Hello 100Mbps
For years, I had to look with envy at international broadband subscribers enjoying great fibre speeds – but this changed today.
This week, Openserve installed a 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home connection at my house, and the performance is excellent.
Armed with an uncapped 100Mbps account from Afrihost, I am getting download speeds close to 100Mbps and upload speeds of just under 50Mbps.
This is an order of magnitude better than the 10Mbps ADSL connection which I had been using for years.
While our residential ADSL service was not bad, the speed, latency, and stability of our new fibre-to-the-home service is at another level.
The higher speeds and lower latency significantly improve the downloading of large files, streaming media, and online gaming – especially in a multi-user environment.
To ensure I can enjoy the higher speeds throughout the house, I upgraded our LAN using gigabit powerline equipment.
For the first time in 14 years, I am completely happy with my Internet connection.
I am glad this day has finally arrived for me, in 2017, and I hope affordable fibre-to-the-home will come to many more neighbourhoods around the country.
100Mbps FTTH speed test screenshot
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