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MTN Fibre: an alternative to Telkom?

Started by pauljacobson · 10 months ago

I have started seeing signs up for MTN’s new fibre connectivity service called MTN Fibre around Joburg. The service is also called the MTN Business Metro Ethernet and is operated by MTN Business. There isn’t much detail on the site about pricing (actually, nothing that ... Continue reading »

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    Dude,

    I have a 4mb telkom dsl line - it kicks serious ass! I stream live Canadian TV everynight so I can watch hockey games. Thus I def wouldn't say that this leaves Telkom standing still.



    Later...!
  • (Comments working again, yaay)



    Dude,

    I have a 4mb telkom dsl line - it kicks serious ass! I stream live Canadian TV everynight so I can watch hockey games. Thus I def wouldn't say that this leaves Telkom standing still.



    Later...!
  • Dude



    I also have a 4MB line but the problem is that it isn't always running at 4MB and there are bandwidth caps to contend with. As I understand the MTN Fibre option the bandwidth starts at 2MB and seems to run as high as 1GB and I don't think there are bandwidth caps in place.



    I could be wrong about that but if I am not and price permitting (the big unknown), this will make Telkom's DSL offering seem like dial up.
  • Dude



    I also have a 4MB line but the problem is that it isn't always running at 4MB and there are bandwidth caps to contend with. As I understand the MTN Fibre option the bandwidth starts at 2MB and seems to run as high as 1GB and I don't think there are bandwidth caps in place.



    I could be wrong about that but if I am not and price permitting (the big unknown), this will make Telkom's DSL offering seem like dial up.
  • Oh, okay if it's capless then I'm with you for sure...!
  • Oh, okay if it's capless then I'm with you for sure...!

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