Saxonwold and Parkwood are next in line to receive fibre-to-the-home services from Vumatel, the company announced on 14 May.<\/p>\n
It said the Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association endorsed Vumatel as the preferred supplier to install an FTTH network in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cInfrastructure work will commence in the third quarter of the year, with the first homes and businesses scheduled to be connected by September [2015],\u201d said Vumatel.<\/p>\n
The other suburbs being connected to Vumatel\u2019s FTTH network are Parkhurst, Greenside, Parktown North, Killarney, and Riviera.<\/p>\n
In addition to the expansion of\u00a0its network, Vumatel said\u00a0it will introduce a 20 Megabits per second connection option.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile costs vary depending on which ISP is selected on the Vuma Portal, a 20Mbps fibre connection on the open access network is quite comparable in cost to a 4Mbps connection and ISP connection on the existing ADSL copper cable network,\u201d said Vumatel.<\/p>\n
Vumatel also announced the first homes in Greenside and Parktown North were connected by the end of April 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world is becoming ever more connected from a digital perspective,\u201d said CEO of Vumatel Neil Schoeman. \u201cA stable high-speed broadband connection has become a sought after consideration for thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of South Africans.\u201d<\/p>\n
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