Openserve plans to introduce 1Gbps FTTH this year

[mylesillidge]

Good news for people with Openserve fibre in South Africa

Openserve plans to introduce 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services in 2026, the fibre network operator has confirmed to MyBroadband.

The operator is a dominant force in South Africa's FTTH space, with the second-largest network by homes passed and the highest connectivity rate among major operators.

 

[The Gilded]

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

 

[Tantus]

Good news for people with Openserve fibre in South Africa

Why is this added to so many headlines? I am not going to check Openserve's coverage map, but I'll be surprised if Openserve has fibre outside SA.

 

[Lawnchairman]

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

Make it cost effective.

 

[VegOtter]

With their current pricing structure, they can keep their 1 Gbps.

 

[Bad Ballie]

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

Agreed, I'm running a 240/240 line for an extended family, and we have never had a congestion related issue, the only reason I haven't downgraded as the price difference isn't worth the effort.

 

[The Gilded]

Agreed, I'm running a 240/240 line for an extended family, and we have never had a congestion related issue, the only reason I haven't downgraded is the price difference isn't worth the effort.

Downgrading will take you less time than it took for you to write that. It involves a few clicks.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I guess they figured they need to catch up after Octotel introduced a 10gig option.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Downgrading will take you less time than it took for you to write that. It involves a few clicks.

Oh yes, I am aware of that, but I said that the price difference doesn't make any financial sense, it is simply not worth halving the speed for a 3 or 4 hundred Rand saving.

 

[SykomantiS]

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

This.

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[Johnatan56]

Are they going to move away from PPPoE now? One of the issues is that it's 1492 byte MTU instead of 1500 as it needs the 8bit header, this adds a lot of compute overhead for the router, you need a pretty high end one for 1Gbps, meanwhile just normal routers can do DHCP.

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

My question is always why not? Home users don't actually use that much bandwidth, giving 1Gbps means they have some speedtests go faster, but majority of the usage is stuff like streaming, so if YT/Netflix bursts at 1Gbps or 250Mbps for the .25s vs .06s, it doesn't really make a difference as long as the network can handle the peak bursts.

Imho there should only be like two packages, one is 50/50 entry, the other is 1Gbps.

 

[The Gilded]

Are they going to move away from PPPoE now? One of the issues is that it's 1492 byte MTU instead of 1500 as it needs the 8bit header, this adds a lot of compute overhead for the router, you need a pretty high end one for 1Gbps, meanwhile just normal routers can do DHCP.

My question is always why not? Home users don't actually use that much bandwidth, giving 1Gbps means they have some speedtests go faster, but majority of the usage is stuff like streaming, so if YT/Netflix bursts at 1Gbps or 250Mbps for the .25s vs .06s, it doesn't really make a difference as long as the network can handle the peak bursts.

Imho there should only be like two packages, one is 50/50 entry, the other is 1Gbps.

That makes no sense. That's like saying there should be only two kinds of cars: the entry VW Polo and the Ferrari F80.

 

[dualmeister]

I don't want it faster; I want it cheaper. Why exactly would the average home user require 1 Gbps?

Same reason people drive Ford Raptors.

They have a small peepee.

 

[The Gilded]

Same reason people drive Ford Raptors.

They have a small peepee.

That's why I have 30 mbps fibre.

 

[Apogee]

I am going to predict that the pricing is going to be R1,999/month for 1000Mbs/500Mbs.

 

[Johnatan56]

That makes no sense. That's like saying there should be only two kinds of cars: the entry VW Polo and the Ferrari F80.

Check up on Switzerland packages for example, norm 100Mbps, 1Gbps and 10Gbps, which has very different internet infrastructure needs for bursts like that (port upgrades at least).

For cars there is a physical cost difference for all of them, different designs.

It's like arguing we should all get a Ferrari but you get to only drive 10km, the other 20, 50, etc. As package you pick and you're basically charging cost price at 10, rest of them are just profit margins.

 

[drykie]

Maybe a year later.

 

[My_King]

MyBB expits on what others do with their internet speeds and the size of their reproductive organs. Small minds.