- Can I invest in this venture ?
Please contact us for investment options.
- Do you have a coverage map ?
We will publish the coverage map as soon as wayleaves are approved.
- How can I afford this ?
Rethinking your telecommunications expenses can be done as follows:
- You will no longer have to pay for expensive data bundles. Allways available, uncapped bandwidth is available at your home.
- Save some money on your satellite TV (DSTV) expenses. Free internet TV channels are available. Channels such as youtube and netflix are not too expensive.
- Stop making voice calls. Use whattsapp and telegram for voice calls. With good quality fibre these technologies work perfectly.
- What jobs do you have to offer
If you are looking to get involved, please contact us.
Our immediate need is for:
- Civil contractors for trenching and telecommunications construction. It mainly involved trenching, installation of ducts and house connections as well as installation of manholes.
- House connection contractors, which is similar work to that of electrical conduit installations.
- Fibre installation teams.
- irrespective of the above, please contact us if you want to get involved.
- Do you offer other equipment such as UPSs for home office use ?
We will establish a local sales partner to sell equipment such as:
- Specialised UPS equipment to protect your home office during loadshedding.
- Specialised IP Phones.
- Specialised routers and firewalls.
- Specialised WiFi access points and WiFi extenders.
- Will there be installation fees ?
Yes, we do believe that a token installation amount must be levied. The fee is to-be-determined at this stage.
- How does you billing work ?
We have a simple approach: there will be no cancellation fees nor expenses for what you do not use. This is an honest community business.
- The service is a month-to-month prepaid service.
- No length contracts.
- No cancellation fees or penalties if you skip one month.
- Our preferred method of payment is per debit order, but we will cater for credit card, eft and other methods.
- What Service do you Offer ?
The basic service is 20Mbps
- uncapped: meaning you cannot exceed a total bundle. You pay for the speed, not an imaginary bundle.
- unshaped: we do not distinguish between gaming or email traffic. Your internet traffic is your own choice.
- Why embark on this Atlantis Community Fibre Initiative ?
Our principles of community fibre were developed over a few years, through various discussions on Smart Cities approaches and technologies, including topics such as Curated Precinct Management and Circular Economies. Underlying to any Smart City (or modern community) is the necessity for Broadband Infrastructure. The principle is thus that any community that wishes to participate and flourish in the modern world, need to start with Broadband Internet connectivity.
We list the following principles:
- Fees must Fall: We do believe that current telecommunications models are at the expense of the consumer. We do not subscribe by definition to business and technology models that adds cost, layer by layer, ultimately to be paid for by the subscriber. We firmly believe that the notion of a Data Bundles is a fictional construct that should not be sold to consumers.
- Community ownership: The notion of community ownership of Telecommunications Infrastructure is a difficult business model to comprehend, but ultimately, we subscribe to the notion that the only road to ultimate community benefit is through community ownership, and that the business models of the telecommunications provider must adapt to the benefit of the community.
- Circular Economy: We’ve seen many projects being constructed for which the suburb of the construction project receives no benefit. Such projects in our view is not community nor suburb upliftment. Investment funds into a suburb must ultimately flow into the community that resides in this suburb. The investment must further establish other mechanisms that will benefit the community in the long run.
- What is FTTH ?
Fibre to the Home (FTTH) is a broadband technology whereby fixed-line optical fibre is installed into homes, on a per-suburb basis. We define broadband as at least 20Mbps and install the latest telecommunications technologies.