Otel Telecoms has increased its Telkom SAIX Broadband Internet capacity to meet the increasing number of enterprise and SME customers migrating from contended Internet via ADSL or Fibre to a 1:1 uncapped, uncontended and unshaped solution.

Carmen Boshoff, last mile connectivity specialist at Otel, comments: “As Internet becomes an integral part in the successful function of a business, it has become clear that it has to be the sharpest among the other tools.
Neglecting to ensure that a company’s Internet connection is reliable, fast and dedicated may cause losing ground to a competitor who has a better Internet connection to perform its daily functions.”

South African businesses are generally using ADSL for its Internet connectivity, as it is cheap and performs the basic functions. However, with the increase in online communication and business tools converging into mobile and online business programs, a bad connection can make or break the success of a business, she says.

Otel CEO Mohammad Patel explains: “Over the past years we’ve noticed a shift in the requirements of business users. A connection shared by dozens or unknown number of other Internet connections affects the performance of an Internet greatly. The negative impact often causes a business to lose revenue. Especially if they require realtime services such as VoIP or database access via the Internet connection.

“In order to improve a business Internet connection experience, Otel provides a connection dedicated to that particular business. This connection is called ‘one-to-one’ or ‘uncontended’ in the market.”

Otel’s SAIX Internet Connection is based on Telkom’s national fibre network.