Fibre To The X (FTTX)
In January, 2009, JC Broadband was granted i-ECS and i-ECNS licenses in South Africa. After several years of waiting, JC Broadband is finally in the process of rolling out a modern broadband network to deliver high speed Internet access, IPTV, Video on Demand, Voice over Internet Protocol to residential and business customers. JC Broadband is working with leading property developers, property owners’ associations, and home owners to deploy fibre optic based networks to premises. South Africa leads the African continent in areas of progressive innovation and a number of modern technologies and yet information and communication technologies are severely limited by today’s high cost of bandwidth. JC Broadband will leverage the new submarine cables and emerging competitive national and metropolitan fibre networks to bring modern ICT services to more end users in South Africa through a Fiber-To-The X or FTTX network. The project will address South Africa’s potential to enable essentially unlimited and open communications capacity to residences, businesses and the hospitality Industry.

Calling on property developers of gated communities to join the FTTX initiative
For a growing number of home buyers, high-speed communication services have become critical, not just to lifestyle but to livelihood as well. Where ADSL used to be the broadband standard in South Africa, it will soon barely keep up with some user demands. This presents a huge opportunity for forward-looking developers. Eventually, fibre-to-the home will be the standard for service delivery, but in the meantime it is a valuable differentiator and of huge potential interest to tech-savvy, high end buyers. Research has shown that fibre to the home can increase the average homes selling price from R7, 000 to R100, 000. JC Broadband FTTX provides the developer with the ultimate amenity to quickly attract homeowners hungry for a home location that can deliver to them the communications services they need both today and tomorrow. Meeting these underserved needs results in a quicker absorption of lots and more pricing flexibility. JC Broadband is the perfect partner for developers. JC Broadband and its partners will handle the entire process, designing the network, procuring equipment, building the network and providing the content. In today’s high-speed environment, an all fibre network helps close sales and increases home values. JC Broadband will help you to incorporate information on FTTX into your sales program. Contact us to discuss more details.