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Link Layer

Apartment & metro fibre — Link Layer is an open-access fibre network on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, Ballito and the greater Durban corridor. Its story, footprint and speeds.

Type
Open-access FNO
HQ
Ballito, KZN
Focus
KZN North Coast
Top speed
Up to 500 Mbps

Link Layer is the home-grown fibre network of the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, Ballito and the fast-growing coastal towns around it.

The story behind Link Layer

Founded by Arthur Beavon with its first builds going live around 2021, Link Layer is based in Ballito. In early 2025 it was acquired into a new fibre holding group (alongside other operators) backed by Infinite Partners and the Public Investment Corporation.

How Link Layer works

Link Layer is an open-access network: it owns and maintains the fibre in the ground, but it doesn't sell you the internet directly. Instead, several independent ISPs ride the same line, and you choose which one to buy from, and you can switch ISP later without a new installation. That's why our coverage check shows the network at your address, then lets you compare the ISP packages on it by real monthly price.

Where Link Layer reaches

Its footprint is the KZN North Coast and greater Durban corridor, Ballito, Westbrook, Salt Rock, Sheffield Beach, Shaka’s Rock, Umhlali, Verulam and Tongaat, serving homes, complexes and businesses.

Speeds & signing up

Plans reach up to around 500 Mbps through 16-plus ISPs including Afrihost, Axxess, MWEB, Cool Ideas, Vox and Webafrica. Check your address to compare.

Common questions

How do I get my estate connected?

Link Layer builds into complexes and estates with the land-owner’s consent, start by enquiring and checking your address.

Link Layer fibre coverage map — how to check your address

Link Layer publishes a broad coverage map, but a network-wide map only shows the suburbs where Link Layer has built — not whether the fibre has actually reached your home. Coverage is laid street by street, so two houses a few doors apart can be on different sides of the rollout. The only reliable check is at your exact address.

Instead of reading Link Layer’s map and then checking each ISP one by one, enter your address once on FibreScout: we confirm whether Link Layer is live at your home right now, and show every ISP package on the line by real monthly price.

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ISPs you can use on Link Layer

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