1Gbps FTTh packages starting at R799

[Daniel Puchert]

Surprise in 1Gbps fibre showdown

South African residents can get a symmetrical 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) package for as little as R799 per month, provided they are covered by the relatively small fibre network operator (FNO) offering it.

MyBroadband compared asymmetrical and symmetrical 1Gbps FTTH packages across various FNOs and popular Internet service providers (ISPs).

 

[Dretastic06]

meanwhile afrihost on vumareach is charging R847pm for 100mbps

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

Best i can do is R350 pm

 

[system32]

What's the difference between Cybersmart's "Openserve Lite Home Fibre" and "Openserve Premium Home Fibre" and "Openserve Business Fibre" (besides the cost)?

Can't find explanation on web site.

 

[IamNoone]

What's the difference between Cybersmart's "Openserve Lite Home Fibre" and "Openserve Premium Home Fibre" and "Openserve Business Fibre" (besides the cost)?

Can't find explanation on web site.

Home Fibre Internet​

Designed for personal use, streaming, gaming, and casual work-from-home setups.

Key Features:​

• Best-effort service: Speeds may vary depending on network congestion.
• Asymmetrical speeds: Often higher download speed than upload (e.g., 100/50 Mbps).
• No guaranteed uptime.
• Basic support: Typically during office hours or via online help.
• Shared bandwidth: You’re sharing with other users in the area (contention ratio).
• Cheaper: More affordable, but comes with fewer guarantees.

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Business Fibre Internet​

Designed for companies with higher demands like cloud computing, VoIP, multiple users, and critical uptime.

Key Features:​

• Service Level Agreement (SLA): Guarantees uptime (e.g., 99.9%), speed, and support response times.
• Symmetrical speeds: Equal download and upload speeds (e.g., 100/100 Mbps), crucial for uploading files, video conferencing, servers, etc.
• Dedicated line: Less or no contention—bandwidth is reserved for your business.
• 24/7 priority support: Faster fault resolution, sometimes with a dedicated account manager.
• Optional static IPs, VLANs, and better security options.
• Higher cost: Due to SLAs, infrastructure, and support.

 

[Johand]

I do think it isn't completely fair to compare them with other ISPs. As far as I know they only deployed in super dense areas with minimal trenching (apartment blocks etc).

An FNO cost is pretty much determined by how much digging they have to do. High density apartments are cheaper to search than house with short fronts which again are cheaper to service than suburbian houses where the house fronts are even wider. The cost for an FNO has almost nothing to do with linespeed. They only use speed to segment the market.

 

[Clintie]

I would love to know where they are getting this information because I aint seeing it :/

Clintie

 

[system32]

Home Fibre Internet​

Designed for personal use, streaming, gaming, and casual work-from-home setups.

Key Features:​

• Best-effort service: Speeds may vary depending on network congestion.
• Asymmetrical speeds: Often higher download speed than upload (e.g., 100/50 Mbps).
• No guaranteed uptime.
• Basic support: Typically during office hours or via online help.
• Shared bandwidth: You’re sharing with other users in the area (contention ratio).
• Cheaper: More affordable, but comes with fewer guarantees.

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Business Fibre Internet​

Designed for companies with higher demands like cloud computing, VoIP, multiple users, and critical uptime.

Key Features:​

• Service Level Agreement (SLA): Guarantees uptime (e.g., 99.9%), speed, and support response times.
• Symmetrical speeds: Equal download and upload speeds (e.g., 100/100 Mbps), crucial for uploading files, video conferencing, servers, etc.
• Dedicated line: Less or no contention—bandwidth is reserved for your business.
• 24/7 priority support: Faster fault resolution, sometimes with a dedicated account manager.
• Optional static IPs, VLANs, and better security options.
• Higher cost: Due to SLAs, infrastructure, and support.

And "Openserve Premium Home Fibre" vs "Openserve Lite Home Fibre"

 

[longboy]

Best i can do is R350 pm

That's what I'm paying for my dad's 20/10 Openserve Web Connect line. R329 to be exact.