Fibre access on the increase

Theres a saying.... something....... about feces and a famous fictional detective. :mad:
 
er? When's the interesting stuff worth reading going to be published?
 
South Africa is falling behind the developed world in terms of broadband speeds
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Can't say I agree with that title. Falling behind kinda implies we were once on the same level as developed countries.

I would prefer: South Africa falls further behind the developed world in terms of broadband speeds; no one is surprised.
 
For me, a 4mbps line is fine, dont really need to go much faster. BUT, the price of bandwidth is still ridiculously overpriced. Faster connections wont really help, if bandwidth capacity doesn't increase.
 
Kaufies said:
Can't say I agree with that title. Falling behind kinda implies we were once on the same level as developed countries.

I would prefer: South Africa falls further behind the developed world in terms of broadband speeds; no one is surprised.
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+1

How long have we all known this is the truth? Sheesh..
 
ronald911 said:
For me, a 4mbps line is fine, dont really need to go much faster. BUT, the price of bandwidth is still ridiculously overpriced. Faster connections wont really help, if bandwidth capacity doesn't increase.
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Good point. Lately these affordable, "slow" uncapped packages have popped out in great volume. I'd like to see a cheap solution for 4meg lines before we start worrying about bringing fibre to our door steps. I think Axxess proved it's possible with their "384" package. I reckon the heavy downloaders use more capacity at night than businesses do during the day.

My 2c anyway:whistle:
 
The only fibre we will be seeing in our homes any time soon will most likely come in an All-Bran box.
 
In South Africa initiatives like the state-owned Broadband Infraco will provide wholesale national fibre access to service providers, but there are no immediate plans from Government to invest in last mile fibre access.
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Pity :(
 
Geesh, another one of those insightful surveys where we learn how crap we are and how bleak the future looks :)

How can we fall behind something we have actually never been a part of???
 
How many subscribers really get 4Mb speed I've got 4 Mb but most of the time it is .8 Mb, but then around 4 KM to the exchange with old copper
can't expect much more. So fibre would solve it. Keep on dreaming
 
ingeon said:
Found this interesting. ADSL graph...

http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/adsl/extreme/performance/
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Nice find - we saw the graph previously but not this nice summary.

Factors that may affect performance:

While the speeds indicated on this graph show the theoretical maximum speed of the various ADSL protocols on good copper lines - with no bad joints, faulty insulation, or high speed 'interferers' (such as bridge taps or loading coils). Your actual achieved speed may vary substantially from these theoretical results, based on:

the 'line profile' that is operative on your service.
Internode places new Extreme customers on a conservative initial profile that constrains maximum download speeds in order to achieve the highest possible connection stability. Customers may then change (online) to any other line profile, at any time, and at no cost, to explore the tradeoff between speed and connection stability that applies for their individual situation.
the length of copper wire from your premises to the exchange - this is always higher than the distance 'as the crow flies'.
the number and type of other digital services being used by other customers over copper pairs within the same cable sheath.
the configuration and line quality of the copper wire between the exchange and your premises.
electrical interference from outside sources (such as electric motors).
the configuration of the copper wiring within your premises (i.e. use a central splitter for optimal performance).
the software configuration and application on your computer (in particular how it uses the uplink back to the exchange).
your ADSL hardware.
the capacity of, load on, and access data rate of the destination host computer which you are accessing.
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The economies of the future will live and die according to who adopts fibre first. Those which lag behind may never catch up, those which get their first, may simply dominate markets and stream ahead. Fibre to the Home is the only chance we have of achieving 100% employment.
 
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