The days of watching a crummy quality, pixelated download of a movie your friend gave you on a flash drive should be long gone.
A stronger signal equals faster internet speed so sorting out your home WiFi signal is serious business.
Call me old-fashioned, but if I’m paying for a 20mbps (megabits per second) home fibre line, I want to actually get that speed.
We’ve come to expect the likes of Eskom to drop the ball, but the same cannot and should not be said about our internet service providers (ISPs).
The winners of the Kfm Best of the Cape Awards were recently announced, covering everything from best biltong through to best place to sweat.
This record required far less athletic prowess than the ones we’ve seen in Tokyo, but it’s still a very impressive feat.
Multiple screens, sport, Netflix, the news, another 8PM address from President Ramaphosa, and endless scrolling through social media while we’re stuck indoors. You’re going to need decent fibre to stay sane.
Sitting in the dark, or losing power in the middle of the workday, is just about manageable if you can stay connected. To do that, you’ll also need a solid internet service provider (ISP), and not all are created equal.
WiFi dead spots happen for a number of reasons. With a few minor tweaks here and there, you can ensure your entire home gets better signal strength.
Life’s too short to spend time waiting for things to buffer, but when you have multiple devices connected and they’re all hard at work, Fibre speed can be an issue.
If you like lightning fast internet and great savings (who doesn’t?), then now is the perfect time to finally upgrade to Fibre.
It’s 2021, we’re more reliant on technology than ever before, and we should probably talk about that lagging internet connection you’re still using.
Consider this yet another reminder that not all ISPs are created equal, and you deserve a decent connection at home.
In parts of the country, more and more copper cable infrastructure is being removed each day, so perhaps it’s time to switch to fibre.
We all want fast, efficient internet, but aren’t always clued up on some of the jargon. Let’s break it down.
If you’re in the market for a new home fibre connection, or want to see if you’re currently paying a little over the odds, have a quick gander at RSAWEB’s latest promotional offers.
According to the results of the annual Worldwide Broadband Speed League report, released by Cable.co.uk, we’re actually not doing all that badly.
We’ll all be glad to see the back of buffering for good, but a connection fast enough to download the entire Netflix library in one second is next-level stuff.
A house isn’t a home until there’s a high-speed internet connection up and running, and that’s especially true now that we spend so much time indoors, using multiple connected devices at any given time.
Many thought that remote working was still a good few years from replacing more traditional work models, but nobody could have predicted what 2020 had in store.
As we face up to the reality that working from home could be a very long-term thing, a decent internet connection is more important than ever.
I think we all knew which company is going to romp home with the dubious honour of South Africa’s worst internet service provider.
When it comes to routers, I tend to subscribe to the simple mantra of ‘have you tried turning it off and on again’? Sadly, that doesn’t cover all of the bases.
Not all internet connections and contracts are created equal, and there are some important terms to understand before you sign on the dotted line with a new internet service provider.
We’ve all experienced the frustration of sitting on the phone for hours trying to get the internet up and running. Well, now you can hit back.
It really is time you made the move to fibre. From now until the end of Monday, here’s your chance to score a great deal whilst doing so.
Unfortunately, load shedding is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t stay connected, online, and active when the lights go out.
Once you go fibre, you never go back, and there are plans to roll out fibre in a number of new areas across the country.
Be careful when forking out cash to fibre installers, because they may be taking you for a ride.
If you’ve got fibre, but you’re still experiencing dropping signal or dead zones in your home, here’s what you can do about it.