What’s New Since our 2025 article, we saw steady progress in fibre infrastructure rollouts in the Western Cape amid national challenges, reinforcing the Western Cape’s position as one of South Africa’s most connected regions. 2025 marked a year of premium speed breakthroughs with the launch of XGS-PON. WiFi-7 and 2.5Gbps Ethernet technologies became mainstream and good value upgrade options. Octotel
Avoid fibre frustration! Our support team would like to share three things which are proven to help customers avoid frustration with their fibre internet service: 1) A Laptop with an Ethernet Port or Ethernet Dongle2) A UPS for your Fibre ONT and Wifi Router3) A trusted techie or PC support service If you already have these, well done! If you
Quick word on Wi-Fi passwords: It’s highly recommended you have a password on your Wi-Fi network. This helps prevent neighbours from stealing your bandwidth, having your devices publicly accessible to those in the vicinity, or, having hackers use your WiFi to perform malicious activities. You don’t need to get too creative or hyper secure with home Wi-Fi passwords, all you
