{"id":50300,"date":"2020-07-02T15:04:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despatch-world-class-fibre-network-activated-20200701-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:49:58","slug":"despatch-world-class-fibre-network-activated-20200701-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despatch-world-class-fibre-network-activated-20200701-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Despatch: World-class fibre network activated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_3bdf5e47\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8941\/f92d5d0f46ea4c928f7a77df646f6f3c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8941\/cdf3a4780da8486a9996cab524d3dd42.jpg\" title=\"The sun sets in Despatch upon slow unreliable internet networks. This is as the new game-changing, faster and more efficient fibre network, Herotel IGEN, is being activated in parts of the town\u2019s central business district. Activations will now roll out to the rest of town.  Photo:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The sun sets in Despatch upon slow unreliable internet networks. This is as the new game-changing, faster and more efficient fibre network, Herotel IGEN, is being activated in parts of the town\u2019s central business district. Activations will now roll out to the rest of town.  Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>DESPATCH residents and businesses can now enjoy internet speeds of up to 100Mbps with the new world-class fibre network that Herotel IGEN has started connecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first customers have been connected to internet with this fibre network that is faster, more reliable and offered at prices far lower than ADSL, wireless or LTE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSimply put, it is a game-changing internet technology,\u201d said Phillip Olivier, general manager of Herotel IGEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Despatch fibre network represents a technological investment into the local community by a local company , which will improve access to education, entertainment and open up new business opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a further bonus to homeowners, it has been proven that access to fibre increases the value of properties over time.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The network will be built in sections, which means some parts will be available before others. Parts of Despatch CBD have been switched on and the network will progressively be rolled out to the other suburbs of the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHerotel has opted to construct an aerial fibre network that is strung mostly along poles in the servitude of the mid-block between homes (along the boundary walls). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the preferred deployment methodology of large telecommunications companies like Verizon in the United States and British Telecoms in the UK,\u201d said Olivier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting the fibre optic cables in the air has numerous cost saving benefits to Despatch residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA further upside for homeowners is that there is almost no need to dig up the streets or pavements in front of houses, as many other companies choose to do. The limited amount of trenching that was required has already been completed by our project team and we don\u2019t foresee any major work in the pavements going forward,\u201d said Olivier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olivier, who is from Port Elizabeth, is proud that the fibre network is locally-owned and maintained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are building the network with our own hands, using local labour sourced from the local community, as well as local suppliers, with no need to import contractors or labour from outside the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur clients can contact our local office directly without going through an ISP which acts as an unnecessary middleman. For sales and support you will not need to deal with a national call centre that might be based in Johannesburg or Cape Town. You will talk to people from the area, real people who know where Despatch is and what the community stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the further rollout in Despatch, Herotel IGEN is also offering an additional perk to homeowners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur team members, dressed in uniform, will be approaching residents to plant poles within the servitude on their property boundary line. 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