Recent content by fragtion

  1. F

    SAEx applies to transfer control of its network and service licences to unnamed majority shareholder

    Latency to europe won't change, but latency to south america and the south-east-asia will improve. At the moment, the lowest latency from cape town to fortaleza is about 97ms (via SACS cable -> Angola). The drop to 75ms will be significant for gaming, as it will also lower the latency into Sao...
  2. F

    Access to decommissioned hardware

    So obviously Telkom must have had thousands of DSLAMS around the country that have now been decommissioned Does anyone know where these went? I'm looking for a used DSLAM to pair with my old ADSL/VDSL modems for homelabbing/educational purposes If anyone has any clues or resources in this regard...
  3. F

    Netgear DG834G v3 DGTEAM Firmware Request!

    Anyone still have DG834V3_V4.01.40_DGTeam_0849.img ? Can't find it anywhere 😅 (not terribly surprised tbh lol) Update: Eventually got my hands on it. Sharing here incase anyone wants it
  4. F

    RAM prices are ridiculous

    🎯 Definitely feels that way
  5. F

    Woolworths' farm-style pies

    No kidding. Steers has become the biggest daylight robbery of them all
  6. F

    Pick n Pay set to report another huge loss

    Couldn't support their clothing stores even if I wanted to - it's all just kids and women's clothes, good luck finding any men's clothes in there. Why is this ?? Are all PnP clothing stores this way?
  7. F

    At least 13 Game outlets have shut in South Africa since late 2022

    Builder's Warehouse or select BUCO stores
  8. F

    New Seacom cable system coming

    This is exciting because we needed a new cable running to the east to augment/replace Telkom's SAFE cable which is outdated, not widely used, and lacking in capacity. Hopefully this cable will also have landing stations in Reunion, Mauritius, and India, rather than being just a direct...
  9. F

    New undersea cable to Australia means South African gamers could soon see lower latency when playing online versus people in Oceania

    Of course, every new subsea cable is welcome. But for gaming—especially first-person shooters—the real solution isn’t as simple as piling up more 14,000 km end-to-end links. What we need are better global routing practices, particularly to datacenters positioned half-way along these cables, who...
  10. F

    Battlefield 6 - Official Thread

    I have Asus B660-PLUS and was able to activate UEFI, TPM & Secure boot in my BIOS, you should have it
  11. F

    We tested a R1,300 1080p projector

    Any feedback on this projector? I see Checkers still has them available for that price
  12. F

    Slow international traffic

    Apart from mybroadband there has been very little coverage about this outage thus far, so the article is welcome and informative. Atomic's dashboard (there may be others..) is tracking the outage
  13. F

    Eskom fixed-cost changes causing 30% electricity price increases

    Without meaning to turn this into a twitter-esque thread: good luck solving this with another election
  14. F

    Acer plans to assemble value-focused monitors in South Africa

    Bump. Can't find these monitors anywhere. What's the deal with this? There are TV's listed at https://czelectronics.co.za/our-product-solutions/#visual , but can't find any more info on PC displays, Acer or otherwise...
  15. F

    Steenhuisen explains how agri chairman disappeared from photo

    Uh yeah, just blame the junior staff member. Clever and creative kid that one. Knew just what would please their boss apparently
See more
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X