{"id":505728,"date":"2021-07-14T07:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T05:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=505728"},"modified":"2021-07-14T07:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T05:01:49","slug":"fibre-not-the-textile-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/505728\/fibre-not-the-textile-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Fibre &#8211; not the textile type"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fibre is internet connectivity via fibre optic cables that run underground \u2013 usually on the verges or pavements of suburbs that connect to an exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that, in 2021, most metropoles have access to fibre to the home.<\/p>\n<p>This is because fibre optic broadband is being deployed around the country fast and has become a lot more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s not available to every home, home broadband (FLTE) or Supersonic\u2019s Air Fibre are real alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to connect your home or office with faster, simpler and more affordable internet, <a href=\"http:\/\/speedtest.mybroadband.co.za\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=SponsoredArticle&amp;utm_term=July2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Check your speed and sign up now<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fibre is being deployed around the country and has become a lot more accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":505730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13315],"class_list":["post-505728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-supersonic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505740,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505728\/revisions\/505740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}