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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    Congratulations!
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    Don't scoff at 20Mbps, it is more than enough for most households. I however have 3 kids heavy into YouTube and online gaming. I've also got rid of DSTV more than 5 years ago so we stream everything. I had a 20Mbps DSL line and it worked perfectly up to about a year ago when the Exchange...
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    That's an impressive download! Now my real struggle begins... I've got to cancel my DSL. Also I signed up with Telkom as my ISP waaaay back before Gmail was a thing (was it Hotmail then?) I've got to find out if I can somehow keep my Telkom email address.
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    After years of waiting, 3 fibre cables in my front yard, and endless problems with a saturated DSL exchange in Langenhoven Park I can finally post this:
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    Not much to see, everything mostly buried underground in PVS piping. From street box: Through my yard, underneath the paving: ONT: (Fibre comes in through the wall next to ONT, there was no need for channeling) And everything nicely restored: Heads up to the guys from Nanofibre that...
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    Frogfoot Langenhoven Park Sector 3 now LIVE!!! I was connected last week, just waiting on my ISP now.
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    I'm very disappointed in SADV. I don't understand the business model where they trench along hundreds of houses to get to a townhouse/complex, but never give the home owners an option to connect to their network. It is exclusive to townhouses even though I've got their cable in my yard. Then...
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    Frogfoot finally started trenching in front of my house yesterday. My kerb is getting crowded now with Vodacom, SADV and Frogfoot pipes. With VC and SADVs inability to connect me, maybe it'll be third time lucky with Frogfoot. @wir: Zone 3 "go live" is 30 November, but at the rate they're...
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    Bloemfontein FTTH Thread

    I don't think it is true, my brother in law got connected yesterday, he even sent me the speed test as proof. (Frogfoot Sector 1 Langenhoven Park) Unless the N1 is a DFA/SADV only problem.
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