{"id":115334,"date":"2017-02-11T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115334"},"modified":"2017-02-10T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:33:21","slug":"this-is-why-south-africans-are-begging-for-fibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/115334-this-is-why-south-africans-are-begging-for-fibre","title":{"rendered":"This is why South Africans are begging for fibre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any article on MyBroadband about fibre-to-the-home is met with people complaining about a lack of availability in their area \u2013 and it is not difficult to see why.<\/p>\n

The latest Point Topic residential broadband tariff report shows<\/strong><\/a> that the average price per Mbps for fibre is $0.45 (R6.00), much lower than copper (ADSL) at $7.07 (R94.00).<\/p>\n

The average speed of a fibre-to-the-home connection<\/strong><\/a> is 190Mbps \u2013 19-times faster than the average copper connection speed of 10Mbps.<\/p>\n

Thanks to FTTH and cable services, the average bandwidth provided to residential subscribers climbed to 118Mbps.<\/p>\n

With much better value for money and superior speeds, it is no surprise that South Africans are frustrated\u00a0when they cannot access fibre.<\/p>\n

While operators like Telkom, Vumatel, Vodacom, MTN, and Cybersmart are rolling out fibre, it is a slow process \u2013 with\u00a0suitable neighbourhoods individually selected.<\/p>\n

The charts below show the average price per Mbps and the average download speed of DSL, cable, and fibre services.<\/p>\n

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Price per Mbps<\/h3>\n

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Price and Speed<\/h3>\n

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This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Best fixed broadband provider in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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