FTTH early adopters - experience?

[ndebelez]

Blimey that's bloody good speed. If someone could only offer FTTH in centurion rooihuiskraal. I'd happily pay double for a similar connection..

 

[buyeye]

Here is my test to same server as the fibre, im on a 40mb VDSL.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4267417738

Pings pretty identical, I really expected better results on the downstream side for the Fibre, wont matter much as most download clients use multiple threads.

The upload speed though is beyond what vdsl can offer. The price is good.

 

[Shard]

Our fibre is above ground. Basically run from street pole to street pole. No man holes or access points. Literally runs like our phones used to (oh the irony!) i.e. i have cable running from the pole outside, straight into an ONT device then into the router.
They supplied it all at no cost.

The infrastructure was commissioned by a combination of our residents association and the security company CSS. The idea was to run cameras throughout the neighborhood and the best way to do this was via fibre. As an offshoot and to recoup costs, they are selling it as a service to those who want it. They are confident that at R350 per month for those residents that have signed up, they can cover their costs. Shows you just how much profit there is to be had!

International pings and speed using speed-test are not great at this stage. This is to be expected as my house is currently one of the test houses and the bandwidth is free. pings of around 180ms (to the UK). After April, i can move to any service provider as its open access.

I've not tried gaming yet, just too busy. I did however re-install elder scrolls online and it ran at about 40MB/s-70MB/s. The moment i can start playing i will let you know.

Thanks, the above ground i probably whats missing in my neighbourhood. Wish I was in a neighbourhood where the residents association had an interest in this.

Its not so much the increased download, but more the increased upload I'm after. Pings will also be great for gaming.

 

[ellyally]

Sorry, here is the international speed test.

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Thanks... ping is awesome, but somewhat disappointed with speeds, hopefully 'trial' related and will be sorted by the time they install mine

 

[Bryn]

Thanks... ping is awesome, but somewhat disappointed with speeds, hopefully 'trial' related and will be sorted by the time they install mine

His download rates for Elder Scrolls exceed those speeds, so the test could have been using a sketchy server or just in need of being run a second time.

 

[roddyp]

I wouldn't worry about those speeds too much. that just a single thread.
With any downloads i do, i use IDM so i pretty much get the full 100mbit. torrents equally so and other downloads not supported by IDM are normally multi threaded anyhow.

 

[ellyally]

I wouldn't worry about those speeds too much. that just a single thread.
With any downloads i do, i use IDM so i pretty much get the full 100mbit. torrents equally so and other downloads not supported by IDM are normally multi threaded anyhow.

Ah, awesome... can't wait

 

[sand_man]

Here you go.

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Fck me but that is SWEEEEEEET!!!!

I been canvassing my neighbourhood the last week or so trying to drum up support for a fibre installation!

Thus far their 4 interested households in my block!

Been in touch with Fibrehood and had the interested parties register said interest on Fibrehood's website.

They reckon our precinct is soon to be commissioned for fibre but wouldn't commit to a date!

 

[saturnz]

I'm interested in experience reports from "early adopters" of FTTH.

- Which ISP did you chose and why? Pricing? Contract? Data? Deals? Voice?
- How long did it take to get installed?
- If you had a package deal, what did it come with? Modem? Phone?
- Which area are you in?
- Quality of service? Are you getting advertised speeds? Are you getting shaped? Latency? Packet loss?

Cybersmart, 100mbps, R400pm * 24 months, no other costs, for my location Cybersmart is the best ISP
Took 4 months to install
No phone or modem, just the cable
Cape Town CBD
Amazing quality of service, 24ms to Joburg gaming servers

 

[sand_man]

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Cybersmart, 100mbps, R400pm * 24 months, no other costs, for my location Cybersmart is the best ISP
Took 4 months to install
No phone or modem, just the cable
Cape Town CBD
Amazing quality of service, 24ms to Joburg gaming servers

Wow, that's pretty amazing!!

Does that R400 include any data?

 

[saturnz]

Wow, that's pretty amazing!!

Does that R400 include any data?

yes its an all inclusive amount, uncapped account

 

[sand_man]

yes its an all inclusive amount, uncapped account

You kidding?! That can't be right? Surely?

 

[slvR]

You kidding?! That can't be right? Surely?

When you look at how much Telkom has been ****ing everyone it does seem unrealistic, but it's possible.

 

[Zyzzyva]

You kidding?! That can't be right? Surely?

The line is shared between everyone in the building, with R400 being the price each person pays once the total bill is divided up. It's not R400 for true 100meg uncapped. The total price of the line is closer to R10-20K if i remember correctly.

 

[saturnz]

The line is shared between everyone in the building, with R400 being the price each person pays once the total bill is divided up. It's not R400 for true 100meg uncapped. The total price of the line is closer to R10-20K if i remember correctly.

Total cost is R12k- to the "reseller" who sells it to us at R400pm. It is a true 100mbps line, the contention ratio at the server is 10:1 and its shared amongst 40 people. Contention ratio for FTTH is generally higher anyway.

 

[Bryn]

Total cost is R12k- to the "reseller" who sells it to us at R400pm. It is a true 100mbps line, the contention ratio at the server is 10:1 and its shared amongst 40 people. Contention ratio for FTTH is generally higher anyway.

But R12k divided amongst 40 people is R300. Why are you charged R100 extra?

 

[saturnz]

But R12k divided amongst 40 people is R300. Why are you charged R100 extra?

we are not charged extra, the reseller is everyone as a collective. The surplus is used to upgrade our LAN and to contract for a better connection. Once we have 50 users we will probably go to 200mbps.

 

[saturnz]

I have made this suggestion before.

But if you can get an ISP to supply internet to one point in a suburb (your house) you can then distribute it wirelessly to the rest of the neighbourhood. If you have 50 users at R400 each then you will be making around R8 000pm gross surplus.

There are some hurdles to overcome, mostly financial and network related.

but as a reseller you can make quite a bit of money.

 

[Impulse_One]

How does equipment looks like?

 

[ponder]

I have made this suggestion before.

But if you can get an ISP to supply internet to one point in a suburb (your house) you can then distribute it wirelessly to the rest of the neighbourhood. If you have 50 users at R400 each then you will be making around R8 000pm gross surplus.

There are some hurdles to overcome, mostly financial and network related.

but as a reseller you can make quite a bit of money.

You can't resell the bandwidth otherwise WUGS would be styling. You need a license to do what you propose. There are legal issues involved, I'm not gonna take the wrap for your kiddie porn surfing for example. What you propose is illegal.