Gigabit broadband on the rise worldwide

[Jan]

Gigabit broadband services on the rise

There are more gigabit broadband tariffs on offer around the world than ever before, and increasing numbers are appearing each quarter.

 

[Ho3n3r]

Scheduled to arrive in SA in about 40 years.

EDIT: Look at Africa on the map near the end of the article. Hahaha.

 

[koeksGHT]

Scheduled to arrive in SA in about 40 years.

Here. Not affordable.

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

Scheduled to arrive in SA in about 40 years

We do have gigabit tariffs. Here's the one for Constantia (Vox) : http://constantiafibre.com/packages/provider/

It's not so far out if one considers business needs and won't take long to come down

US is already promoting 10Gbps in some areas.

 

[PostManPat]

Here. Not affordable.

Maybe not with Wireless fibre.

 

[Petec]

SA... The stinky armpit of the internet access world.

 

[kianm]

Far future for Africa

 

[jackshiels]

Here. Not affordable.

I have the first gigabit capable line in Constantia. Costs R2k a month (not out of line with international standards tbh).

 

[Johnatan56]

Maybe not with Wireless fibre.

I assume that is a joke.

 

[HavocXphere]

Still don't see an actual use case for the average home owner.

Perhaps there are people out there that feel the need to stream 200x HD streams simultaneously...by all means...go for it.

I'm sticking to 100mbit for now.

Costs R2k a month (not out of line with international standards tbh).

Its definitely on the high side internationally.

 

[Johnatan56]

Still don't see an actual use case for the average home owner.

Perhaps there are people out there that feel the need to stream 200x HD streams simultaneously...by all means...go for it.

I'm sticking to 100mbit for now.


Its definitely on the high side internationally.

Please give me 100mbit. Wait, can't get it unless I pay a huge sum of money that I doubt anyone can afford bar the extremely rich.

 

[HavocXphere]

Please give me 100mbit. Wait, can't get it unless I pay a huge sum of money that I doubt anyone can afford bar the extremely rich.

Yes. Its more a question of availability atm in SA because its still only specific areas. Cost wise its not that far off from say DSTV or VDSL.

 

[Johnatan56]

Yes. Its more a question of availability atm in SA because its still only specific areas. Cost wise its not that far off from say DSTV or VDSL.

well, ~R800 vs ~R2k min lol

 

[Zyzzyva]

well, ~R800 vs ~R2k min lol

He is talking about 100mbps.

 

[Johnatan56]

He is talking about 100mbps.

Yes, I was looking at the prices linked by an above poster, 100Mbps uncapped is always more than R2k.
That doesn't count as affordable to me.

 

[jackshiels]

Still don't see an actual use case for the average home owner.

Perhaps there are people out there that feel the need to stream 200x HD streams simultaneously...by all means...go for it.

I'm sticking to 100mbit for now.


Its definitely on the high side internationally.

A bit, but I'm not complaining

 

[SZN]

And here I am with my 2mbps line

 

[paul5186]

The faster the better, time is money to me.

 

[PostManPat]

I assume that is a joke.

From koeks website. Just another snake-oil merchant.

 

[Johnatan56]

From koeks website. Just another snake-oil merchant.

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I know, but there is no such thing as fiber over wireless. It is either a fiber connection or a wireless connection, not both. "Fiber over wireless" is false marketing, it is wireless. The connection to the tower might be fiber, but the last mile is wireless.