{"id":81395,"date":"2015-09-15T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=81395"},"modified":"2015-09-15T17:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T15:32:47","slug":"the-latest-ftth-neighbourhoods-others-receiving-100mbps-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/81395-the-latest-ftth-neighbourhoods-others-receiving-100mbps-upgrade","title":{"rendered":"The latest FTTH neighbourhoods: others receiving 100Mbps upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom\u2019s open-access fibre broadband network will\u00a0include more than 25 additional areas, suburbs, and communities by the end of September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom has the largest open-access fibre network in the country, and fibre is available in multiple suburbs of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, and Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>The news follows CEO Sipho Maseko\u2019s commitment on 7 September that Telkom fibre will be accessible to one million homes by March 2018 \u2013 with half a million homes to have access by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom already has the largest FTTH\u00a0network in the country, with 38,000 homes able to\u00a0access the service.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom FTTH currently\u00a0allows for download speeds of up to 100Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of new Telkom FTTH areas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimberley<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hillcrest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bloemfontein<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rayton Ridge<\/li>\n<li>Universitas Ridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Durban<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assagay<\/li>\n<li>Ballito Industrial Park<\/li>\n<li>Bothas Hill<\/li>\n<li>Hillcrest \u2013 including Hildene, Langeford Estate, and St Helier<\/li>\n<li>Westmead<\/li>\n<li>Mount Edgecombe Country Estate 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atholl<\/li>\n<li>Bryanston<\/li>\n<li>Dunkeld<\/li>\n<li>Forest Town<\/li>\n<li>Houghton<\/li>\n<li>River Club<\/li>\n<li>Craighall<\/li>\n<li>Hyde Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pretoria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hazelwood<\/li>\n<li>Menlo Park<\/li>\n<li>Route 21 Corporate Park (Irene)<\/li>\n<li>Waterkloof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Port Elizabeth<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hallack Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atlantic Beach Golf Estate<\/li>\n<li>D\u2019urbanvale<\/li>\n<li>Oude Westhof (Welgemoed)<\/li>\n<li>Van Riebeeckshof (Welgemoed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>MTN is investing around R1.2 billion to upgrade its network in KwaZulu-Natal, which includes the deployment of fibre-to-the-home in the suburb of La Lucia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The deployment of this fibre network in La Lucia marks MTN\u2019s first deployment of FTTH in the province,<\/em>\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an announcement by\u00a0MTN that it had started deploying FTTH in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/fibre\/137420-mtn-expands-its-fibre-broadband-roll-out-in-cape-town.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fresnaye and Bakoven<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>About 439 homes will be connected to this high-speed fibre network, and the first home will be connected before the end of October,<\/em>\u201d said MTN of its La Lucia project.<\/p>\n<p>The open-access network is capable of delivering speeds of up to 100Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>MTN is also expanding its LTE network in KZN, and has rolled out\u00a0approximately\u00a0700 LTE sites in the past six months.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>These articles originally appeared on MyBroadband, <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/fibre\/138640-telkoms-new-100mbps-fibre-to-the-home-areas-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/138652-mtn-to-offer-fibre-to-the-home-in-kwazulu-natal.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and are republished with permission.<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Speaking of FTTH<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/80059-fibre-cable-and-adsls-prices-over-time-compared.html\">Fibre, cable and ADSL\u2019s prices over time compared<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/79945-50mbps-uncapped-unshaped-fibre-to-the-home-for-just-r1-350.html\">50Mbps uncapped, unshaped fibre-to-the-home for just R1, 350<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/79913-80gbps-fire-to-the-home-will-soon-be-a-reality.html\">80Gbps fire-to-the-home will soon be a reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/79019-heres-how-to-get-fibre-broadband-in-your-neighbourhood.html\">Here\u2019s how to get fibre broadband in your neighbourhood<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who still don&#8217;t have decent ADSL, we feel for 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