to the afore-mentioned AUP.

Uncapped services are billed on a calendar month basis (1st to last day of the month) and payment is due in advance by the 1st of each month.

Combo Pricing

Combo pricing applies to one data service and one adsl line tied together as a combo. The process of transferring/activating the ADSL line takes place at the time of the order and cannot be ordered for a future date. Once a service is combined, the DSL service will be locked down to the DSL Line, the service cannot be used on a different DSL Line.

Line Transfer Combo

On initial sign up a discounted amount will be billed for the data portion of the combo and there will be no charge for the transfer of the ADSL line if it take place in the current month. A discounted amount will be billed on transfer of the ADSL Line at any time other than the current month. The full combo price will be billed on the 1st of the following month.

New Line Combo

A discounted amount will be billed for the data and ADSL Line once the ADSL Line is activated by Telkom. The service on the combo will be activated once payment is received for the amount billed. The full combo price will be billed on the 1st of the following month

Permanent Upgrade/Downgrade of Combo

In order to upgrade/downgrade your existing combo you will need to first split the combo. Once the combo has been split, the changes can be made and the services can then be combined again. The new combo price will be billed on the 1st of the following month

 

 

 

Cancellations

In order to cancel one or both services within a combo it is necessary to first split the combo. Once the combo have been split the desired changes can be made

  1. Fibre Services 

Fibre Broadband Access is supplied as a best effort service by the Fibre Line Provider. Warranties on equipment/hardware supplied during the installation are held by the Fibre Line Provider or their chosen Representative and remain their property. In order to use the Fibre Data purchased from Red Link a Fibre router/modem is required, this router/modem needs to be purchased by the client. Only approved (ICASA, SABS) hardware is permitted to be used, un-approved hardware connected to the Fibre Line by the client which proves to be interfering/causes damage to the service provided by the Fibre Line Provider/Red Link or its infrastructure is not permitted. Any costs which arise due to damage and repairs caused by the connection of un-approved hardware by the client will be for the client’s account.

Fibre Line Providers determine the areas and speeds available on their network. Fibre Line Providers may also implement restrictions on the availability of certain speeds in certain areas, including restrictions on speeds available when service changing from one speed to another. Areas marked as available on the map may not be Fibre ready at your particular address due to a number of factors. Pre-orders do not guarantee that Fibre will be available at your particular address once the planned project has been completed. Should we not be able to proceed with your application we will advise you thereof. Installations are typically completed within +- 30 days, this timeframe is however not guaranteed. Red Link only offer Fibre to the Home services through our Fibre Line Providers at this time.

Fibre line installations and connections are subject to an installation and connection fee which is prescribed by the Fibre Line Provider. Additional fees may apply should trenching or additional cabling be required to complete the installation. Additional fees may also apply should a re-installation or indoor transfer (move line within the same premises) be required. Red Link, the Fibre Line Provider or its Contractor will make any additional charges known to the client and the client will 

 

be required to accept or reject these charges before the order is completed. Please note that should the service be ordered, and the incorrect address is supplied, the client will be responsible for all charges relating to the order placed at the incorrect address

 

 

An additional fee may be charged as prescribed by the Fibre Provider for re-grading the speed of a fibre line as well as outdoor transfers (new address) and transfers between Internet Service Providers. Downgrades may require 30 days' notice depending on the Fibre Provider, the earliest date for a downgrade request will be displayed in the Client Control Panel when submitting the request. Cancellations for fibre lines are only submitted at the end of each month, the cancellation request must be submitted via the Client Control Panel at least a calendar month before the cancellation date, the earliest available cancellation date will be shown in the Client Control Panel. Cancellation requests which do not adhere to a calendar months notice requirement are subject to Early Termination Fees which will need to be settled before the cancellation request is processed, this fee is prescribed by the Fibre Line Provider. Transfers between Service Providers are handled in the same manner as a new installation and are typically completed within +- 30 day, this timeframe is however not guaranteed.

An additional fee of up to R2 000.00 may be charged on faults logged which are found to be caused by faulty hardware or user error. This amount will be charged to your account once we are advised of the charges by the Fibre Line Provider.

By completing the order it is deemed that consent has been received from the landlord, owner or body corporate for the installation of the service.

The available capacity on the network is shared between all users of Red Link  bandwidth. Acceptable Usage Policies are attached to Uncapped Services. Capped services whilst the majority of the time will remain untouched may be shaped or throttled should the demand on the network and available capacity be affected. Capped services will generally receive priority through-put on our network provided there is no rise in demand or extenuating circumstances affecting the performance of the network.

Capped Services

Rollover of DataUnused data rolls over to the following renewal month (calendar month) for a period of 3 months. Rolled over data will be used first from the 1st of each month and thereafter the renewal data will be used. Rollover data consists of unused renewal data and unused top up data.

 

The most recent rolled over data will be used first, working on a system of last in first out.

 

EXAMPLE

The monthly renewal on a 10GB service is 10GB. The monthly renewal on a service is 10GB. In the last 3 months the following amounts of unused data have rolled over, March 1GB, April 2GB, May 2GB. On the 1st of June the service will renew and 10GB will be allocated together with the 4GB which has rolled over from March to May. Usage from the 1st of June will be deducted from the rolled over data from May then April then March, only once the rolled over data of 4GB has been exhausted will the renewal data of 10GB start being used. Should there be any unused data by the end of June, this data will rollover to July and the process will begin again. Should usage not reach the rolled over data for March it will fall away.

Rollover of Data is only applicable to services which are paid up to date and are renewed monthly. If your debit order or credit card payment fails for any reason you will not be able to use any Rollover Data until all services are paid up to date. Should you cancel your service any accumulated rollover data will fall away and cannot be reinstated if the cancellation date has passed and the service is restored

Uncapped Services

Uncapped services do not carry a usage limit (cap) but speeds will be limited to the speed of the Fibre line. The service is for personal use only and may not be resold, shared or used for commercial purposes. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service provider) is strictly prohibited.

All uncapped products carry an Acceptable Use Policy which can be found here, please take the time to read through it as important information is communicated there-in. By accepting the Terms and Conditions, you also agree to the afore-mentioned AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)

Uncapped services are billed on a calendar month basis (1st to last day of the month) and payment is due in advance by the 1st of each month

 

  1. Mobile Services 

Vodacom Fixed LTE

Vodacom Fixed LTE is available as a Capped or Uncapped service and is a best effort service with no minimum service levels guaranteed. Speeds will differ and no minimum speeds are guaranteed. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property. Speeds may be limited to a maximum speed, this is dependent on the product purchased. Uncapped products are subject to an Acceptable Usage Policy

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a calendar months' notice and must be submitted via the Control Panel (Purchases on Promotion may carry additional T's & C's), cancellations can be set up until 5pm on the last day of each month. The service can be set to change (upgrade/downgrade, capped to uncapped, uncapped to capped) at any time (before 5pm on the last day of each month) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month provided no Service Change rules are in place (Refer to Policies and Procedures – Service Changes) or Promotional Terms and Conditions

You are able to purchase additional data should your monthly allocation on your Vodacom Fixed LTE Capped service run out. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately. Unused topup data will rollover for one month. E.g. Purchase 10GB of Topup data on 15 October, 6GB is used up until 31 October, the remaining 4GB will be carried over to November and will be available to use up until 30 November, thereafter it will fall away. Data that has over run the available data total will be deducted from your next top-up. Example, 100GB purchased, 105GB used before capping takes place, top-up with 10GB only 5GB will be allocated

Unused monthly data from your Vodacom Fixed LTE Capped service as well as topup data will rollover for 1 month. At the start of each month the rolled over data (monthly and topup) will be used first, once exhausted the monthly allocation will be used

 

 

This service is a Fixed LTE service which is only available on LTE Technology (excludes 3G and 2G technologies). The service is only available at pre-defined locations as provided by Vodacom. During the sign up process availability will be determined according to the address provided, this is due to service availability being limited per location/area in order to provide an optimal service experience. The sim will be locked to the location provided at sign up, this location must also be the location where the first connection is made and cannot be used at another location. We reserve the right to permanently suspend and cancel a service that is found to be moved to different geographical locations often. Vodacom will allow one change in location per year, please provide us with 30 days' notice thereof in order for us to submit the request timeously. Should the new location not be within Vodacom Fixed LTE Coverage the service will need to be cancelled. The standard cancellation policy and applicable fees will apply.

Should a client opt to purchase their own device it must be one of the Vodacom approved devices listed below, please note that using a non-approved device will result in the service being blocked.

 

  • Alcatel Linkhub HH72v
  • Huawei Sharelink B525S-65A
  • Huawei Sharelink B525S-65A 3
  • Huawei Sharelink B612-233
  • Huawei Sharelink B612-233
  • Huawei Sharelink B612S-25D
  • Huawei Sharelink B612S-25D
  • Huawei Sharelink B618S-22D
  • Huawei Sharelink 5G CPE PRO2 (H122-373)
  • Huawei Sharelink B535-932
  • Nokia Sharelink Fastmile 5G Gateway (5G-04W-A)
  • TP Link MR600
  • ZTE MF286R
  • ZTE MF286C1
  • ZTE Sharelink MC801A

On the day of purchase a prorata invoice and prorata data (where applicable) will be allocated and debited accordingly. Should delivery of your SIM occur the month after it was purchased your original purchase invoice will be credited and a new prorata invoice will be raised and data allocated on the date of activation. The payment methods that will be accepted for the purchase and renewal of the service are Credit Card and Debit Order, please note that any other services already on the Profile which the purchase is being made on will automatically update to Credit Card/Debit Order. The SIM and Device will be delivered within 7 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 48 hours from the time the SIM Card is inserted into the device for the data to be allocated.

 

The purchase of the Vodacom Fixed LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law.

 

 required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law.

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account. Available data from Vodacom Fixed LTE Capped services can be transferred to an identical service (e.g. 200GB to 200GB), data may only be transferred once and will be transferred in its current state including its expiry date e.g. topup data/rollover data.

Vodacom Fixed LTE Uncapped products carry an Acceptable Usage Policy which may affect the speed of your service.

MTN 5G

MTN 5G is an Uncapped service with an Acceptable Usage Policy which differs per service type. MTN 5G coverage maps are generated by MTN based on available tower capacity and signal strength 3D modelling. Certain factors such as device placement and interference from man-made structures and obstructions, weather conditions and vegetation growth may prevent your router from connecting to 5G. In these instances, your device will fallback to 4G LTE-Advanced, with speeds up to 300Mbps.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a calendar months' notice and must be submitted via the Control Panel (Purchases on Promotion may carry additional T's & C's for cancellation), cancellations can be set up until 5pm on the last day of each month. A calendar month is determined as one full month (1st to last day) must pass between the cancellation request and cancellation date. Service changes are possible within the MTN 5G service options and can be set at any time (before 5pm on the last day of each month). The new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month provided no Service Change rules are in place (Refer to Policies and Procedures – Service Changes) and Promotional Terms and Conditions if the service was purchased on a Promotion.

The service is only available at pre-defined locations as provided by MTN. During the sign up process availability will be determined according to the address provided, this is due to service availability being limited per location/area in order to provide an optimal service experience. The sim will be locked to the location provided at sign up, this location must also be the location where the first connection is made and cannot be used at another location. We reserve the right to permanently suspend and cancel a service that is found to be moved to different geographical locations often. Should the new location not be within MTN Fixed LTE Coverage the service will need to be cancelled. The standard cancellation policy and applicable fees will apply.

The sim must be used in a 5G router approved by MTN, approved routers are listed below:

  • HUAWEI 5G CPE PRO 2
  • ZTE 5G CPE MC801A
  • ZTE 5G CPE MC888D

On the day of purchase a prorata invoice will be raised and debited accordingly, once the sim has been activated (provisioned) a new prorata invoice will be raised and the purchase invoice will be credited. Accepted payment methods for the purchase and renewal of the service are Credit Card and Debit Order, your chosen payment method will apply to all services on the profile going forward. Debit order payments are required to clear before delivery will take place (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 48 hours from the time the SIM Card is inserted into the device for the data to be allocated by MTN.

The purchase of the MTN 5G service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law.

Sim swops will be processed where possible. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

MTN 5G services carry an Acceptable Usage Policy which may affect the speed of your service.

MTN Fixed LTE - On Demand

MTN Fixed LTE On Demand is available as a Capped or Uncapped service and is a best effort service with no minimum service levels guaranteed. Speeds will differ and no minimum speeds are guaranteed. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property.

The service is a monthly billed service with a minimum billed amount for 5GB of data which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a calendar months' notice and must be submitted via the Control Panel (Purchases on Promotion may carry additional T's & C's), cancellations can be set up until 5pm on the last day of each month.

The service can be set to upgrade to an Uncapped package with immediate effect for one month, two months or permanently. One month applies to the current month up to and including the last day of the current month, two months will apply to the current month up to and including the last day of the current month plus the following month. Permanently means the service will be converted to an Uncapped service going forward. The billing for the service will return to the minimum billing for the 5GB once the upgrade selected has expired.

Unused data on a non-upgraded service (5GB) will rollover for one month. This service is not usage based and unused data will not be credited or refunded. Available data can be transferred to the same service (On demand 5GB) on a different profile. The 5GB service cannot be topped up with additional per gig data, the service can only be converted to an Uncapped account.

This service is a Fixed LTE service which is only available on LTE Technology (excludes 3G and 2G technologies). The service is only available at pre-defined locations as provided by MTN. During the sign up process availability will be determined according to the address provided, this is due to service availability being limited per location/area in order to provide an optimal service experience. The sim will be locked to the location provided at sign up, this location must also be the location where the first connection is made and cannot be used at another location. We reserve the right to permanently suspend and cancel a service that is found to be moved to different geographical locations often. MTN will allow one change in location per year, please provide us with 30 days' notice thereof in order for us to submit the request timeously. Should the new location not be within MTN Fixed LTE Coverage the service will need to be cancelled. The standard cancellation policy and applicable fees will apply.

Should a client opt to purchase their own device it must be one of the MTN approved Cat6 devices listed below, please note that using a non-approved device will result in the service being blocked.

  • Billion BiPAC 8206 AZ
  • HUAWEI 5G CPE PRO 2
  • HUAWEI B2368 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-22 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-57 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-66 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B525S-23A
  • HUAWEI B525S-65A
  • HUAWEI B525S-95A
  • HUAWEI B535-932
  • HUAWEI B612-233
  • HUAWEI B612-533
  • HUAWEI B612S-25D
  • HUAWEI B612S-51D
  • HUAWEI B612S-52D
  • HUAWEI B618S-22D
  • HUAWEI B618S-65D
  • HUAWEI B618S-66D
  • HUAWEI B818-263
  • MIKROTIK CHATEAU LTE12
  • TP-LINK ARCHER MR600(EU)2.0
  • VIDA CPE4000-PLUS
  • VIDA CPE4000-PRO
  • ZTE 5G CPE MC801A
  • ZTE MF286
  • ZTE MF286A
  • ZTE MF286C
  • ZTE MF286C1
  • ZTE MF286D
  • ZTE MF286R
  • ZYXEL LTE7460 (outdoor device)
  • ZYXEL LTE7480-M804

On the day of purchase an invoice will be generated and debited accordingly. The payment methods that will be accepted for the purchase and renewal of the service are Credit Card and Debit Order, please note that any other services already on the Profile which the purchase is being made on will automatically update to Credit Card/Debit Order. The SIM and Device will be delivered within 7 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 48 hours from the time the SIM Card is inserted into the device for the data to be allocated.

The purchase of the MTN Fixed LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law.

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account. Available data from MTN Fixed LTE Capped services can be transferred to an identical service (e.g. 200GB to 200GB), data may only be transferred once and will be transferred in its current state including its expiry date e.g. topup data/rollover data.

MTN Fixed LTE Uncapped carries an Acceptable Usage Policy.

MTN Fixed LTE

MTN Fixed LTE is available as a Capped or Uncapped service and is a best effort service with no minimum service levels guaranteed. Speeds will differ and no minimum speeds are guaranteed. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property. Speeds may be limited to a maximum speed, this is dependant on the product purchased. Uncapped products are subject to an Acceptable Usage Policy.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a calendar months' notice and must be submitted via the Control Panel (Purchases on Promotion may carry additional T's & C's), cancellations can be set up until 5pm on the last day of each month. The service can be set to change (upgrade/downgrade, capped to uncapped, uncapped to capped) at any time (before 5pm on the last day of each month) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month provided no Service Change rules are in place (Refer to Policies and Procedures – Service Changes) or Promotional Terms and Conditions.

You are able to purchase additional data should your monthly allocation on your MTN Fixed LTE Capped service run out. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately. Unused topup data will rollover for one month. E.g. Purchase 10GB of Topup data on 15 October, 6GB is used up until 31 October, the remaining 4GB will be carried over to November and will be available to use up until 30 November, thereafter it will fall away. Data that has over run the available data total will be deducted from your next top-up. Example, 100GB purchased, 105GB used before capping takes place, top-up with 10GB only 5GB will be allocated.

Unused monthly data from your MTN Fixed LTE Capped service as well as topup data will rollover for 1 month. At the start of each month the rolled over data (monthly and topup) will be used first, once exhausted the monthly allocation will be used.

Night time data (where applicable) is free data that is available to use every day between 12am and 6am. Data used during these hours will be deducted from the Night time available data balance. When Night time data is depleted, the available monthly data will be used. Night time data is Promotional data and Red Link  reserves the right to withdraw it should it be deemed necessary.

This service is a Fixed LTE service which is only available on LTE Technology (excludes 3G and 2G technologies). The service is only available at pre-defined locations as provided by MTN. During the sign up process availability will be determined according to the address provided, this is due to service availability being limited per location/area in order to provide an optimal service experience. The sim will be locked to the location provided at sign up, this location must also be the location where the first connection is made and cannot be used at another location. We reserve the right to permanently suspend and cancel a service that is found to be moved to different geographical locations often. MTN will allow one change in location per year, please provide us with 30 days' notice thereof in order for us to submit the request timeously. Should the new location not be within MTN Fixed LTE Coverage the service will need to be cancelled. The standard cancellation policy and applicable fees will apply.

Should a client opt to purchase their own device it must be one of the MTN approved Cat6 devices listed below, please note that using a non-approved device will result in the service being blocked.

  • Billion BiPAC 8206 AZ
  • HUAWEI 5G CPE PRO 2
  • HUAWEI B2368 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-22 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-57 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B2368-66 (outdoor device)
  • HUAWEI B525S-23A
  • HUAWEI B525S-65A
  • HUAWEI B525S-95A
  • HUAWEI B535-932
  • HUAWEI B612-233
  • HUAWEI B612-533
  • HUAWEI B612S-25D
  • HUAWEI B612S-51D
  • HUAWEI B612S-52D
  • HUAWEI B618S-22D
  • HUAWEI B618S-65D
  • HUAWEI B618S-66D
  • HUAWEI B818-263
  • MIKROTIK CHATEAU LTE12
  • TP-LINK ARCHER MR600(EU)2.0
  • VIDA CPE4000-PLUS
  • VIDA CPE4000-PRO
  • ZTE 5G CPE MC801A
  • ZTE MF286
  • ZTE MF286A
  • ZTE MF286C
  • ZTE MF286C1
  • ZTE MF286D
  • ZTE MF286R
  • ZYXEL LTE7460 (outdoor device)
  • ZYXEL LTE7480-M804

On the day of purchase a prorata invoice and prorata data (where applicable) will be allocated and debited accordingly. Should delivery of your SIM occur the month after it was purchased your original purchase invoice will be credited and a new prorata invoice will be raised and data allocated on the date of activation. The payment methods that will be accepted for the purchase and renewal of the service are Credit Card and Debit Order, please note that any other services already on the Profile which the purchase is being made on will automatically update to Credit Card/Debit Order. The SIM and Device will be delivered within 7 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 48 hours from the time the SIM Card is inserted into the device for the data to be allocated.

The purchase of the MTN Fixed LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law.

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account. Available data from MTN Fixed LTE Capped services can be transferred to an identical service (e.g. 200GB to 200GB), data may only be transferred once and will be transferred in its current state including its expiry date e.g. topup data/rollover data.

MTN Fixed LTE Uncapped products carry an Acceptable Usage Policy which may affect the speed of your service.

Telkom LTE

Telkom LTE is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds will differ according to the type of connection made. Average speeds within the specified coverage areas range between 10Mbps and 50Mbps. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a minimum calendar months' notice (promotions may carry additional t's & c's) and must be submitted via the Control Panel, cancellations cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month. The service can be set to upgrade or downgrade at any time (cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month. The monthly data is referred to as anytime data, free data which can be used between 12am and 7am is referred to as night surfer data. Where applicable anytime data is valid for 60 days from purchase (not exceeding 2 calendar months inclusive of the month of purchase) and the night surfer data is valid for 30 days from purchase (not exceeding the month of purchase). You are able to purchase additional data should your monthly allocations run out. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately. Where applicable unused data will only rollover if the service is active and paid up to date. Where applicable unused anytime top up data is valid for 60 days from purchase (not exceeding 2 calendar months inclusive of the month of purchase) and night surfer top up data is valid for 30 days from purchase (not exceeding the month of purchase).

Data is used in the following sequence:

  • Anytime data
  • Anytime top up data

     

During Night Surfer Hours 12am to 7am

  • Night surfer data
  • Anytime data
  • Anytime top up data

Data usage information and data balances are provided to Red Link  once every 24 hours by Telkom. This information will be updated as received and can be viewed in the Control Panel.

This service is a mobile wireless service which can be used anywhere within Telkom LTE Coverage areas. Red Link  will not provide Support Services when the service is used outside of a coverage area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of the service and are not covered under the Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the coverage map.

Services purchased packaged together with a modem must be used in the modem provided, failure to do so may result in the service not working. The make and model of the modem will be determined at Telkom's discretion.

The modem carries a 1 year Warranty if ordered through Red Link  together with the Telkom SIM, device warranty claims for the modem will be handled by Red Link  who will deal directly with the Supplier on the clients behalf.

In line with the Consumer Protection Act, Red Link  has a 5 business day return policy. Units returned must be returned as shipped (i.e. same cosmetic condition and all shipped packaging, parts and accessories included) to be eligible for refund or exchange. The cost of returning the device is the responsibility of the client and will be charged to the clients account if arranged by Red Link .

A prorata invoice will be generated on the day of purchase and debited accordingly. On the day of activation, we will allocate a prorata amount of data. We will re-calculate the amount due according to the date of activation and credit the initial prorata invoice generated on the purchase date. Any credit amounts will be used towards the next invoice due and any amounts due will be processed immediately against the default payment method on the profile.

The only payment method that will be accepted for the purchase of this service is Credit Card, please note that any other services already on the profile which the purchase is being made on will automatically update to Credit Card. The SIM/Device will be delivered within 10 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 72 hours for activation of the service.

The purchase of the Telkom LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Together with these Terms & Conditions the purchase and use of this service is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Telkom SA SOC Limited which can be found here: http://www.telkom.co.za/about_us/regulatory/terms-and-conditions.shtml

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

Telkom LTE (2TB)

Telkom LTE is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds will differ according to the type of connection made. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property, device used.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a minimum calendar months' notice (promotions may carry additional t's & c's) and must be submitted via the Control Panel, cancellations cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month. The service can be set to upgrade at any time (cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month. Downgrades can only be set after 3 months of service have been completed (cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month. The monthly data is valid for 60 days from purchase (not exceeding 2 calendar months inclusive of the month of purchase). You are able to purchase additional data should your monthly allocations run out. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately. Top up data contains anytime data as well as night surfer data. The anytime data is valid for 60 days from purchase (not exceeding 2 calendar months inclusive of the month of purchase) and night data is valid for 30 days from purchase. If a topup is purchased that contains night surfer data, the night surfer data will be used between 12am and 7am, there after the anytime topup data will be used until exhausted. In instances where more data was used than was purchased the over used amount will be deducted from any topups. Where applicable unused data will only rollover if the service is active and paid up to date.

Data is used in the following sequence:

  • Monthly allocation of data
  • Rolled over monthly data
  • Rolled over top up data

Data usage information and data balances are provided to Red Link  once every 24 hours by Telkom. This information will be updated as received and can be viewed in the Control Panel.

This service is a fixed wireless service which can be used anywhere within Telkom LTE Coverage areas. Red Link  will not provide Support Services when the service is used outside of a coverage area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of the service and are not covered under the Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the coverage map.

Telkom reserve the right to throttle and/or shape the traffic of the 2TB data service products during network peak times.

In line with the Consumer Protection Act, Red Link  has a 5 business day return policy. Units returned must be returned as shipped (i.e. same cosmetic condition and all shipped packaging, parts and accessories included) to be eligible for refund or exchange. The cost of returning the device is the responsibility of the client and will be charged to the clients account if arranged by Red Link .

A prorata invoice will be generated on the day of purchase and debited accordingly. On the day of activation, we will allocate a prorata amount of data. We will re-calculate the amount due according to the date of activation and credit the initial prorata invoice generated on the purchase date. Any credit amounts will be used towards the next invoice due and any amounts due will be processed immediately against the default payment method on the profile.

Red Link  reserves the right to limit the accepted payment methods for purchases of this service. The SIM/Device will be delivered within 10 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared (payment clearance can take up to 5 days). Once delivered please allow up to 72 hours for activation of the service.

The purchase of the Telkom LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Together with these Terms & Conditions the purchase and use of this service is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Telkom SA SOC Limited which can be found here:
http://www.telkom.co.za/about_us/regulatory/terms-and-conditions.shtml

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

Telkom Business Uncapped LTE

Telkom Uncapped LTE is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds will differ according to the type of connection made. Average speeds within the specified coverage areas range between 2Mbps and 10Mbps dependant on the Fair Usage Policy currently being applied to the service. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a minimum calendar months' notice (promotions may carry additional t's & c's) and must be submitted via the Control Panel, cancellations cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month.

The Fair Usage Policy is as follows:

Monthly Data Allocation

Speed

Times of operation

First 250GB of Data

10Mbps

Midnight to 7pm, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

You are able to purchase a once off data bundle to restore your service to an unmanaged state and access it 24 hours a day. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately, the topup is valid for the month of purchase as well as the following month. Once the topup is depleted the service will only work during Business Hours and the management will return to the previous state prior to the topup. On renewal of your service on the 1st of each month any available topup data will be used first before your usage begins counting towards your managed usage limit.

Data usage information and data balances are provided to Red Link  once every 24 hours by Telkom. This information will be updated as received and can be viewed in the Control Panel.

This service is a mobile wireless service which can be used anywhere within Telkom LTE Coverage areas. Red Link  will not provide Support Services when the service is used outside of a coverage area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of the service and are not covered under the Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the coverage map.

A prorata invoice will be generated from the date of purchase until the end of the current month and debited accordingly.

The purchase of the Telkom LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Together with these Terms & Conditions the purchase and use of this service is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Telkom SA SOC Limited which can be found here: http://www.telkom.co.za/about_us/regulatory/terms-and-conditions.shtml

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

Telkom Uncapped Fixed LTE

Telkom Uncapped Fixed LTE is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds will differ according to the type of connection made, service purchased and Fair Usage Policy applied. Average speeds within the specified coverage areas range between 2Mbps and 20Mbps dependant on the Fair Usage Policy currently being applied to the service. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property equipment used.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a minimum calendar months' notice (cancel the month before for the end of the following month) (promotions may carry additional t's & c's) and must be submitted via the Control Panel, cancellations cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month. The earliest date for cancellation in accordance with the Terms & Conditions for the service will be displayed in the Control Panel:

The Fair Usage Policy is as follows:

Service

Monthly Data Allocation

Speed

Times of operation

 

Uncapped Off Peak

First 350GB of Data

10Mbps

Midnight to 7pm, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

10Mbps Uncapped

First 500GB of Data

10Mbps

24/7, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

20Mbps Uncapped

First 600GB of Data

20Mbps

24/7, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

The Fair Usage Policy will reset on the 1st of each month. The Uncapped Off Peak service has the option to purchase a once off data bundle to restore your service to an unmanaged state and access it 24 hours a day. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately, the topup is valid for the month of purchase only. Once the topup is depleted the service will only work during midnight and 7pm and the speed will return to the state prior to the topup.

Data usage information and data balances are provided to Red Link  once every 24 hours by Telkom. This information will be updated as received and can be viewed in the Control Panel.

This service is a fixed wireless service which can be used anywhere within Telkom LTE Coverage areas, the service is not designed to be used in a mobile device or to be moved between locations. Red Link  will not provide Support Services when the service is used outside of a coverage area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of the service and are not covered under the Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the coverage map.

A prorata invoice will be generated from the date of purchase until the end of the current month and debited accordingly.

The purchase of the Telkom Fixed LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Together with these Terms & Conditions the purchase and use of this service is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Telkom SA SOC Limited which can be found here: http://www.telkom.co.za/about_us/regulatory/terms-and-conditions.shtml

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

Telkom Uncapped LTE

Telkom Uncapped LTE is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds will differ according to the type of connection made. Average speeds within the specified coverage areas range between 2Mbps and 10Mbps dependant on the Fair Usage Policy currently being applied to the service. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations require a minimum calendar months' notice (promotions may carry additional t's & c's) and must be submitted via the Control Panel, cancellations cannot be set or removed after 5pm on the second last day and last day of each month.

The Fair Usage Policy is as follows:

Monthly Data Allocation

Speed

Times of operation

First 250GB of Data

10Mbps

24 hours, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

You are able to purchase a once off data bundle to restore your service to an unmanaged state. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately, the topup is valid for the month of purchase as well as the following month. On renewal of your service on the 1st of each month any available topup data will be used first before your usage begins counting towards your managed usage limit. Topup data consists of equal day and night data. The day data is used between 7am and 11:59pm the night data is used between 12am and 7am. Once the topup has been depleted the service will return to the management state prior to the topup.

Data usage information and data balances are provided to Red Link  once every 24 hours by Telkom. This information will be updated as received and can be viewed in the Control Panel.

This service is a mobile wireless service which can be used anywhere within Telkom LTE Coverage areas. Red Link  will not provide Support Services when the service is used outside of a coverage area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of the service and are not covered under the Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the coverage map.

A prorata invoice will be generated from the date of purchase until the end of the current month and debited accordingly.

The purchase of the Telkom LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation when signing up as well as on delivery of the device/SIM, the requirements will be communicated to you. Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Red Link , as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, courier company and Red Link . Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Together with these Terms & Conditions the purchase and use of this service is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Telkom SA SOC Limited which can be found here: http://www.telkom.co.za/about_us/regulatory/terms-and-conditions.shtml

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

MTN Data

Purchases prior to 10 February 2022 are referred to as MTN Mobile Data, the service is however identical to the MTN Data product.

MTN DataMTN data is a monthly billed service unless otherwise stated. MTN Data is subject to the same Terms and Conditions as ADSL data, for the purposes of Payment, Termination and Monitoring of Usage except where specified.

MTN Data is subject to the Regulation of Interception and provision of Communication-related information Act where applicable (RICA). When a purchase for MTN data is made it is deemed that you have read, understood and accepted all Terms & Conditions pertaining to the purchase.

If you have any queries please contact us before making any purchase for any service through this website, our 24 hour, 7 day a week support number is
087 821 1100.

Coverage and Signal AvailabilityService delivery of MTN data is dependent on signal availability and demand for data services in any particular area. Red Link  does not warrant or guarantee service for any specific areas, whilst every effort will be made to give clients an indication of possible service (via the Coverage Map). Red Link  accepts no liability should the aforementioned map differ to actual data service experienced.

LTESIM cards provided by Red Link  are automatically LTE enabled. Clients using their own MTN SIM for MTN Data purchased from Red Link  will need to request the activation of LTE with MTN directly. Red Link  no longer offer new activations on clients own sim cards.

An LTE capable device is required in order to obtain LTE speeds.

Purchasing of Data and DevicesRed Link  reserves the right to limit the quantity of purchases made. Data and devices may only be purchased via credit card or debit order. EFT, Stop Order and Cash Deposits are not accepted. Your order will be shipped once your payment has been cleared.

All purchases of data are prorated on the day of purchase, both the data allocation and price are prorated. Should delivery of your SIM occur the month after it was purchased your original purchase invoice will be credited and a new prorata invoice will be raised and data allocated on the date of activation.

The data allocated on the SIM will be calculated from the date of purchase to the last day of the month it was purchased in.

Credit Card payments are cleared within 24 hours and Debit Order payments can take up to 10 working days to clear. Your order will be shipped on the first working day of your payment being cleared.

Rollover of DataUnused data rolls over to the following renewal month (calendar month) for a period of 3 months. Rolled over data will be used first from the 1st of each month and thereafter the renewal data will be used. Rollover data consists of unused renewal data and unused top up data.

The most recent rolled over data will be used first, working on a system of last in first out.

EXAMPLEThe monthly renewal on a 10GB service is 10GB. In the last 3 months the following amounts of unused data have rolled over, March 1GB, April 2GB, May 2GB. On the 1st of June the service will renew and 10GB will be allocated together with the 4GB which has rolled over from March to May. Usage from the 1st of June will be deducted from the rolled over data from May then April then March, only once the rolled over data of 4GB has been exhausted will the renewal data of 10GB start being used. Should there be any unused data by the end of June, this data will rollover to July and the process will begin again. Should usage not reach the rolled over data for March it will fall away.

Rollover of Data is only applicable to services which are paid up to date and are renewed monthly. If your debit order or credit card payment fails for any reason you will not be able to use any Rollover Data until all services are paid up to date. Should you cancel your service any accumulated rollover data will fall away and cannot be reinstated if the cancellation date has passed and the service is restored.

Device SupportTechnical support is provided for the setting up of the APN on the client's device. Red Link  does not offer support on applications or set-up of device applications such as email.

"Topping-up" DataMTN data clients are able to top up their data should they exhaust it at any time during the month. This top-up can be done via the Control Panel or Mobile Control Panel. Data that has over run the purchased data total will be deducted from your next top-up. Example, 1GB purchased, 1GB and 500mb used before capping takes place, top-up with 2GB, only 1GB and 500mb will be allocated.

Cancellation of DataIf a data product is cancelled the SIM card linked to the product including any unused data will be cancelled on the requested date. If the client has opted to use their own SIM, the MTN Data service supplied by Red Link  will be discontinued on their selected SIM. Once cancellation of the SIM has taken place it cannot be reactivated.

Failure to PayShould we not receive payment for data purchased the data together with the SIM provided will be cancelled. If the client has opted to use their own SIM, the data service will be discontinued on their selected SIM. Once the SIM has been cancelled it cannot be reactivated.

Mobile Devices, Warranty and Exchange/Return PolicyCertain Mobile Devices are only available to be purchased together with a Data product and cannot be purchased as a stand-alone product. Red Link  has a 7 business day device return policy from date of purchase. Units returned must be returned as shipped (i.e same cosmetic condition and all shipped packaging, parts and accessories included) to be eligible for refund or exchange. Red Link  will NOT arrange collection of units for exchange or return (or cover related costs). The client will be responsible for arranging for the unit to be delivered to Red Link  or the Supplier. This will in no way impact the continued warranty provisions, and only relates to courier charges and logistics.

All Mobile Devices are covered by a product specific warranty as per the manufacturer's warranty, for the repair or replacement of faulty units. The warranty is limited to items covered by the manufacturer only. The warranty does not cover any damage deemed to have been caused by the client's misuse or mistreatment of the product (including damage due to improper return shipping of the product for exchange or return). Using incorrectly sized SIM cards and any physical damage as a result, is deemed to be improper use or abuse of the product. This effectively voids the manufacturer's warranty and therefore will not be exchanged or returned. This further extends to the use of unapproved accessories or modifications which effectively void the warranty on the product. In such circumstances, Red Link  nor the Supplier will be liable to repair or replace any such devices and no further correspondence will be entered into once the device is deemed to be out of warranty.

Failure to abide by Red Link ' policy can result in deductions to the claimed refund or rejection of claims for refund or exchange.

Device warranty claims for Xiaomi products are supplied and serviced by Mobile in Africa, warranty claims for these products will not be facilitated by Red Link  unless otherwise stated.

The Warranty on Xiaomi Smart Phones is 12 months, the battery and accessories provided with the smart phone carry a 6 month Warranty.

Device warranty claims for Huawei products and devices will be handled by Red Link  who will deal directly with the Supplier on the clients behalf.

The warranty on Huawei devices is 12 months.

In order to speed up warranty claims and repairs we are required to provide the purchaser's contact details to the suppliers. These details are provided to the supplier on condition that it may only be used to verify the purchase of the product and will not be used in any other manner.

Xiaomi Products and DevicesMobile in Africa
https://mia.africa.com/za/support

Please note that the Delivery of Xiaomi Devices once payment has cleared are handled by the Supplier and not Red Link , all Deliveries which include a SIM Card are subject to RICA Verification and you may be required to provide certain documentation on Delivery. Please refer to the section below on Identity Verification Requirements for more information on RICA.

Identity Verification Requirements (RICA)By accepting the Terms and Conditions for RICA you undertake to inform any persons that the purchase is intended for of the Terms and Conditions herein and their responsibilities in terms of the RICA Act.

All Data products are subject to RICA verification, as stipulated by law (Regulation of Interception of Communication Act of 2008). Clients are required to produce a legible copy of their valid Identity Document or Passport and proof of residential address. Non-South African citizens may submit a copy of their valid Passport. Verification documents must contain photo identification and must be a barcoded form of identification. Failure to produce the required aforementioned information will result in the product not being activated, regardless of any amounts billed.

Delivery of the data product will not take place if the required documentation is not produced and successfully verified. RICA verification must be done in person, for each new purchase of a data product regardless of whether the person/s has been RICA' d previously. The drivers of the courier service used by Red Link  are RICA agents and will RICA the user upon delivery of the order. The person who will use the SIM is the person who will be vetted and must therefore be available to accept delivery. Under no circumstances will someone else be able to accept delivery on behalf of the user. Should the order be for business purposes an authorized representative for the business must be available to accept delivery and be vetted in his/her own capacity on behalf of the business. Clients will be required in terms of the Act to keep their physical address updated with Red Link  for a period of five (5) years from the date of purchase. The RICA verification for individuals younger than 18 years of age must be performed by their Legal Guardian on their behalf.

The following documentation together with legible copies thereof will be required for the RICA verification; the copies will be retained by the person delivering your RICA product:

For a Natural Person:

  • Proof of Identification
  • Proof of Physical Address (Home Address)


For a Business:

  • Proof of Company Details
  • Proof of Address
  • Letter authorising selected representative to act as representative on behalf of the business
  • Proof of Identity for the representative
  • Proof of physical home address of company representative


The following documents are accepted for verification purposes:

Identity Verification (Natural Persons and Company Representative):

  • Green bar-coded South African ID book
  • Valid temporary ID issued by Home Affairs
  • Valid South African passport
  • New bar-coded ID cards
  • For Non-South African citizens – Passport or valid VISA / permit


Company Detail Verification (Businesses):

  • Company registration documents
  • Tax Clearance Certificate
  • SARS registration documents, or
  • Any other Government issued documents containing the Company details


Proof of Physical Address (Natural Persons, Businesses and Company Representatives):

  • Lease Agreement (not older than 12 months)
  • Municipal Account (not older than 3 months)
  • TV License (not older than 12 months)
  • Telephone Account (not older than 3 months)
  • Bank Statement (not older than 3 months)
  • Retail account which is delivered to that address on a regular basis (not older than 3 months)

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

RAIN Fixed LTE-A - LTE Advanced

The LTE-Advanced service is provided on the RAIN Network and is a best effort service with no minimum service levels offered. Speeds within specified coverage areas displayed on the coverage map generally range up to 50Mbps. Many factors determine the speed and quality of service which will be achieved such as but not limited to, distance, weather, interference around and within the property.

The service is a monthly billed service which will continue on a month to month basis until cancelled. Cancellations must be submitted via the Control Panel the month before the cancellation must take place e.g. Cancellation must be set in October for cancellation at the end of November. The service can be set to upgrade or downgrade at any time (before the 25th for debit order clients) but the new service will only be effective from the 1st of the following month. Monthly data is allocated on the 1st of every month and any unused data will rollover into the following month (one month rollover).

You are able to purchase additional data should your monthly allocation run out. This is a once off purchase which you pay for immediately. The topup data is valid for 30 days from purchase and will expire thereafter, E.G. You purchase 1GB of topup data on 15 September, you have until the end of the day (23:59) on 14 October to use this data, any data not depleted by 23:59 on 14 October will expire.

Data is depleted from the 1st of each month as follows:

  1. Unused Top-up data from the previous month is depleted first, if applicable
  2. Rollover data will be depleted second, if applicable
  3. Monthly data allocation will be depleted last.

This service is a mobile wireless service which can be used anywhere within Rain Coverage areas. Red Link  will not provide Support Services with regards to coverage where the service is used outside of a Rain Coverage Area. Clients who proceed with the purchase of a Rain service and are not covered under the Rain Coverage Map at the address they intend to use the service at do so at their own risk, service is in no way guaranteed in areas not displayed on the Rain Coverage Map. The Rain SIM supplied must only be used in an approved compatible device (listed below). Red Link  will not provide Support Services if the SIM is used in a non-compatible device.

Approved Compatible Devices

  • Huawei B618
  • Huawei B315
  • Huawei B2338
  • ZTE MF253
  • ZTE MF283+
  • ZTE MF286C
  • TP-Link MR200

The Approved Compatible Devices carry a 12 month Warranty if ordered through Red Link  with their SIM, device warranty claims for the Approved Compatible Devices will be handled by Red Link  who will deal directly with the Supplier on the clients behalf.

In line with the Consumer Protection Act, Red Link  has a 7 business day return policy. Units returned must be returned as shipped (i.e. same cosmetic condition and all shipped packaging, parts and accessories included) to be eligible for refund or exchange. If the router is returned within 7 days from delivery it will be refunded or replaced with a new unit. The cost of returning the device is the responsibility of the client and will be charged to the clients account.

Your initial purchase of data will be billed prorata and you will receive prorata data. A prorata invoice will be generated on the day of purchase and debited accordingly. On the day of activation, we will allocate a prorata amount of data, because the invoice was calculated and generated on the day of purchase and not the day of delivery we will re-calculate the amount due according to the date of activation and credit the balance to the clients account.

Clients signing up before the 30th of November 2017 will receive double their monthly data every month until 30 November 2018. Upgrades/Downgrades only take effect on the 1st of the month following the request, upgrades/downgrades set in November 2017 will only take effect on 1 December 2017 and will not qualify for the Double Data Promotion as the Promotion ends on 30 November 2017. The service must be renewed monthly in order to qualify for this Promotion.

The SIM and Device will be delivered within 10 business days from the date of order, provided payment has cleared. Once delivered please allow up to 24 hours from the time the SIM Card is inserted for the data to be allocated. Please note that the SIM must be inserted into an Approved Compatible Device within 48 hours of taking delivery, failure to do so will result in the SIM being deactivated.

Please note that the purchase of the Rain LTE service is subject to RICA and you will be required to provide certain documentation on delivery of the device, the requirements will be communicated to you. Delivery of the SIM/Router is facilitated by Digital Planet on behalf of Internet Solutions and Red Link . Clients will provide their RICA documents to the courier on delivery and the documents will be sent to Digital Planet and Internet Solutions, as such please be advised that your personal details will be received by the courier, Digital Planet and Internet Solutions. Your personal details will only be used for the purpose of RICA and for no other reason provided it is not required by law. Please be advised that deliveries will not take place between 21 December 2017 and 5 January 2018.

Sim swops will be processed where possible at no charge. The delivery fee for the new sim will however be charged to the clients account.

 

General Notice

Thank you for reading Red Link ' Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). By accessing this website, or by contracting with us for service, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this policy and the terms and conditions it contains, as well as any other additional terms, conditions, rules or policies which are displayed to you in connection with this service/website.

The purpose of this AUP is to comply with the relevant laws of the Republic; to specify to clients and users of our service/website what activities and online behaviour are considered an unacceptable use of the service/website; to protect the integrity of our network and to specify the consequences that may flow from undertaking such prohibited activities.

This document contains a number of legal obligations which you are presumed to be familiar with. As such, we encourage you to read this document thoroughly and direct any queries to our client services/legal department at 087 821 1100.

Red Link  respects the rights of our clients and users of our services to freedom of speech and expression; access to information; privacy; human dignity; religion, belief and opinion in accordance with our constitution. We undertake not to interfere with any of those rights unless required to do so by law; unless those rights are exercised for unlawful purposes; or unless the exercise of those rights threatens to cause harm to another person or affect the integrity of our network.

Communications with Red Link  and its Staff

Clients will be held liable for any malicious conduct directed towards Red Link  or its staff in any way or form via any of Red Link ' communication channels.

Any form of aggression, abuse, bullying, offensive language, intimidation directed at Red Link  or its staff on any platform or forum will be deemed abusive behaviour and will be deemed as a breach of our Acceptable Usage Policy and Red Link  reserves the right to suspend and/or discontinue any and all services.

The use of any platform, medium or communication channel to spread false information/allegations or any attempt to bring the name of Red Link  or its employees into disrepute will be deemed as a breach of our Acceptable Usage Policy and Red Link  reserves the right to suspend and/or discontinue any and all services.

ISPA membership and Code of Conduct

Red Link  confirms that in compliance with section 72 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002, Red Link  is a member of the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) and has adopted and implemented the association's official Code of Conduct, which can be viewed at https://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/

Unlawful Use

Red Link ' services/website may only be used for lawful purposes and activities. We prohibit any use of our website/network including the transmission, storage and distribution of any material or content using our network that violates any law or regulation of the Republic.

This includes:

  1. Any violation of local and international laws prohibiting child pornography; obscenity; discrimination (including racial, gender or religious slurs) and hate speech; or speech designed to incite violence or hatred, or threats to cause bodily harm.
  2. Any activity designed to defame, abuse, stalk, harass or physically threaten any individual in the Republic or beyond its borders; including any attempt to link to, post, transmit or otherwise distribute any inappropriate or defamatory material.
  3. Any violation of Intellectual Property laws including materials protected by local and international copyright, trademarks and trade secrets. Moreover Red Link  cannot be held liable if you make any unlawful use of any multimedia content accessed through the search facility provided by Red Link ' network, or otherwise available through access to our network, whether for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
  4. Any violation of the individual's right to privacy, including any effort to collect personal data of third parties without their consent.
  5. Any fraudulent activity whatsoever, including dubious financial practices, such as pyramid schemes; the impersonation of another subscriber without their consent; or any attempt to enter into a transaction with Red Link  on behalf of another subscriber without their consent.
  6. Any violation of the exchange control laws of the Republic.
  7. Any activity that results in the sale, transmission or distribution of pirated or illegal software.
  8. Failing to respond to a request by a recipient of unsolicited mail to be removed from any mailing or direct marketing list and continuing to send unsolicited mail following such a request for removal. Where any user resides outside of the Republic, permanently or temporarily, such user will be subject to the laws of the country in which s/he is currently resident and which apply. On presentation of a legal order to do so, or under obligation through an order for mutual foreign legal assistance, Red Link  will assist foreign law enforcement agencies (LEA) in the investigation and prosecution of a crime committed using Red Link ' resources, including the provisioning of all personal identifiable data.

Prohibited Activities

The following sections outline activities that are considered an unacceptable use of Company's services/network/website and also detail the guidelines for acceptable use of certain facilities/services, as the case may be.

Threats to Network Security

Any activity which threatens the functioning, security and/or integrity of Red Link ' network is unacceptable.

This includes:

  1. Any efforts to attempt to gain unlawful and unauthorised access to the network or circumvent any of the security measures established by Red Link  for this goal;
  2. Any effort to use Red Link ' equipment to circumvent the user authentication or security of any host, network or account ("cracking" or "hacking");
  3. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header (spoofing) or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting;
  4. Any effort to breach or attempt to breach the security of another user or attempt to gain access to any other person's computer, software, or data without the knowledge and consent of such person;
  5. Any activity which threatens to disrupt the service offered by Red Link  through "denial of service attacks", flooding of a network, or overloading a service or any unauthorised probes ("scanning" or "nuking") of others' networks;
  6. Any activity which in any way threatens the security of the network by knowingly posting, transmitting, linking to or otherwise distributing any information or software which contains a virus; Trojan horse; worm, lock, mail bomb, cancelbot or other harmful, destructive or disruptive component.
  7. Any unauthorised monitoring of data or traffic on the network without Red Link ' explicit, written consent.
  8. Any unsolicited mass mailing activity including direct marketing; spam and chain letters for commercial or other purposes, without the consent of the recipients of those mails.

Public Space & Third Party Content & sites

In reading this AUP or in signing a service contract with Red Link , you acknowledge that Red Link  has no power to control the content of the information passing over the Internet and its applications, including e-mail; chatrooms; news groups; or other similar fora, and that Red Link  cannot be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any of the abovementioned content, in any way for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any such content.

Our services also offer access to numerous third party webpages. You acknowledge that we exercise absolutely no control over such third party content, or sites and in such cases, our network is merely a conduit or means of access and transmission. This includes, but is not limited to, third party content contained on or accessible through the Red Link  network websites and web pages or sites displayed as search results or contained within a directory of links on the Red Link  network. It remains your responsibility to review and evaluate any such content, and that any and all risk associated with the use of, or reliance on, such content rests with you.

Access to public Internet spaces, such as bulletin boards, Usenet groups, chat rooms and moderated forums is entirely voluntary and at your own risk.

Red Link  employees do not moderate any of these services, or your communications, transmissions or use of these services. We do not undertake any responsibility for any content contained therein, or for any breaches of your right to privacy that you may experience as a result of accessing such spaces.

Usenet Newsgroups

The client is responsible for determining and familiarizing himself or herself with the written policies of a given newsgroup before posting to it.

The client must comply with these guidelines at all times which can be obtained from other users of the newsgroup upon request, or from the group's administrators/moderators.

The following are prohibited practices with regard to Usenet newsgroups and Red Link  reserves the right to delete and/or cancel posts which violate the following conditions:

  1. Excessive cross-posting of the same article to multiple newsgroups.
  2. Posting of irrelevant or off-topic material to newsgroups (also known as USENET spam).
  3. Posting binaries to a non-binary newsgroup.
  4. Posting adverts, solicitations, or any other commercial messages unless the guidelines of the newsgroup in question explicitly permit them.

Red Link  does not monitor nor control the content that is available or unavailable via newsgroup and/or usenet services. The services offered by Red Link  in respect to usenet services is merely a convenience to Red Link  clients to make the use of the service more convenient. Red Link  accepts no liability and has no control over the content that may or may not be available, including, but not limited to, pornography, illegally obtained movies, applications and music.

Unsolicited, Spam and Junk mail

Spam and unsolicited bulk mail are highly problematic practices. They affect the use and enjoyment of services by others and often compromise network security. Red Link  will take swift and firm action against any user engaging in any of the following unacceptable practices:



 

  1. Sending unsolicited bulk mail for marketing or any other purposes (political, religious or commercial) to people who have not consented to receiving such mail;
  2. Operating or maintaining mailing lists without the express permission of all recipients listed;
  3. Failing to promptly remove from lists invalid or undeliverable addresses or addresses of unwilling recipients;
  4. Using Red Link ' service to collect responses from unsolicited e-mail sent from accounts on other Internet hosts or e-mail services, that violate this AUP or the AUP of any other Internet service provider;
  5. Including Red Link ' name in the header or by listing an IP address that belongs to Red Link  in any unsolicited email sent through Red Link ' network or not;
  6. Failure to secure a client's mail server against public relay as a protection to themselves and the broader Internet community. Public relay occurs when a mail server is accessed by a third party from another domain and utilised to deliver mails, without the authority or consent of the owner of the mail-server. Mail servers that are unsecured against public relay often become abused by unscrupulous operators for spam delivery and upon detection such delivery must be disallowed. Red Link  reserves the right to examine users' mail servers to confirm that no mails are being sent from the mail server through public relay and the results of such checks can be made available to the user. Red Link  also reserves the right to examine the mail servers of any users using Red Link ' mail servers for "smarthosting" (when the user relays its mail via a Red Link  mail server to a mail server of its own) or similar services at any time to ensure that the servers are properly secured against public relay. All relay checks will be done in strict accordance with Red Link ' privacy policy.

Free Email Account

Red Link  provides up to 5 free email addresses per profile/client. The email address is provided free of charge and will remain active even in the event of the client cancelling their services. The email account must send or download an email at least once within a 6 month period, failing this the email address will be deleted and become available to other users. This service is strictly available for individuals personal use and must in no way be used for business purposes. Should you require an email address for business purposes please have a look at our Hosting Services. Please ensure that you familiarize yourself with the Spam/Virus Filtering and Webmail sections here-under should you choose to make use of this service.

Spam/Virus Filtering

Red Link  provides a spam and virus filtering system to protect clients from unsolicited mail and viruses. The client acknowledges that this system might incorrectly identify a valid message as spam or as a virus and consequently this message might not be delivered to the client. The client acknowledges and agrees that Red Link  shall without limitation have no responsibility for, or liability in respect of any data lost as a result of this system.

Webmail

Webmail and other web based email services made available by Red Link  are provided on an "as is" basis without representations, warranties or conditions of any kind, and the client acknowledges and agrees that Red Link  shall have no responsibility for, or liability in respect of, any aspect of the Webmail services, including without limitation for any lost or damaged data or any acts or omissions of Red Link . As webmail storage space is limited, some Webmail messages may not be processed due to space constraints or message limitations.

Webmail is provided to individuals and for personal use only. Any unauthorised commercial use of the Webmail service, or resale of the Webmail service is expressly prohibited.

Uncapped Fibre and DSL

The Uncapped Fibre and DSL products simply named Uncapped are Unshaped, Unthrottled and we do not implement usage Thresholds on these services.

The use of our uncapped service is for Home/Personal use only and may not be resold and may not be shared. The service may not be used to provide services, such as but not limited to, private servers, email and vpn services, network services. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service providers) is strictly prohibited. The service may not be used for any unattended automated processes. Any use of the service other than for personal use which may cause an unusually large burden on the network is prohibited. The examples here in are an indication of the what is not allowed but is not all encompassing but rather to assist with ease of understanding.

It is our goal to protect the integrity of our network, in order to provide the best possible internet experience for all of our clients using uncapped services, as such we reserve the right to manage uncapped users who are deemed to be causing an unusually large burden on the network. We are committed to managing our network in a way that allows us to provide all users with the best experience possible, however we cannot guarantee that the allocated capacity will always be available. We thus reserve the right to manage uncapped users should network capacity be affected by outages, maintenance, pending upgrades or matters outside of our control.

Uncapped DSL and Home / Premium Uncapped Fibre(Fibre Service Discontinued. No longer for sale to direct clients.)
These services are best suited for average home users who make little to no use of high bandwidth services such as NNTP, Peer-to-Peer and Torrents (and similar but not limited to). These services are proactively managed by the Red Link  Protocol Manager.

Premium Uncapped services are better suited to more advanced users, and are managed proactively by the Red Link  Protocol Manager.

Premium Uncapped (DSL and Fibre) - Red Link  Protocol Manager(Fibre Service Discontinued. No longer for sale to direct clients.)
The Red Link  Protocol Manager is used to provide all uncapped users on our network with the best possible internet experience. During peak network times, we give priority to real time services (such as browsing, email, commercial streaming such as Netflix, Showmax etc), high bandwidth services such as NNTP, Peer-to-Peer and Torrents (and similar but not limited to) will receive less priority.

Clients deemed to be continuously uploading/downloading or using the service for unattended automated processes will be managed by the Red Link  Protocol Manager. The Red Link  Protocol Manager may be used to manage clients by rate limiting (slowing down speed) and limiting or preventing service using specific protocols or ports. We reserve the right to use the Red Link  Protocol Manager to manage the integrity of our network should network capacity not be available at any time, we assure our clients that we will do this in a responsible manner should the need arise. Any user that is found attempting to bypass or circumvent the Red Link  Protocol Manager will be suspended and could have their service cancelled.

Uncapped DSL and Home Uncapped Fibre – Red Link  Protocol Manager(Fibre Service Discontinued. No longer for sale to direct clients.)
These services are managed according to the last 7 days usage projected to 30 days as well as the available capacity on the network at all times.

There are predefined thresholds set and when exceeded the account speed will be managed down to a maximum of 50% of the account speed. Should the demand on the network exceed available capacity these thresholds may be managed more aggressively by the Red Link  Protocol Manager and differ to the table below.

The thresholds per account speed are:

SpeedThreshold
1Mbps20GB
2Mbps40GB
4Mbps80GB
5Mbps80GB
8Mbps100GB
10Mbps120GB
15Mbps160GB
20Mbps200GB
30Mbps225GB
40Mbps250GB
50Mbps250GB
100Mbps300GB
200Mbps400GB
500Mbps600GB
1000Mbps1000GB

Any user that is found attempting to bypass or circumvent the Red Link  Protocol Manager will be suspended and could have their service cancelled.

Premium Plus Uncapped (DSL and Fibre)(Fibre Service Discontinued. No longer for sale to direct clients.)
Please note that on 27 September 2017 the Business Uncapped Service had a name change to Premium Plus Uncapped, the Terms and AUP were un-affected by this name change.

This is an uncapped service that is prioritised for Business Users based on available network capacity where high priority is required for typical business protocols.

Clients deemed to be continuously uploading/downloading or using the service for unattended automated processes or non-typical business protocols (such as but not limited to NNTP, Peer-to-Peer, Https Downloading and Torrents) will be managed by the Red Link  Protocol Manager. The Red Link  Protocol Manager may be used to manage clients by rate limiting (slowing down speed) and limiting or preventing service using specific protocols or ports. Red Link  reserves the right, to at its discretion manage non typical business protocols such as but not limited to NNTP, Peer-to-Peer, Https Downloading and Torrents and/or rate limit service speed.

We reserve the right to use the Red Link  Protocol Manager to manage services in order to protect the integrity of our network according to the available network capacity, we assure our clients that we will do this in a responsible manner should the need arise.

Any user that is found attempting to bypass or circumvent the Red Link  Protocol Manager will be suspended and could have their service cancelled.

Vodacom Fixed LTE Uncapped

The service may not be used to provide services, such as but not limited to, private servers, email and vpn services and network services. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service providers) is strictly prohibited. The service may not be used for any unattended automated processes. Any use of the service other than for personal use which may cause an unusually large burden on the network is prohibited. The examples here in are an indication of the what is not allowed but is not all encompassing but rather to assist with ease of understanding.

It is our goal to protect the integrity of our network, in order to provide the best possible internet experience for all of our clients using uncapped services, as such we reserve the right to manage uncapped users who are deemed to be causing an unusually large burden on the network. We are committed to managing our network in a way that allows us to provide all users with the best experience possible, however we cannot guarantee that the allocated capacity will always be available. The following speed limitations will apply once the purchased service reaches the usage limit indicated in the table below in the current month. Speed limitations will reset to full speed attainable on the 1st of each month.

 

Product

Usage Limit

Speed Limited to

Uncapped Fixed LTE (up to 20Mbps)

50GB

2Mbps

Uncapped Fixed LTE (up to 30Mbps)

150GB

2Mbps

Uncapped Fixed LTE (up to 50Mbps)

300GB

2Mbps

Uncapped Fixed LTE (Pro)

600GB

1Mbps

MTN 5G

The service may not be used to provide services, such as but not limited to, private servers, email and vpn services and network services. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service providers) is strictly prohibited. The service may not be used for any unattended automated processes. Any use of the service other than for personal use which may cause an unusually large burden on the network is prohibited. The examples here in are an indication of the what is not allowed but is not all encompassing but rather to assist with ease of understanding.

It is imperative to protect the integrity of the network, in order to provide the best possible internet experience for all clients using this service, as such we reserve the right to manage uncapped users who are deemed to be causing an unusually large burden on the network. We are committed to working with MTN to manage the network in a way that allows us to provide all users with the best experience possible, however we cannot guarantee that the allocated capacity will always be available. The following speed limitations will apply once the purchased service reaches the usage limit indicated in the table below in the current month. Speed limitations will reset on the 1st of each month to the original purchased usage limit:

 

Product

Usage Limit

Speed Limited to

MTN 5G Pro

600GB

2Mbps

MTN 5G Pro+

1000GB

2Mbps

MTN 5G Ultra

1600GB

2Mbps

MTN Fixed LTE Uncapped

The service may not be used to provide services, such as but not limited to, private servers, email and vpn services and network services. The use of our uncapped services by WISP's (wireless internet service providers) is strictly prohibited. The service may not be used for any unattended automated processes. Any use of the service other than for personal use which may cause an unusually large burden on the network is prohibited. The examples here in are an indication of the what is not allowed but is not all encompassing but rather to assist with ease of understanding.

It is our goal to protect the integrity of our network, in order to provide the best possible internet experience for all of our clients using uncapped services, as such we reserve the right to manage uncapped users who are deemed to be causing an unusually large burden on the network. We are committed to managing our network in a way that allows us to provide all users with the best experience possible, however we cannot guarantee that the allocated capacity will always be available. The following speed limitations will apply once the purchased service reaches the usage limit indicated in the table below in the current month. Speed limitations will reset to full speed attainable on the 1st of each month.

Product

Usage Limit

Speed Limited to

Uncapped LTE (up to 20Mbps)

50GB

2Mbps

Uncapped LTE (up to 50Mbps)

100GB

2Mbps

Uncapped LTE (up to 100Mbps)

400GB

2Mbps

Uncapped LTE (up to 200Mbps)

650GB

2Mbps

Uncapped LTE (Pro)

1000GB

1Mbps

Red Link  reserves the right to manage the top 25% of users on the MTN Fixed LTE Uncapped service (old MTN LTE uncapped product).

Telkom Uncapped Fixed LTE

The Fair Usage Policy for Telkom Fixed LTE Uncapped services are as follows:

Service

Monthly Data Allocation

Speed

Times of operation

 

Uncapped Off Peak

First 350GB of Data

10Mbps

Midnight to 7pm, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

10Mbps Uncapped

First 500GB of Data

10Mbps

24/7, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

20Mbps Uncapped

First 600GB of Data

20Mbps

24/7, 365 days a year

Next 50GB of Data

4Mbps

Unlimited data thereafter*

2Mbps

*P2P/NNTP type traffic will be further throttled

In addition to the parameters set out above Telkom reserves the right to further throttle (slow down the speed) of any user found to be abusing the service across all traffic types in times where the network is under strain and with the express aim of providing a quality service across the network for all users.

Examples of customer behaviour which compromise Telkom's network performance include, for example, causing network congestion, include running excessive concurrent internet sessions or accessing excessive bandwidth intensive protocols such as Peer to Peer and news servers' protocols (NNTP). In the event of such behaviours, Telkom reserves the right to terminate the account of the user whose usage is continuously affecting Telkom's network performance.

Hosting

Red Link  offers unlimited bandwidth (web traffic) usage on Shared Hosting platforms. However, this is subject to reasonable and responsible usage, as determined at Red Link ' discretion. Shared Hosting is designed for serving personal hosting requirements or that of small enterprises, and not medium to large enterprises. Red Link  reserves the right to move Clients deemed to have excessive bandwidth usage to a VPS product, which will better suit their requirements. Clients will be given notice as such, and will be informed of any cost implications.

Disk Space on Shared Hosting may only be used for Website Content, Emails and related System Files. General data storage, archiving or file sharing of documents, files or media not directly related to the website content is strictly prohibited. Unauthorised storage or distribution of copyrighted materials is prohibited, via FTP hosts or any other means.

For Shared Hosting, Red Link  will implement security updates, software patches and other updates or upgrades from time to time, to maintain the best performance, at their sole discretion. Red Link  is under no obligation to effect such upgrades, or to rectify any impact such changes could potentially have to Shared Hosting Clients.

Red Link  will not be liable or responsible for the backing up, restoration or loss of data under any circumstances. Clients are solely responsible for ensuring their data is regularly backed up and for restoring such backups in the event of data loss or corruption.

Red Link  prohibits Clients from doing the following on hosting platforms administered by Red Link :

  • Running applications that are not production-ready. Any applications on the hosting platform must be optimized with respect to memory usage and must have appropriate data indexing.
  • Running applications with inadequate security controls.
  • Generating significant side-channel traffic from an application, whether by design or otherwise. Databases should be stored locally, and remote content should be cached.
  • Failure to maintain proper "housekeeping" on a shared server including storing or generating useless content, including comment spam, unused cache files, log file and database entries.
  • Storing malicious content, such as malware or links to malware.
  • Monopolizing server resources, including CPU time, memory, network and disk bandwidth.
  • Maintaining long-running processes and long-running database queries.
  • Storing or running back-door shells, mass mailing scripts, proxy servers, web spiders, phishing content, or peer-to-peer software.
  • Sending bulk mail of any form, particularly mail that cannot be efficiently delivered due to volume or incorrect addresses.
  • Using poor passwords.
  • Sharing security credentials with untrusted parties.
  • Running Torrents for download or Seed Servers.
  • Running TOR (or other Online Anonymity Services).
  • Red Link  strictly prohibits any crypto currency associated activities or mechanisms to be run on any part of our hosting network or servers within our hosting environment.
  • Otherwise circumventing the Acceptable Use Policy or intended use of the product.

VPS Fair Use Policy

In order to provide all Customers with proportionate and fair access to the network resources, Red Link  operates a fair use policy.

During high levels of usage, Red Link 's fair use policy will restrict the available connection speed of Customers identified as having made a disproportionate use of network resources.

Red Link  will monitor each Customer's total download and upload volume throughout each month to identify those Customers with a disproportionate usage profile. Customer usage will be calculated on a monthly basis, as a result, Red Link  will reset the monitored volume to zero at the commencement of each month.

Red Link  fair use policy restricts only the speed of access, it does not limit the time connected to the internet through broadband or reduce the overall download and/or upload volume of any Customer or user.

Red Link  will not be liable to you or any other third party for any loss or damages to you or any third party may suffer arising from, or in any way relating to, the restriction of access of speed as a consequence of operating its fair use policy.

Table of acceptable bandwidth usage per VPS service per month.

VPSAcceptable Usage
Standard1 TB
Standard Plus1 TB
Pro2 TB
Pro Plus2 TB
Mega5 TB
Mega Plus5 TB
Ultra10 TB
Ultra Plus10 TB

Protection of Minors

Red Link  prohibits clients from using Red Link ' service to harm or attempt to harm a minor, including, but not limited to, by hosting, possessing, disseminating, distributing or transmitting material that is unlawful, including child pornography.

We encourage clients to use the links below for further information and resources on how to safe guard minors who have access to the clients internet service

https://ispa.org.za/safety/
https://ispa.org.za/safety/children-and-teens/

Privacy and Confidentiality

Red Link  respects the privacy and confidentiality of our clients and users of our service. Please review our privacy policy which details how we collect and use personal information gathered in the course of operating this service.

User Responsibilities

Clients are responsible for any misuse of Company's services that occurs through the client's account. It is the client's responsibility to ensure that unauthorised persons do not gain access to or misuse Red Link ' service.

Red Link  urges clients not to reply to unsolicited mail or "spam", not to click on any suggested links provided in the unsolicited mail. Doing so remains the sole responsibility of the client and Red Link  cannot be held liable for the client being placed on any bulk mailing lists as a result.

Where the client has authorised a minor to use any of the Red Link ' services or access its websites, you accept that as the parent/legal guardian of that minor, you are fully responsible for: the online conduct of such minor; controlling the minor's access to and use of any services or websites; and the consequences of any misuse by the minor, including but not limited to transactions entered into by the minor using such access.

Red Link  cannot be held liable for any business dealings you have with any third parties on the Internet, including any vendors, or advertisers found on, or through, the Red Link  network. Further, Red Link  assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner. Further, the responsibility for ensuring compliance with all applicable customs and exchange control laws in connection with any such transactions shall be the client's.

Notice and Take-down Procedures

Red Link  confirms that it has a procedure in place for the notice and take-down of illegal material. In compliance with section 77 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (No. 25 of 2002) Red Link ' designated agent for this process can be reached at (010) 500 1200 or at: complaints@ispa.org.za, P.O.Box 518, Noordwyk, 1687. The notice and take-down procedure can be viewed at https://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/.

Take-down notice email: complaints@ispa.org.za
Take-down notice information and form: https://ispa.org.za/tdn/

Clients are also notified of the content and procedures of the ISPA Code of Conduct (https://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/) which may be used against any Internet service provider who fails to comply with the code of conduct. We urge you to familiarise yourselves with this code.

Complaints and procedures

PO Box 518
Noordwyk
1687
Tel: 010 500 1200

Take-down notice email: complaints@ispa.org.za
Take-down notice information and form: https://ispa.org.za/tdn/

It is the client's responsibility to familiarise himself or herself with the procedure set out below and report any cases of violation of this AUP to Red Link ' designated complaints handling agent.

Please note that Red Link  cannot handle complaints concerning networks or users that do not have service contracts with us or our affiliates, or are outside of our control.

In order for Red Link  to thoroughly investigate the complaint and take appropriate action, all complaints must be in writing, via fax or e-mail and contain as much information as possible, including, but not limited to:

  • the origin of abuse or offence, including the website, full mail headers, relevant logfile extracts etc;
  • any contact details for the source of the complaint;
  • A brief explanation why the incident is considered to be an offence.

Red Link  discourages anonymous complaints being made via this service, and urges complainants to supply their name and contact details to us. Such information will not be released, except where required by law enforcement. Anonymous complaints will however be acted upon as long as sufficient detail as outlined above is supplied.

Action following breach of the AUP

Upon receipt of a complaint, or having become aware of an incident, Red Link  may take any of the following steps:



 

  • In the case of a network, inform the user's network administrator of the incident and request the network administrator or network owner to deal address the incident in terms of this AUP and the ISPA Code of Conduct;
  • In severe cases suspend access of the user's entire network until abuse can be prevented by appropriate means;
  • In the case of individual users, warn the user; suspend the user's account and/or revoke or cancel the user's network access privileges completely;
  • In all cases, charge the offending parties for administrative costs as well as for machine and human time lost due to the incident;
  • Assist other networks or website administrators in investigating credible suspicions of any activity listed in this AUP;
  • Institute civil or criminal proceedings;
  • Share information concerning the incident with other Internet access providers, or publish the information, and/or make available the users' details to law enforcement agencies

Reservation and Non Waiver of Rights

Red Link  reserves the right to amend or alter this policy at any time, and without notice to you.

Red Link  reserves the right to take action against any individuals, companies or organizations that violate any of the prohibited activities set out herein, or engage in any illegal or unlawful activity while accessing our services, to the fullest extent of the law.

Red Link  reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to act against other types of abuse not listed in this document and to investigate or prevent illegal activities being committed over our network.

Red Link  reserves the right to monitor user and network traffic for site security purposes and prevent any unauthorised attempts to tamper with our site or cause damage to our property.

Red Link  reserves the right to suspend, revoke or cancel Red Link ' services to the client/user if the safety and integrity of Red Link ' resources are placed at risk in continuing to provide service to the subscriber/user.

Red Link  reserves the right to remove any information or materials in whole or in part, that, in Red Link ' sole discretion, is deemed to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.

Red Link  does not undertake to guarantee the security of any data passing through its networks. Although Red Link  will provide a "best effort" service, including regular updates on computer viruses and other threats to security of data, it is the responsibility of the communicating parties to safeguard their data, and Red Link  cannot be held liable for any loss or damage arising as result of the failure to do so.

Red Link  does not waive its right to enforcement of this AUP at any time, or prejudice its right to take subsequent action, should Red Link  fail, neglect or elect not to enforce a breach of the AUP at any time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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