Fibre: answers for idiots

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What do us idiots need to know about fibre?

What can one expect to get out of, for example, a 100 Mbs (it is Megabits per second, is it not? < See, I'm an idiot) line in terms of speed?

How reliable is it compared to ADSL?

What's normal, what's not?

Any special kit needed?




Thanks in advance. :thumbsup:
 
You can expect full line speed. 100mbps should give you that or closer enough. Of course these are on cabled devices, wifi speeds will vary

100mbps = approx 12.5MegaBytes per second

The fibre provider will install an ONT at the site of installation and then you'll get or buy a router with a wan port. This router should provide WiFi for your house as well but you might also want to get dedicated WiFi kit... depending on your use cases and budget

You should get lower latency than adsl to local servers and better sustained throughput
 
Your existing DSL router may well work with the fibre ONT.

I got a 50/25 line installed a couple of weeks ago - it's been a little glitchy compared to my xDSL.
 
Another moron
bwana said:
Your existing DSL router may well work with the fibre ONT.

I got a 50/25 line installed a couple of weeks ago - it's been a little glitchy compared to my xDSL.
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What is a typical connection between ONT and router? Fibre or network cable (RJ45 ... and if so is it fast enough/assume it is)?
 
Lagoon Otter said:
What do us idiots need to know about fibre?

What can one expect to get out of, for example, a 100 Mbs (it is Megabits per second, is it not? < See, I'm an idiot) line in terms of speed?

How reliable is it compared to ADSL?

What's normal, what's not?

Any special kit needed?




Thanks in advance. :thumbsup:
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Good day

With a fiber connection, you can expect much higher browsing, download speed and stability compared to ADSL that has a maximum line speed of 40mbps (then you have to be max 5km from Openserve exchange and have excellent copper quality)

Fiber does not rely on distance - it is made of glass and transmit internet at speed of light. Fiber speed varies per ISP - from 20mbps up to 1Gbps, up to 100x faster than ADSL. In most cases fiber is uncapped, unshaped and unthrottled with No FUP, so you can use as much data as you like. Streaming is faster and you can do much more on the internet with fast fiber. Download speed is 8th of your line speed, for example, if your line speed are 100mbps - you will get about 12 mbps download speed - your files will download much faster that ADSL, depending on how many users are active on your router at the same time.

Many ISP's offer on most Fiber Operator Networks like Vuma, Openserve, Frogfoot etc, offer free installation, connection and free router. You can look at Afrihost that offer free installation, connection and router. The prices are very good compared to other ISP's. The service is uncapped, unshaped, unthrottled on all major FNO's They also offer excellent customer support on this forum @AfriNatic and @AfriGuy

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Lagoon Otter said:
Another moron

What is a typical connection between ONT and router? Fibre or network cable (RJ45 ... and if so is it fast enough/assume it is)?
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You use a standard RJ45 network cable attached to LAN1 on your ONT (the terminal your FNO install at your house, the fiber cable from street box in ground connects to this to provide internet) and the other end to the WAN port on your router. Then your ISP provides your with a PPPOE account that you add and you are on the internet.
 
MEG101 said:
Download speed is 8th of your line speed, for example, if your line speed are 100mbps - you will get about 12 mbps download speed - your files will download much faster that ADSL, depending on how many users are active on your router at the same time.

www.afrihost.com

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Get uncapped, unshaped, unthrottled Fibre-to-the-Home with no limits, starting from only R399pm.
www.afrihost.com www.afrihost.com
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Just a technical correction. A 100mbps fibre line should get you really close to 100mbps download speed. The 1/8th you refer to is the conversion between Mbps (megabits per second) and MBps (megabytes per second). 100Mb = 12.5MB.
 
Howdy

A question regarding infrastructure.

We finally have fibre installed in the area, however, they missed our yard, and will therefore be installing our fibre from the neighbour's pole (open serve).

Is this a problem at all? Any additional complications that may arise?
 
Paragon said:
Howdy

A question regarding infrastructure.

We finally have fibre installed in the area, however, they missed our yard, and will therefore be installing our fibre from the neighbour's pole (open serve).

Is this a problem at all? Any additional complications that may arise?
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I have Openserve aerial and the only "problem" is needing to trim the branches of one tree from time to time.
 
Paragon said:
Howdy

A question regarding infrastructure.

We finally have fibre installed in the area, however, they missed our yard, and will therefore be installing our fibre from the neighbour's pole (open serve).

Is this a problem at all? Any additional complications that may arise?
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I also have aerial. My installation took longer because the pole was at the back and there is a property between my house and said pole.

In this scenario, the installers refused to pull the cable through as it would be over the other house's roof. Took almost 3 weeks, because they first had to plant a pole in my yard as well and then a couple of months later, whoever did the installation for the house behind me, anyway pulled the cable over their roof...

I pray every day that the wind does not blow the trees too much, as the cable is right above a pretty tall tree due to this no roof nonsense
 
Something that should be mentioned which has been overlooked thus far is that your service provider is (usually) different from your fibre provider.

For example, Vumatel may have laid the infrastructure in your area but you cannot sign up with Vumatel directly for the internet. You will have to use a different service provider using Vumatel's infrastructure.

With Openserve, the closest you will get to having "one provider" is using Openserve + Telkom although they are distinct from a business perspective.

So you could have Openserve + Afrihost, Vumatel + Cool Ideas, Metro Fibre + Mweb etc.

Usually, when you encounter a fault, the issue lies with the infrastructure provider, not the service provider. You have to work through the ISP to log a fault and they will liaise on your behalf with the infrastructure provider.

Speed brackets are determined by the FNO (Fibre Network Operator, ie Vumatel).
 
Speedster said:
I have Openserve aerial and the only "problem" is needing to trim the branches of one tree from time to time.
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Cactus said:
I also have aerial. My installation took longer because the pole was at the back and there is a property between my house and said pole.

In this scenario, the installers refused to pull the cable through as it would be over the other house's roof. Took almost 3 weeks, because they first had to plant a pole in my yard as well and then a couple of months later, whoever did the installation for the house behind me, anyway pulled the cable over their roof...

I pray every day that the wind does not blow the trees too much, as the cable is right above a pretty tall tree due to this no roof nonsense
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netstrider said:
Something that should be mentioned which has been overlooked thus far is that your service provider is (usually) different from your fibre provider.

For example, Vumatel may have laid the infrastructure in your area but you cannot sign up with Vumatel directly for the internet. You will have to use a different service provider using Vumatel's infrastructure.

With Openserve, the closest you will get to having "one provider" is using Openserve + Telkom although they are distinct from a business perspective.

So you could have Openserve + Afrihost, Vumatel + Cool Ideas, Metro Fibre + Mweb etc.

Usually, when you encounter a fault, the issue lies with the infrastructure provider, not the service provider. You have to work through the ISP to log a fault and they will liaise on your behalf with the infrastructure provider.

Speed brackets are determined by the FNO (Fibre Network Operator, ie Vumatel).
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Thanks so much for the prompt replies.
 
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