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South Africa
Purchasing Backhaul
Summary of who owns the physical high-speed networks that form the backbone of the country’s internet, along with how those networks interconnect internationally.
Fibre networks and fibre network operators
Commercial, NREN, Government, etc
Operator | Website | Km of Fibre | Services | Telephone | |
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Balwin Fibre | https://www.balwinfibre.co.za/ | FTTH | |||
Celerity Networks | https://www.celerity.africa/ | FTTH | info@celerity.africa | +27 (0)11 056 5118 | |
Broadband Infraco | https://infraco.co.za/ | 14,863 | Backhaul | info@infraco.co.za | +27 11 235 1600 |
Clear Access | http://clearaccess.io/ | FTTH | web | ||
MTN (Bayobab) | https://bayobab.africa/ | 23,000 | Backhaul | web | |
Vodacom Business | https://www.vodacombusiness.co.za/business/solutions/carrier-services | 33,000 | Backhaul | web | |
Frogfoot | https://www.frogfoot.co.za/ | Backhaul | web | ||
Liquid Intelligent Technologies | https://za.liquid.tech/ | 21,000 | Backhaul | support@liquid.tech | +27 11 585 0000 |
OpenServe | https://openserve.co.za/ | 165,900 | Backhaul | web | |
Vumatel | 18,000 | Backhaul/FTTH | 010 746 8862 | ||
Seacom / Wondernet | https://wondernet.co.za/office/how-to-use-our-coverage-map-to-check-if-fibre-is-available-in-your-area/ | 4,000 | Backhaul | info@seacom.com | +27 861 855 855 |
Dark Fibre Africa | https://dfafrica.co.za/ | 14,000 | Backhaul | info@dfafrica.co.za | +27 12 443 1000 |
Metro Fibre | https://metrofibre.co.za | Backhaul | sales@MetroFibre.co.za | +27 87 151 4000 |
Sources for fibre distances
National Research and Education Network
South Africa's NREN is divided between two organisations: TENET and SANREN. TENET is the operational arm of the NREN owned by the universities themselves and SANREN is the government side of the NREN providing infrastructure funding and other services.
Satellite operators
Summary of satellite services available in the country
Terrestrial service providers
Terms of Service ISPs offering backhaul services List of ISPs offering backhaul services to small operators including: Contact details License type Services offered (where available) Geographic scope of services Pricing?
Building Backhaul
Suppliers
Fibre
Wireless
- Scoop - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium, Mimosa, Radwin
- Miro - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium
- tech.co.za - Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, Cambium
Other
Costs
Where available, typical construction costs
Regulatory Issues
Licensing
Rights of Way
Other considerations
Mapping Backhaul
operating instructions
Various functions are available as part of the map.
mouse/touch operation
- moving by grabbing the map with a mouse-click you can move the map around
- overview map using the < button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
- zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map you can obtain more or less detail in the map
- switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
- retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, by clicking these a popup will show this information
- fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
keyboard operation
Keyboard operation becomes available after activating the map using the tab key (the map will show a focus indicator ring).
- moving using the arrow keys you can move the map
- overview map using the + button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
- zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map or by using the + and - keys you can obtain more or less detail in the map
- switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
- retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, using the i key you can activate a cursor that may be moved using the arrow keys, pressing the enter will execute an information retrieval. press the i or the escape key to return to navigation mode
- fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
It's possible that some of the functions or buttons describe above have been disabled by the page author or the administrator
id | symbol | latitude | longitude | description |
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Telkom | ||||
1 | -29.5º | 24.6º | Pont de Barbouillons; Daverdisse |
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GeoJSON track: telkom south africa.geo |
Maps of network infrastructure nationally Combined map of fibre networks, IXPs, CDNs, et al Open data GIS downloadable version. IXPs, CDNs, and Datacentres Locations of IXPs, CDNs, and datacentres in the country Contact details