In time, the UT’s ADSL service will be cancelled. The equipment for these connections is very out of date and there is too little development in the field of “Internet via telephone cables” to continue with it.

Yes. A recent study in the USA by RVA & Associates, a Tulsa-based consulting firm, surveyed home buyers and developers. It found that Fibre-to-the-home adds about $5,000 to the purchase price of an individual dwelling. There is yet to be such a survey conducted in South Africa.

Not at all. While the vastly higher bandwidth and transmission speeds offered by fibre-to-the-home is certainly enabling video providers to offer a wider range of products and services, users of other applications will benefit as well. Gamers will get access to more powerful multi-player applications. Avenues will open for distance learning. Opportunities for telecommuting and working at home will increase. And, just as Internet applications and solutions have grown more sophisticated with the expansion of available bandwidth thus far, you can be sure that this leap into next-generation broadband will inspire further innovations that we cannot even imagine at this point.

Yes, Fibre is effectively replacing the copper line you currently have, any access point can be plugged into your router.

Your connection will be purely Fibre from our server into the building. From there we will use the existing CAT5 cable that is already installed into every apartment.

Yes. Due to IP Phones using a different technology than more commonly used telephones your existing phone will have to be replaced with either a normal desktop phone or a cordless phone. Pricing available on request but range from R850 to R2000.