South African internet service provider (ISP) XDSL has entered into an agreement with Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and its subsidiary Conduct to increase its footprint and capacity of its national networks.
The agreement will provide XDSL will DFA’s 8,000 kilometres of fibre optic infrastructure around the country.
“DFA has made a significant investment in building its fibre network. We are pleased to be one of the first ISPs to access this infrastructure to our clients’ advantage,” said XDSL director Danie Fourie.
“Adding this capacity to our existing national network not only increases the throughput and reliability of our broadband offering and extends our reach, but also gives our clients more options. For our enterprise clients, the speed of connectivity to DFA fibre will make a big difference – at present they can wait up to six months to access fibre.”
Fourie said DFA and Conduct plan to make over 10,000 end points available over the next year.
“That’s 10,000 live connections across the country that our clients can simply plug into to access fibre broadband in addition to the one-off connections Conduct brings to the doorstep of businesses,” he said.
“Conduct’s pre-installed last mile fibre gives the service provider instant access to a wide customer base, whilst DFA’s network provides the service provider cost effective backhaul to numerous locations within the city,” said Conduct chief executive officer (CEO) Johan Pretorius.
