Fibre to the home: Advantages of connectivity in a small town
South Africans have been inundated with information on national media of fibre to the home or FFTH in metropolitan areas.
To the residents of Bela-Bela it was useless information and a pipe dream that they too shall benefit from such advanced technology.
It was as farfetched as the prospects of skyscrapers and escalators in their home town. But then they noticed construction workers in town.
The work teams are efficiently and with steady progress installing the thin fibre cables in the suburbs.
The fourth industrial revolution has finally caught up with Bela-Bela. Bela-Bela will be part of the enlightened world of fibre optics.
Vumatel is the company responsible for installing the physical infrastructure and thus “paving the way” for Internet Service Providers such as Belanet to deliver affordable high-speed internet connectivity to all residents in Bela-Bela.
The advantages of Fibre to the Home is the benefit of speed and low latency, as most users are migrating to streaming services such as Netflix, DSTV Now and Showmax. Conventional methods such as copper-based DSL have become too limiting for these new services.
Wireless internet services are still a good alternative, but as radio frequency availability becomes less, even wireless operators are fighting for spectrum to deliver high speed services.
Fibre to the Home will see bandwidth costs decrease and offer the user more than bargained for, delivering reliable fast and affordable connectivity to the small community in Bela-Bela.
Belanet Internet Solutions can provide clients with all the support they need to be part of the new revolution. Call Adolph Vosloo today on tel. (014) 001 7000.
