If you’ve ever lived overseas in one of those countries with lightning internet speeds you’ll know we are lagging just a touch behind when it comes to the switch to fibre connectivity.

For certain folks around the country that’s all set to change, Telkom upgrading from ADSL copper technology to fibre in about 80 areas around the country. So who’s in luck an will (potentially) be saying goodbye to the spinning wheel of death as your video loads?

The list below from Fin24:

Pretoria:

Faerie Glen
Brooklyn
Groenkloof
Waterkloof
Eldoraigne
Olympus Ah
Monument Park
Boardwalk
Sterrewag
Wierda Park
Menlo Park
Nieuw Muckleneuk
Hazelwood
Baileys Muckleneuk

Johannesburg:

Craighall Park
Houghton Estate
Parktown North
Douglasdale
Morningside
Hyde Park
River Club
Dunkeld West
Morningside Manor
Atholl
Craighall
Sandhurst
Forest Town
Dunkeld
Rand Park Ridge
West Cliff
Bryanston
Sundowner
Sandown
Wendywood
Illovo
Rosebank
Benmore Gardens
Parkhurst

Cape Town:

Atlantic Beach Golf Estate
Camps Bay
Plattekloof
Vierlanden
Welgedacht
Newlands
Durbanvale
Oude Westhof
Bishopscourt
Oakwood Pinehurst
Klein Bron
Sonstraal Heights
Claremont
Lake Michelle
Val De Vie Estate
Longwood Pinehurst
Protea Heights
Vredekloof Heights
Loevenstein
Clifton
Van Riebeeckshof
Sonkring
Baronetcy
Burgundy
Pinehurst
Cape Town
Klaassenbosch
Selborne

Durban:

Umhlanga
Winston Park
Chelmsfordville
Atholl Heights
Chiltern Hills
Clarendon
Hilldene
Wembley
St Helier
Bothas Hill
Athlone
Westville
Belvedere
Mount Edgecombe Estate
Dawncrest

Port Elizabeth:

Mill Park
Linkside
Weybridge Park
Port Elizabeth
Summerstrand

Of course all this is only handy if you happen to have your internet sorted through Telkom, who have said they will contact customers directly and offer them a free two-month trial on the high-speed network.

Good luck with navigating the web on your archaic ADSL line after that – once you go fibre you never go back.

[source:fin24]