Openserve has confirmed plans to launch 1Gbps FTTH in mid-June 2026

Sapphiron said:
Good Wifi is not that expensive anymore:

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Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 7 Lite Dual Band AP | U7-Lite

Ubiquiti's U7-LITE is a Dual-Band WiFi 7 access point featuring high gain integrated antennas and 1x 2.5Gbps Ethernet port. It delivers an aggregate data rate of up to 5Gbps over its 5GHz (2x2 MU-MIMO) and 2.4GHz (2x2 MU-MIMO) bands.
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you just need to use well priced business gear and place the APs in the right spots.

Also, Run a cable to your Router.
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"Right spots" = same room/line of sight if you want best performance.

Wall Performance

On the UniFi WiFi 7 Lite Dual Band AP (or similar AP), the Wall Performance specification refers to the router's ability to transmit a Wi-Fi signal through physical household obstacles.

It provides a guideline for placement and an estimate of how many solid barriers the signal can bypass before experiencing significant speed loss or dropouts.

For the UniFi WiFi 7 Lite Dual Band AP, this spec (significant speed loss or dropouts) is typically defined by:
  • Wooden Walls: Usually spans up to two wooden walls (each <10cm thick).
  • Concrete Walls: Usually spans up to one concrete wall (<20cm thick) or two thinner concrete walls (<10cm thick).
  • Brick Walls: Usually spans up to one brick wall (<20cm thick) or two thinner brick walls (<10cm thick).
Because of how Wi-Fi waves travel, denser materials like concrete, brick, and metal will degrade your signal far more than wood, drywall, or glass.

Usually two inner South African brick walls is will result in piss poor WiFi performance.
 
wingnut771 said:
How many FNOs can you choose from in your area.
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Our area has Vumatel and Openserve. The 1000Mbps Vumatel is almost the same price as 500Mbps Openserve

But I still choose the latter as my FNO downtime is far less than the Vumatel guys complaining on the area group regularly.
 
wingnut771 said:
How many FNOs can you choose from in your area
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2.

Vuma has been solid and the service costs me R1300/m

Actually, R1400... went up last year. Still don't get your point. The service is clearly available and has been for years
 
NR7 said:
Our area has Vumatel and Openserve. The 1000Mbps Vumatel is almost the same price as 500Mbps Openserve

But I still choose the latter as my FNO downtime is far less than the Vumatel guys complaining on the area group regularly.
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In my area we have the choice of Openserve or courier pigeons. Has been that way since I moved in 10 years ago.
 
ghaye said:
In my area we have the choice of Openserve or courier pigeons. Has been that way since I moved in 10 years ago.
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Old house was vuma or carrier pigeons, new house is metro or carrier pigeons. Moms place in CT is openserve or carrier pigeons and mates place there is octofail or carrier pigeons.
 
NR7 said:
Our area has Vumatel and Openserve. The 1000Mbps Vumatel is almost the same price as 500Mbps Openserve

But I still choose the latter as my FNO downtime is far less than the Vumatel guys complaining on the area group regularly.
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In our area, FNO downtime often due to Johannesburg Water digging.
Vumatel is in the ground and subject to digging by Johannesburg Water,
OpenServe is on the old telephone poles.
 
1gbps is a business need in some instances, who needs that sort of speed at home.... I'm running a 240/240mbps line and its overkill even with 4 people streaming and another 2 playing online games at the same time.
 
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Bad Ballie said:
1gbps is a business need in some instances, who needs that sort of speed at home.... I'm running a 240/240mbps line and its overkill even with 4 people streaming and another 2 playing online games at the same time.
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Yep, I don't need anything more than my current 300/150 line.
 
system32 said:
"Right spots" = same room/line of sight if you want best performance.

Wall Performance

On the UniFi WiFi 7 Lite Dual Band AP (or similar AP), the Wall Performance specification refers to the router's ability to transmit a Wi-Fi signal through physical household obstacles.

It provides a guideline for placement and an estimate of how many solid barriers the signal can bypass before experiencing significant speed loss or dropouts.

For the UniFi WiFi 7 Lite Dual Band AP, this spec (significant speed loss or dropouts) is typically defined by:
  • Wooden Walls: Usually spans up to two wooden walls (each <10cm thick).
  • Concrete Walls: Usually spans up to one concrete wall (<20cm thick) or two thinner concrete walls (<10cm thick).
  • Brick Walls: Usually spans up to one brick wall (<20cm thick) or two thinner brick walls (<10cm thick).
Because of how Wi-Fi waves travel, denser materials like concrete, brick, and metal will degrade your signal far more than wood, drywall, or glass.

Usually two inner South African brick walls is will result in piss poor WiFi performance.
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I usually have a one brick wall rule for 5ghz and a 3 wall rule for 2.4ghz. When planning density.

I also generally hang the AP from in the peak of the roof so the signal can go over the walls to some degree.
 
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