With 1Gbps fibre lines costing a pretty penny in SA, MetroFibre Networx has shared some advice to ensure you get what you paid for.
here in South Africa, with the pandemic highlighting the ever-widening digital divide, people having to adopt hybrid working models, and online learning proving more pervasive than ever before.
Given that these sort of fibre packages range from R1 200 to R1 500 per month depending on the ISP and Mbps upload being offered, failing to get close to 1Gbps is simply not good enough in our books. “From the ISP to your device, your speeds will only be as fast as the slowest, link. This means that even with a 1Gig fibre connection and the best modem/router, an old or slow computer or device could see you experience an internet connection that is slow. When testing your connection, you need to be using a cable and network card/PC that has the capability to handle the throughput of a 1Gbps connection,” it advises.
The next element, and one that you’ll often be informed of when on a call with technicians to assist with your line, is theor higher in order to run at the speed you would like. A direct cable connection from your computer to your router is always recommended by ISPs, leading once again to the “up to” speeds mentioned earlier.
Here we suggest opting for a dual-band router that supports both the 2.4GHz and 5Ghz frequencies. A WiFi 6E or WiFi 6 router is also preferable, and should you not know if yours can support that standard, look for this designation – 802.11ax.
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