Gigabit fibre arrives in Joburg township for R5/day

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Fibertime says it has reached 1 Gbit/s download speeds on its township fibre network in Alexandra, Johannesburg. The company says the result shows substantial capacity beyond its advertised 100 Mbit/s plan and that it plans to upgrade every network in the country over the next 12 months. Fibertime now says it serves 470,000 connected homes across 53 townships in 13 cities and seven provinces. The article also notes its use of Nokia fibre access nodes and Wi-Fi routers, its R5 voucher model, and the backing it has attracted from Nokia, Finnfund, and Rand Merchant Bank.

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