1Gbps Telkom VDSL and FTTH infrastructure roll-outs under-way
The infrastructure needed to offer high-speed DSL and fibre-to-the-premises services is being deployed by Telkom
IS talks about fibre to the premise trials
Internet Solutions is conducting fibre to the premise (FTTX) trials, but says there are many constraints to a commercial FTTH offering
Google 1Gbps broadband service goes live
Residents near Stanford University in California are among the first to experience Google’s 1Gbps broadband service
The likelihood of fibre to the home in South Africa
SA internet users are asking when they will get fibre to their homes. The short answer – not soon! But some interesting developments are under way…
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While South Africa might pride itself as being the leading nation on the continent, it is fast moving down the ranks from a technology point of view. Still with no real fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services, it lags most of North Africa, and since last year, Kenya...
Fiber to the x (FTTx) is a generic term for any broadband network architecture that uses optical fiber to replace all or part of the usual metal local loop used for last mile telecommunications. The generic term originated as a generalization of several configurations of fiber deployment (FTTN...