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Is-your-ISP-for-sale

What does the sale of an ISP mean for its customers?

โ€œSome internet companies are fast to sell. Others just have fast internet.โ€ According to the article some of the bigger South African ISPs seem interested in purchasing the ISP that is for sale. But what does this mean if you are a customer of an ISP that is for sale? Looking into the crystal ballโ€ฆ itโ€™s still difficult to tell.

Fibre or Fiber?

Today’s Internet Spelling Bee When it comes to how to spell the super fast, non copper, non wireless kind if internet, in South Africa it’s Fibre Internet. TL/DR Wait. But why? Way back in the 19th century Americans moved for a distinctly American version of English. Meanwhile, at the same time, many British linguists preferred to spell words that they

Fibre For Friends 1 Year Later

What a year! Recently one of the Atomic team members was at a braai in Stellenbosch and overheard: I’ve heard about Atomic, thatโ€™s the fibre ISP started for friends and if you refer friends you get a discount. Graham We are very happy to have expanded our offering beyond just our friends, and that lots of customers are enjoying discounted

Gigabit-Fibre-Launch

Gigabit Home Fibre Internet

We are proud to announce the launch of our new Gigabit Home Fibre (FTTH) services on the Frogfoot and Octotel fibre networks. These are the fastest home fibre lines available in South Africa today, with the lowest latency, yet very good value, even if you compare the pricing to what people pay for gigabit fibre in America. Our gigabit fibre

WiFi Education Featured

WiFi For Home Fibre Internet

Last update: October 2025 WiFi slowing down your Fibre experience? ๐Ÿข Bad WiFi can be frustrating and makes your Fibre Internet seem much slower than it is, but itโ€™s not difficult to get right. WiFi is like HiFi:ย A simple way to think about wifi network coverage is like an audio speaker. The bass being the 2.4GHz WiFi and the tweeters