{"id":86708,"date":"2016-03-03T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T12:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86708"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:06:09","slug":"mweb-tests-1gbps-ftth-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/86708-mweb-tests-1gbps-ftth-connection","title":{"rendered":"MWEB’s 1Gbps FTTH connection tested"},"content":{"rendered":"

MWEB is\u00a0showing off the benefits of fibre broadband, following the announcement that it is\u00a0focusing its resources on home fibre services<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has rented a house in Greenside, Johannesburg that is served by Vumatel\u2019s fibre network, and kitted it out with Wi-Fi and an Internet-connected TV.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Vumatel\u2019s website<\/a><\/strong>, MWEB is currently the only Internet service provider that offers a 1Gbps account on its network.<\/p>\n

For R2,499 per month<\/strong> you will get 1Gbps download<\/strong> and 100Mbps upload<\/strong> speeds, and 500GB of data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

MWEB does not\u00a0have a machine hooked up to the fibre via Gigabit Ethernet, though \u2013 opting to let visitors connect over Wi-Fi for a sense of\u00a0\u201creal world\u201d performance.<\/p>\n

Multiple devices are able to connect and use the network to the capacity their Wi-Fi radios will allow, without impacting significantly on the performance of other devices on the network.<\/p>\n

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MWEB Vumatel 1Gbps FTTH speed test to Johannesburg server.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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MWEB Vumatel 1Gbps FTTH speed test to Cape Town server.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Using our 802.11ac-capable device, we conducted some speed and download tests \u2013 and found throughput to vary between 50Mbps and 100Mbps.<\/p>\n

To test how well the connection handled high-quality video content, we streamed 60 frames per second, UHD video from YouTube to a UHD TV.\u00a0The TV was connected using Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

No buffering was evident on any of the 60fps 4K videos we tested, and the downloaded stream remained ahead of playback in all our tests.<\/p>\n

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MWEB Vumatel 60fps 4K video streaming test.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The super car of Internet accounts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Getting to play around on a Gigabit Internet connection was amazing.<\/p>\n

As one of our readers who\u00a0got to test a similar FTTH service<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from Vox Telecom said, having access to such an absurd amount of bandwidth is a life-changing experience.<\/p>\n

At R2,499 per month<\/strong>, one can\u2019t really expect anything less.<\/p>\n

However, these tests have emphasised what we found before: unless there is enough demand on your home network, most of the speed at your disposal will be wasted.<\/p>\n

When you have multiple users, each with a phone, tablet, PC, and game console, along with multiple smart TVs connected via Gigabit Ethernet or Wi-Fi, even then 1Gbps might be overkill. For now.<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s awesome that we\u2019re starting to see these services in the hands of home users.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/h4>\n

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