Telkom network makes it on to open source fibre map

[jes]

Telkom network makes it on to open source fibre map

The open source AfTerFibre map has been updated to show

 

[elriconess]

That's very impressive, can we start FTTH already?

 

[MickeyD]

That's very impressive, can we start FTTH already?

Looks like those are only the national fibre routes... would like to see the local fibre links as well!

 

[ToxicBunny]

I was about to say that it didn't look anywhere near enough for the size of Telkom's FO network.

 

[FNfal]

One goes right past the front of my house with the protection the other side of the road (2 runs past my house one on either side of the road).
All major routes have basically 2 runs ,one is for protection if the other gets damaged.

 

[upup]

red is on the road like next to the n1. What is blue for?

 

[burn]

red is on the road like next to the n1. What is blue for?

I believe the colour changes depending on which provider's network you have selected.

 

[Dan C]

Hmm thought we already knew this... I'm sure there's way more than that...

 

[Ispy]

Impressive

Looks like those are only the national fibre routes... would like to see the local fibre links as well!

Now that we know the extent of fibre is SA. This is what stands out :

1.fact: This is all backbone routes and show that there is just no small town Telkom fibre does not reach in SA.

2. Fact:The gap is likely in local access ( the bulk of South african in rural towns do not live in these small towns either , but in the 100km around these rural town) and there is no fibre there.

3. Fact:The most practical way is to go wireless from these fibre points because these rural areas have less that 50 people per. Square kilometre. ( Northern Cape has 2 people per squarekm on average).

4.fact : there can be no National Broadband solution without the fixed incumbent, Telkom.

5. Fact: no operator is going to publish the granular Local fibre map as that is competitively sensitive.

6. Fact: Broadband Infraco+Fibreco+DarkFibre are only but a small percentage Duplicate of Telkom's most profitable National Routes. ( not incremental for SA )

 

[MickeyD]

Now that we know the extent of fibre is SA. This is what stands out :

1.fact: This is all backbone routes and show that there is just no small town Telkom fibre does not reach in SA.

2. Fact:The gap is likely in local access ( the bulk of South african in rural towns do not live in these small towns either , but in the 100km around these rural town) and there is no fibre there.

3. Fact:The most practical way is to go wireless from these fibre points because these rural areas have less that 50 people per. Square kilometre. ( Northern Cape has 2 people per squarekm on average).

4.fact : there can be no National Broadband solution without the fixed incumbent, Telkom.

5. Fact: no operator is going to publish the granular Local fibre map as that is competitively sensitive.

6. Fact: Broadband Infraco+Fibreco+DarkFibre are only but a small percentage Duplicate of Telkom's most profitable National Routes. ( not incremental for SA )

Agree (in the most).

 

[Mr Feesh]

Not sure if it's fiber but they have been pulling a large orange hose through the storm water drains in ridge road, la lucia. It looked like it had 4 smaller pipes inside it. Any idea what it is.

 

[CarbonZA]

Not sure if it's fiber but they have been pulling a large orange hose through the storm water drains in ridge road, la lucia. It looked like it had 4 smaller pipes inside it. Any idea what it is.

They are laying the same cable throughout my town aswell...

 

[NomNom]

Not sure if it's fiber but they have been pulling a large orange hose through the storm water drains in ridge road, la lucia. It looked like it had 4 smaller pipes inside it. Any idea what it is.

Sounds like fiber.

 

[elriconess]

Sounds like fiber.

They did this in my town too about four months ago.

 

[entrepr]

Sensitivity works both ways. Some operators like to 'imply' that they have fibre to a place so they can sell against a future plan - and I"m talking about either basic connectivity or protected links. It's easier to do this unoficially than on a published map.

 

[sly]

#random.. The fiber network is looks very similar to our railnetwork.. Just an observation

 

[Mr.CookieMonster]

So, there is fibre in SA, im shocked, I thought only Cape Town, Durban, Joburg and Pretoria had fibre.

When will FTTH be ready for us consumers to purchase and use?

 

[MickeyD]

So, there is fibre in SA, im shocked, I thought only Cape Town, Durban, Joburg and Pretoria had fibre.

When will FTTH be ready for us consumers to purchase and use?

It is already available.... if you are willing to pay for it.

 

[Paul Hjul]

it isn't a coincidence that the fibre network has links to the rail network and the electricity transmission network.

Something which the data isn't telling us is where bottlenecks are for rolling out broadband internet to the country or whether the capacity is actually enough. Lets assume that Telkom actually gets MSANs rolled out nationally and we see the high speed dsl solutions needed, will their fibre network be enough to carry the data the mobile operators will generate? Obviously the operators are building their own fibre networks and there is actual competition in the field, but is their actually a surplus of backbone capacity in South Africa for the next 10 years, based on current data usage growth?

It is easy to assume that Broadband Infraco and co are simply duplicating the network but redundancy is really really important and we under-estimate data needs at our own peril.

 

[citizensa]

It is already available.... if you are willing to pay for it.

We know that fibre is available in all most across south Africa,and that most of the cities already have local fibre including East London.But no one has any idea when we can expect Fibre to home .I expect some one should take initiative to bundle free calls satellite TV along with broadband as happening in other countries.May be a dream?