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  2. Mr Fluffy - Wikipedia

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    It was blown into the roof spaces of homes during the 1960s and 1970s, to provide thermal insulation. [2] [3] [4] The companies are also believed to have sold sacks of asbestos fibre direct to home owners to insulate their own homes, and other operators may have also used the hazardous material, trying to copy Jansen's business model. [4]

  3. List of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa

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    Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa: In 2013, PRASA announced plans to lease excess fibre capacity. [70] Telkom: Telkom is the dominant operator and has the largest fibre network in South Africa, covering approximately 143,000 km as per the 2011 annual report. [71] [72]

  4. Polyethylene terephthalate - Wikipedia

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    Polyester fibres are widely used in the textile industry. The invention of the polyester fibre is attributed to J. R. Whinfield. [9] It was first commercialized in the 1940s by ICI, under the brand 'Terylene'. [10] Subsequently E. I. DuPont launched the brand 'Dacron'. As of 2022, there are many brands around the world, mostly Asian.

  5. SEACOM (African cable system) - Wikipedia

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    The cable is a loose tube design that determines the amount and relative location along the transmission path of each type of fibre. Multiple fibre types are used in the cable: dispersion-shifted and non-zero dispersion-shifted. The repeaters are optical amplifier repeaters, using erbium-doped amplifiers. There are over 150 repeaters in the ...

  6. List of broadband providers in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Fibre Ninja; Fibre Sky Link; Fibre To The Apartment (PTY) LTD; First in Business Solutions; FREDD; Geek Managed Services; Genband Africa (Pty) Ltd; GrandWell Technology; Green Flash Trading 72 TA Megs; Hostking; HYPA; IBITS Internet; Iclix (PTY) Ltd; iConnect Telecoms; Imaginet; INFINITY CONNECT; Infogro; InfoStream Technologies; Intdev ...

  7. Fiberboard - Wikipedia

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    Fiberboard, classified by ASTM C208, Standard Specification for Cellulosic Fiber Insulating Board, [4] has many benefits and is used in residential and commercial construction. Applications include: sound proofing/deadening; structural sheathing; low-slope roofing; sound deadening flooring underlayment

  8. Vumatel - Wikipedia

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    Vumatel is a South African Licensed Infrastructure service provider, installing FTTH infrastructure throughout South Africa. [1] [2] [3] ...

  9. EASSy - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is an undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries in Eastern Africa to the rest of the world.. EASSy runs from Mtunzini in South Africa to Port Sudan in Sudan, with landing points in nine countries and is connected to at least ten landlocked countries — which will no longer have to rely on satellite Internet access to carry voice ...