Smaller fibre network operators (FNOs) are performing well against established operators, the latest Perception Survey by official Internet industry representative body the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has revealed.
The survey, which gauges the perception of Internet service providers (ISPs) of FNO performance across a range of metrics, found that several smaller FNOs achieved average scores that placed them above most of South Africa’s major eight networks.
These include Lightspeed (Cybersmart), which scored 7.1, Open Fibre and Lightstruck, with each scoring 7.0, Evotel and Seacom FibreCo, each scoring 6.9, and WECOM with a score of 6.6.
“If we look at the smaller FNOs scores, all of them would slot in between the top two survey positions – if they had received numerically more ratings by ISPs,” ISPA pointed out, noting that large operators Octotel, Openserve, MetroFibre, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Frogfoot, Link Africa, Dark Fibre Africa and Vumatel are the eight fibre FNOs that recorded the most responses in ISPA’s latest Perception Survey.
The survey found that large operator Octotel, retaining its position at the top of the chart, scored a 7.5, while the next large operator, Openserve, maintained its second place position, scoring 6.5.
