29/09/2020
Three Ways to Avoid Fibre Frustration – Ethernet Port, UPS and Trusted Techies
THREE WAYS TO AVOID FIBRE FRUSTRATIONETHERNET PORT, UPS AND TRUSTED TECHIES 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…
15/07/2020
Octotel Speed Changes
Hold Onto Your Helmets... New Octotel Speeds Are Coming! TL;DR… From 1 September 🐙 Octotel are completely overhauling their line speed offering, and pricing – that means our deals and…
16/09/2019
The Best WiFi Names
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…
02/07/2019
Octotel Business Fibre Pricing Slashed By 40%
FTTsmB - Making FTTB affordable, accessible and epic!FTTB offers the fastest and most reliable internet for your business, but it’s usually very expensive, slow to install, and requires long term contracts.Atomic FTTsmB is a new category of business fibre: Fibre To The small/medium…
11/06/2019
What does the sale of an ISP mean for its customers?
“Some internet companies are fast to sell.Others just have fast internet.” On Monday 10 June 2019 MyBroadband shared the news that a South African ISP is for sale. (ISP’s name was removed at their request) According to the article some of the bigger South African ISPs seem…
07/03/2019
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, that’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 Fibre…
23/10/2018
Launching Gigabit Fibre Internet
Gigabit Home Fibre Internet23 October 2018 We are proud to announce the launch of our new Gigabit 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…
21/08/2018
Ultimate Guide To Fibre Internet
Finally… Everything you ever needed to know about getting the best home Fibre Internet in South Africa, in one ultimate guide. Read more ?
07/08/2018
Wifi For Home Fibre Internet
Bad wifi irritates everyone and makes your Fibre Internet seem much slower than it is, but it’s not difficult to get it right. Why WiFi is like HiFi: A simple way to think about wifi network coverage is like an audio speaker. The bass being the 2.4Ghz WiFi and the tweeters (high notes) being the fast 5Ghz WiFi. Bass waves find it easier to go…
29/05/2018
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…