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A friend of mine is moving out of res and into a flat. Her choices for internet are frog foot air 10/1 Mbps Fiber or MTN 10Mbps fixed LTE.

My gut instinct would be to go with the fiber because... well it is fiber. But I am concerned about the upload speed of 1Mbps. Internet usage will be for general streaming and academic stuff + some light gaming. Will the 1Mbps be sufficient or will it be problematic. LTE seems to be fairly stable in the area.
 
Even 10Mbps downlink is a joke nowadays.

Anyway, start with LTE and move over to Fiber at a later stage when there are better options?
 
The upload on the LTE would in all likelihood also be around 1 Mb/s.
If she could borrow somebody's router to test that would be first prize. But tests should be done ideally during load shedding and early evenings. Fibre would be the more reliable choice IMHO.
 
As a student that moved out of res and into a flat this January, the base rainOne plan is amazing. Unlimited 30/30 at home, and 2GB (4 for me, I use both the provided SIMs) holds me down quite well between home, campus, work, the gym, malls etc., when my usual data plan runs out.
 
BasBas said:
A friend of mine is moving out of res and into a flat. Her choices for internet are frog foot air 10/1 Mbps Fiber or MTN 10Mbps fixed LTE.

My gut instinct would be to go with the fiber because... well it is fiber. But I am concerned about the upload speed of 1Mbps. Internet usage will be for general streaming and academic stuff + some light gaming. Will the 1Mbps be sufficient or will it be problematic. LTE seems to be fairly stable in the area.
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1mbps is good than enough for most day to day applications. Fibre is generally more stable than LTE (think load shedding). I'd go the fibre route
 
Oxymoron said:
As a student that moved out of res and into a flat this January, the base rainOne plan is amazing. Unlimited 30/30 at home, and 2GB (4 for me, I use both the provided SIMs) holds me down quite well between home, campus, work, the gym, malls etc., when my usual data plan runs out.
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Yeah... R595/mo is more than my Power and water bill, would be nice but it is out of our budget.
 
I supply a building with around 19 units and let's say 1Mbps upload is the average so I'd not worry too much unless you're studying something that requires you to upload massive drawings then you'd be good.
 
HartsockZA said:
I supply a building with around 19 units and let's say 1Mbps upload is the average so I'd not worry too much unless you're studying something that requires you to upload massive drawings then you'd be good.
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What if OP makes money on the side from uploading said massive drawings to sites specially designated for drawings?
 
PaulMurkin said:
What if OP makes money on the side from uploading said massive drawings to sites specially designated for drawings?
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Yea I edited that, I am working remotely so the network not as fast as I'd like it. But what I meant to say is, if you did have a requirement that your upload size being that of large files then you're going to run into problems.
 
HartsockZA said:
Yea I edited that, I am working remotely so the network not as fast as I'd like it. But what I meant to say is, if you did have a requirement that your upload size being that of large files then you're going to run into problems.
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I would have thought that live cam performances were also an issue, imagine if quality drops at the critical moment...
 
websquadza said:
1mbps is good than enough for most day to day applications. Fibre is generally more stable than LTE (think load shedding). I'd go the fibre route
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Depends on the area my sister has LTE via MTN and even on stage 6 she is fine vs Frogfoot in Sunningdale CT having problems almost every week. If you had the FNO as Openserve/Vuma i'd agree but Frogfoot is horrible in most areas
 
CrypticZA said:
Depends on the area my sister has LTE via MTN and even on stage 6 she is fine vs Frogfoot in Sunningdale CT having problems almost every week. If you had the FNO as Openserve/Vuma i'd agree but Frogfoot is horrible in most areas
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