There are two types of broadband services offered by internet service providers in South Africa, and around the world – capped or uncapped. In the case of uncapped, there is often advertisements by service providers stating that their uncapped lines are also “unshaped”, offering unrestricted internet at any time of day. An uncapped account may…
LTE is a fast-growing GSM-based broadband technology aimed at the consumer and small business market, offering incredible data speeds at a fraction of the cost of fibre optics and traditional wireless broadband solutions. In addition to a great data solution, LTE is also a reliable VoIP connectivity, offering reasonably low-latency, making it possible to terminate…
Internet speed has been the deciding factor for many consumers and businesses as the deciding factor for whether they have a good quality internet connection, however, speed is not everything and there are numerous other factors that determine whether an internet connection is quality or not. These factors are: latency, ping, jitter, packet loss. Latency…
Reports started in early 2015 regarding the expansion of privately owned data centre infrastructure provider Teraco’s Johannesburg data centre with its expected completion set for early 2017 and latest reports by tech news giant MyBroadband has new news that its completion could be set for end 2016. The company raised R400m from Barclays Africa in…
It isn’t easy maintaining a small business network, and it requires time and energy to keep things on lockdown, ensuring that you are able to keep your sensitive data from being accessed by competitors or anyone else looking at exploiting your business information. Even for an experienced IT professional, managing a business network is a…
The South African government has yet again decided to side with repressive regimes such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia by declining to sign the UN’s resolution for freedom of expression on the internet, an act that counters the country’s constitution. The resolution which South Africa, among countries like India and Indonesia refused to sign,…
Akamai released it quarter 1 State of the Internet report at the end of June which among other things showed the average speeds for broadband throughout the world. The report shows that South Africa currently has an average broadband speed of 6.5Mbps which is not the slowest on the continent but came significantly lower than…
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, Africa (and the Middle East) will be the fastest growing region in terms of internet traffic in the next four years with the expectation being a growth equivalent to 527 times the volume of the entire internet in this region in 2005. The report by Cisco forecasts internet growth from 2015…
The popular business technology news site MyBroadband recently released an article stating the increase in sophistication of cable thieves in South Africa that has seen Telkom experience over 6,000 incidents of theft across its copper network in the last year. According to the article, criminals have been targeting Telkom manholes armed with heavy-duty vehicles that…
According to reports by the News24 network and MyBroadband.co.za two of the leading broadband providers, Telkom and MTN have signed an agreement on Monday 18th April 2016 to build a new submarine cable system that will stretch 12 000km along the eastern coastline of Africa towards Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan. The cable also known as…
