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Check To See If Your Area Already Has FTTH Internet Services

Author: Cipherwave Home-Connect (Pty) Ltd.
by Cipherwave Home-Connect (Pty) Ltd.
Posted: May 16, 2017

Technology today has literally bestowed great power at your fingertips via the Internet. The Internet not only provides access to universal knowledge but also helps with various aspects of our life. Apart from assisting in one’s day to day work, it has also opened new doors and unlocked various business possibilities. We need much faster Internet service on a day to day basis. And this is where FTTH Internet services come into the picture, which are known to be one of the fastest Internet services available for the masses. With that said, you should definitely check to see if your area has already FTTH Internet services.

Before we move ahead with finding if your area has it, let's get a brief introduction of FTTH Internet service and how it works. FTTH stands for "fibre to the home", sometimes also referred as "fibre to the premises" (FTTP). This works on installation using optical fibre from a central point to individual buildings directly, and that dramatically increases the connection speeds available to computer users in residences, apartment buildings, and business premises etc.

FTTH connection promises the speed up to 100 megabytes per second (MBPS), which is 20 to 100 times as fast as a typical cable modem DSL (digital subscriber line) connection.

Now, the question is how you would know if you are eligible to enjoy FTTH Internet services. There are two ways to do that:

  • You can contact your service provider and ask them if they are offering FTTH in your area. However, the chances of this are low because implementing FTTH on a large scale will be costly. Which is why most communities currently enjoy FTTC service (fibre to the curb), which use a copper medium for carrying the signals between the curb and the end users.
  • The other is relatively easy. All you need to do is to visit Home Connect website, that is,
http://www.home-connect.co.za/, and check if they offer services in your area. If yes, you can choose and subscribe a plan that suits your needs and while enjoying high-speed Internet, you can also avail the benefit of additional features.

If you are still not sure whether you want an FTTH connection or not, consider this: more large files are moving across the cyberspace and the traffic goes up by significant level every new day. In that case would it be wise to stick to the older technology?
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