FTTH infrastructure upgrade in Panorama Cape Town

[KevOfGoodHope]

It's finally here guys, saw this beauty getting installed in front of Panorama Palm this morning!
Spoke to the technician who's doing the installation, it's FIBRE!!

Was suspecting this when I saw people digging trenches all along Uys Krige,
now my suspicion is confirmed. No more crappy 2MB ADSL once this upgrade is done, FTTH for the win!

Photos below:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0o9H9Eg9S8ydGVIVzBjWTdJOTQ

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0o9H9Eg9S8yS0FHclUxVUpCRW8

 

[Alkine]

How sure are you it is fibre to the home? Vodacom, Neotel, DFA, etc. lay fibre on a regular basis for their own purposes. Here in Lynnwood there's fibre in almost every street, but no FTTH.

 

[Inertia]

How sure are you it is fibre to the home? Vodacom, Neotel, DFA, etc. lay fibre on a regular basis for their own purposes. Here in Lynnwood there's fibre in almost every street, but no FTTH.

This. Do not get your hopes up. If it was FTTH you would most probably know about it.

 

[KevOfGoodHope]

Hm... I hope it is, or please at least let it be a MSAN, so we can get VDSL, if not FTTH. Fingers crossed.

 

[MickeyD]

That's a MSAN that he's connecting up...

 

[Sapphiron]

Haak & Sleep.

Best name for trailer rental company EVER!

 

[Splinter]

So, it seems both Cell C and RSAWEB fibre have fibre in Panorama now. Anybody used them/got anything to report?

 

[Kloon]

Thats an MSAN, vdsl. If it was fibre they would be trenching or putting up arial fibre, can’t use existing copper for that, but can for vdsl.

 

[Splinter]

Thats an MSAN, vdsl. If it was fibre they would be trenching or putting up arial fibre, can’t use existing copper for that, but can for vdsl.

I've got two sms's from RSAWEB saying they have fibre in my specific road, although I have seen no trenching at all. And a letter from Cell C saying fibre is in my area. So I'm not sure if they are fibbing or what.

Openserve was in our area a few months back signing up customers for fibre, saying it would be installed in a "couple of weeks". Needless to say that was a load of shyte.

 

[Kloon]

I've got two sms's from RSAWEB saying they have fibre in my specific road, although I have seen no trenching at all. And a letter from Cell C saying fibre is in my area. So I'm not sure if they are fibbing or what.

Openserve was in our area a few months back signing up customers for fibre, saying it would be installed in a "couple of weeks". Needless to say that was a load of shyte.

Thats probably arial fibre, if you have telephone poles they use that. Telkom does most of their fibre via arial.

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Thats an MSAN, vdsl. If it was fibre they would be trenching or putting up arial fibre, can’t use existing copper for that, but can for vdsl.

Yes, we confirmed that, 3 years ago.

So, it seems both Cell C and RSAWEB fibre have fibre in Panorama now. Anybody used them/got anything to report?

Speak with @medicnick83 He is in CPT somewhere and has RSAWEB fibre at his house.

 

[medicnick83]

Yeah, I use RSAWEB (20MB/20MB) package on Octotel network.

I had lots of issues when RSAWEB first came to my area - a month or 2 later and it was fine, yes, downtime here and there, but it's minimal - and it was to be expected because when / how can you roll out completely NEW infrastructure and NOT have issues?

Honestly, I think the other ISP's have more downtime than RSAWEB does.

You welcome to toss / ask me Q's and I'll answer from my experience.

 

[Kloon]

Yes, we confirmed that, 3 years ago.

:facepalm: should check the dates next time.

 

[Splinter]

Speak with @medicnick83 He is in CPT somewhere and has RSAWEB fibre at his house.

Yeah, I use RSAWEB (20MB/20MB) package on Octotel network.

I had lots of issues when RSAWEB first came to my area - a month or 2 later and it was fine, yes, downtime here and there, but it's minimal - and it was to be expected because when / how can you roll out completely NEW infrastructure and NOT have issues?

Honestly, I think the other ISP's have more downtime than RSAWEB does.

You welcome to toss / ask me Q's and I'll answer from my experience.

Ok, thanks folks.

 

[Splinter]

Thats probably arial fibre, if you have telephone poles they use that. Telkom does most of their fibre via arial.

Here's hoping.

 

[Splinter]

Ok, spoke to the Vumatel dude who is doing the Cell C thing. They apparently are going to start trenching between 15-31 Jan.

Just sms'd RSAWEB and waiting to hear back from them as well.