Hello 100Mbps

[whatwhat]

Congratulations. You are one of the 0.000001% of South Africans who have FTTH passing close to your home. The rest of us will never ever see FTTH because all the fibre companies install fibre kilometers from our homes. In my case, and I am in Pretoria, the fibre runs more than 1 km from my house and none of the fibre companies intend to run fibre near enough in the next 100 years. They want to sell you FTTH, until they hear where you live and then put the phone down in your ear.
Even Telkom is not interested. My ADSL line started at 3 MB and is now at 600KB and Telkom is not interested in repairing it.
Well congratulations again being one of the few priveledged South Africans.

Then move to a place that has fiber. This sense of entitlement is a terrible thing to have.

 

[ponder]

Got fiber in my area recently (openserve, running overhead with the phone cables behind the house) but I'll be moving soon so not signing up.

 

[Swa]

Then move to a place that has fiber. This sense of entitlement is a terrible thing to have.

More a case of companies in SA not wanting our business unless we do their work for them.

 

[Diesal]

This is an order of magnitude better than the 10Mbps ADSL connection which I had been using for years.

Bwhaha, some of us can't even get stable 4mbps DSL lines...


Every time I need to report a fault its like im going to fight the Battle of Thermopylae

 

[poffle]

Just some comparisons for the sake of comparisons.
Standard FTTH product in Singapore.
R600.

Local/Regional


New York


MyBB / TelkomSA CPT :crylaugh::crylaugh:

 

[Genisys]

Got fiber in my area recently (openserve, running overhead with the phone cables behind the house) but I'll be moving soon so not signing up.

There are month to month options available as well.

 

[jackshiels]

Still happy with my Cybersmart Lightspeed package.

I can beat you all.

Check sig

 

[Dolby]

I think we're a month or so from installing ... and I've been thinking of package to take up.

I reckon 25mbps is perfect for me though, as I live alone (no one starting a YouTube stream or another service at the same time) and I don't download. The main function is streaming Netflix / Amazon in UHD and as my 20mbps VDSL can already do it, I think 25mbps gives that little bit of headroom if needed.

 

[konfab]

For the first time in 14 years, I am completely happy with my Internet connection.

That is exactly how you jynx things...

Because of your statement, I think Telkom is likely to announce they are nationalising all ISPs.

 

[Saano21]

Vumatel is a month away from completing FTTH roll-out in my area. Been stuck with a telkom 2mb ADSL line that at best could only sync at 1mb with no connectivity and or a dialing tone on the line after it rains. Poor LTE signal eliminated itself as an option. looking forward to 50/50 or 100/100 fibre connection