A new method to get fibre laid for your house

[Sumen]

We all know the only way you are going to get fibre in your area is if you get a large number of people in your area to show their interest in fibre.

Sometimes it's really difficult to get people to show their interest therefore your area might not get fibre for a long time.

I read in a MyBB article 2 years ago that it costs around R700 per metre(could have increased by now) to lay fibre on curbside, so I was thinking why don't these fibre companies allow the individual customers to pay the cost of laying fibre only for their house instead of people battling to get their community to show interest.

Any thoughts on the idea?

 

[PBCool]

Not so simple as you need to link the fibre somewhere so you can imagine the cost per metre you mentioned from your house to the nearest datacenter.

 

[maumau]

It is a thought though, I know of two families in the Edenvale area who'd pay a lot to get fibre but aren't on the list yet.

ADSL in the area is useless and they have no wireless providers. We all know the TT Connect story, think the other option is Skywire.

 

[Foxhound5366]

There's an easier way: just invite me to come live in your suburb. As soon as I leave, you're guaranteed to get fibre.

Seriously: my last suburb got fibre in the month that I left. I just put in my notice to leave my current apartment and in that *same week* I saw three fibre vans parked just outside my complex, busy with some kinda installation work.

I'm determined to break the curse by moving into an apartment that's now in an area already covered by fibre!

 

[Sumen]

So it would just be easier for me to approach my body corporate in my area to help with getting residents to show their interest, I think Vumatel only needs 30% of households to show their interest before they can consider laying the fibre infrastructure.

 

[Nicholas Marzio]

So it would just be easier for me to approach my body corporate in my area to help with getting residents to show their interest, I think Vumatel only needs 30% of households to show their interest before they can consider laying the fibre infrastructure.

Just remember that most fibre providers build a pop which links to the DC so if you want direct fibre you would need to go via an ISP over DFA.

 

[Sumen]

It is a thought though, I know of two families in the Edenvale area who'd pay a lot to get fibre but aren't on the list yet.

ADSL in the area is useless and they have no wireless providers. We all know the TT Connect story, think the other option is Skywire.

Adsl in my area is pathetic, I have a 4mbps line and I get a real life download speed of 450kbps. I never go over my fair usage threshold

 

[grump_grouch]

Tried to go this route with some local providers - pay for them to lay fibre to my house (got existing fibre two blocks from me) - either got ignored or laughed at.

 

[upup]

We all know the only way you are going to get fibre in your area is if you get a large number of people in your area to show their interest in fibre.

Sometimes it's really difficult to get people to show their interest therefore your area might not get fibre for a long time.

I read in a MyBB article 2 years ago that it costs around R700 per metre(could have increased by now) to lay fibre on curbside, so I was thinking why don't these fibre companies allow the individual customers to pay the cost of laying fibre only for their house instead of people battling to get their community to show interest.

Any thoughts on the idea?

The real fiber is cheap, it is like water [not in Cape town] , but the plumbing , and after the plumbing, then the tiling, which is where the problem lies.

 

[Sumen]

Thanks for everyone's input, I'm off to start a new thread on a comparison battle between 3 smartphones

 

[Oomtas]

The real fiber is cheap, it is like water [not in Cape town] , but the plumbing , and after the plumbing, then the tiling, which is where the problem lies.

 

[SauRoNZA]

In most cases that’s how businesses get their fibre.

At least the early adopters did.

The costs are so astronomical that there just won’t be enough people opting for it to even justify the business plan.

 

[maumau]

In most cases that’s how businesses get their fibre.

At least the early adopters did.

The costs are so astronomical that there just won’t be enough people opting for it to even justify the business plan.

Bad news

 

[flash99]

For a long time I kept scanning every 3 to 6 months for any news of fibre in our street. I could see they had stopped 1 block up from us and were not going any further in our street I could feel your pain. Suddenly in October 2016 we received a proposal and another one in December. This year two fibre providers laid their cables in our street. The cabling from our house to the street was completed this month.

Once the fibre started in our street, I started to look at all of the fibre provider vans around. There are huge amounts of them and they are also working on weekends to fulfill the demand.

I can only suggest that you wait it out because we did not notice that it was even coming but also be prepared to wait for it all to get connected because there will also be three companies that will need to do work for you to start smiling about you internet connection.

Good Luck