Tag: Fibre-to-the-Business (FTTB)

From smoke signals and homing pigeons, long-distance communications have come a long way – today telecom platforms and solutions have transformed how organisations and individuals share voice, data, video and information. The world has moved beyond the physical and into the digital with solutions that allow for clear, always-on, and accessible communications.

If you haven’t made the switch yet from ADSL, you might be feeling a little lost with all the options on the market. Fibre infrastructure and development is booming in South Africa with more and more areas coming online every week and an ever-increasing pool of internet service providers (ISPs). With this in mind, fibre is probably at the top of your list, and for good reason.

Speed testing is commonplace in South Africa, with several online tools available to measure internet speed in addition to regular well-read reports from local publications. This fascination with connectivity speed probably stems from our history of bandwidth-limited legacy technologies coupled with highly oversubscribed networks, which have led to a great deal of frustration and distrust on the part of consumers in the past.