So we are in desperate need of fibre infrastructure on a large farming + residential + industrial property that is a little bit outside the JHB suburb of Lenasia. Openserve is the dominant FNO in the suburb and works superbly. However, at this property, there is no last mile FTTx infrastructure...
Telkom is getting hammered
Telkom's share price was hammered following the release of its interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2021.
Telkom's operating revenue declined from R21.4 billion to R21.3 billion over the reporting period, while its net debt to EBITDA increased from...
FTTx Council Africa rebrands to Digital Council Africa
The FTTx Council Africa announced on Wednesday that has changed its name to the Digital Council Africa.
"Originally established in 2010 under the banner of the FTTx Council — an association that worked to expand the deployment of...
If I have a business plan, potential customers, ISP reseller plan, will DFA develop a last mile fibre infrastructure for my business?
I plan on starting my own ISP, my only problem is last mile access. There is already a huge network here.
Will Dark Fibre Africa do the last mile...
Is anyone else using Smart Village? How has your experience been
I've recently signed up to an 8mb FTTx connection running over a WAN via a wireless router. (PPPoE)
The connection has it's ups and downs, but more downs than ups. And its not cheap.
Any tips for a better connection? (i.e...
City-run ISP makes 10Gbps available to all residents and businesses (US)
Source: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/09/city-run-isp-makes-10gbps-available-to-all-residents-and-businesses/
Some day ...
It might be useful to have a handy place where we could read up on the different FTTx related topics.
Here are links to information worth reading:
FTTH Council (EU) -
FTTH Handbook 2014 (pdf)
FTTH Smart Guide (pdf)
What FTTH could do for your community (pdf)
FTTH ISPs:
Lightspeed
123Net...
Vodacom’s R500 million fibre-to-the-home plans
Vodacom is investing millions of rands into fibre services and expects to connect 250,000 homes and businesses within 3 years
Vodacom’s big broadband plans: FTTH, LTE and 3G
Vodacom sees fibre to the home, 100% 3G coverage and a much larger LTE network as a key future strategy
Fibre now the same price as ADSL
Latest Point-Topic global broadband tariffs report reveals that fibre prices are dropping while DSL prices are increasing
Telkom touts cheaper fibre services on the horizon
Telkom plans to make it easier and cheaper for its customers to access fibre services to satisfy their demand for bandwidth
Telkom 40Mbps VDSL - pilot project timeline and locations revealed
The locations and planned commercial launch of Telkom’s VDSL trials
FROM TELKOM
Telkom’s Fibre –To –The-X Rollout
• Currently Telkom has DSL coverage for 93% of its POTS customer base
• To date Telkom has deployed 2700 DSLAMs...