Look, there’s nothing I hate more than someone rattling off tech jargon when all I want to know is how to get hooked up with some uncapped, fast internet.

The struggle is real, which is why we wanted to make your journey to effective internet a little easier.

And by effective, I mean fibre, because life is too short to be living in the dark ages of dial-up internet.

Here’s BusinessTech with three simple steps to ensure you get hooked up.

1. Establish whether your area is fibre enabled

This step is easy. Follow this link, type in your suburb, hit enter and find out. Next!

2. Choose your Internet Service Provider

Your internet service provider provides you with an internet connection and sends you a bill every month. They also install a Wi-Fi router in your home and set you up.

Most internet service providers (ISP) will have a list of ‘internet’ packages to choose from.

These are normally determined by the speed of the connection that your choose, ranging anywhere from 5 Megabytes per second (Mbps) through to 200 Mbps, with the price scaling up the higher the speed of the line.

In South Africa, a 10 Mbps line is considered to be pretty fast, and is fine for what the average household would need from a fibre internet connection.

RSAWEB has a range of packages to choose from, and an uncapped 10 Mbps line will only set you back R469.

Finally, once you have decided on an internet service provider, it’s time to get connected.

3. Connecting fibre to your home

Your ISP will set up a convenient time with you to install your router and connect your fibre line to your home.

Your ISP will scope the best path to run the actual physical fibre cable from the box on your pavement right into your home to a termination point (TP).

This refers to the point where there will be a physical connection on your wall, much like what an old TV aerial connection or copper telephone point used to look like.

Most ISPs will provide you with a fibre router that is included in your package – the router remains the property of the ISP.

RSAWEB is running a fibre sale at the moment, which includes everything you need to get connected.

You can head here for more details on that deal.

Once you’re set up, it’s as easy as searching for the network on your device, entering your security password, and binge-watching series until you pass out.

Winning.

[source:businesstech]