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Tiny customer base, exceptional contention. The gamer's pick if they're at your address."},{title:"Afrihost",body:"Top-3 speed score. Mature support, the widest catalogue, consistently low latency on every tier-1 FNO."},{title:"Webafrica",body:"Top-3 speed score. Sharpest introductory pricing - first month for R19 - and a 14-day activation guarantee."},{title:"MWEB",body:"Long-running ISP with strong gaming heritage. Solid latency, reliable peak-hour performance."},{title:"Rain",body:"Wireless-first, but their fibre product on partner FNOs is competitive for casual gamers."}],S=[{q:"Why does fibre matter for gaming?",a:"Online games are real-time. Latency (ping), jitter (variation in ping) and packet loss directly affect responsiveness. Fibre crushes ADSL on all three - typically 10-30ms ping vs 50-100ms+ on ADSL, and near-zero packet loss."},{q:"What's the best ISP for gaming in SA?",a:"By Ookla speed score: Cool Ideas, Afrihost and Webafrica are the top three. 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