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ckleynhans
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If there is a minister that needs to be replaced urgently it would be Casaburi. She has shown no insight in her work or in solving the telecomms crisis.
Quazzi
Well-Known Member
What telecomms crisis - everything is just peachy with our crappy lines [
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!]I had a meeting today (unrelated to ADSL) with a very interesting man who was appointed to President Mandela's Presidents council. One of his remits was to travel the world to lobby the ANC and black businessmen in exile and encourage their return to South Africa.
What is astounding (and we did talk about technology at this point) is the reluctance of many to return given the beurocratic tangle around IT and world class techological infrastructure.
Furthermore, this chap knows many of the Gov ministers personally....and here it gets exciting. He's going to make some introductions for me. A whispering campaign at top level of government could do loads to force ICASA into a position where they have to make the right decisions, not because of political pressure, but becasue it will become politically expedient to do so.
I have rapidly rediscovered the South African reality that it isn't so much what you know that counts, but who. And we are accumulating Who's at a rate of knots.
Replacing Cassaburi might not be to our advantage. ive said it before, I'll say it again, deliver Cassaburi a watertight solution that she can peddle as her own.
What is astounding (and we did talk about technology at this point) is the reluctance of many to return given the beurocratic tangle around IT and world class techological infrastructure.
Furthermore, this chap knows many of the Gov ministers personally....and here it gets exciting. He's going to make some introductions for me. A whispering campaign at top level of government could do loads to force ICASA into a position where they have to make the right decisions, not because of political pressure, but becasue it will become politically expedient to do so.
I have rapidly rediscovered the South African reality that it isn't so much what you know that counts, but who. And we are accumulating Who's at a rate of knots.
Replacing Cassaburi might not be to our advantage. ive said it before, I'll say it again, deliver Cassaburi a watertight solution that she can peddle as her own.
SK33T
Well-Known Member
Peapod
What exacly is it that you do again,hope you dont mind repeating yourself[
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What exacly is it that you do again,hope you dont mind repeating yourself[
]In this incarnation, I run 2 international internet businesses dealing in property.
In the UK (and outside world) i was a global IT programme manager for an international investment bank doing lots of boring backbone stuff for banking ecommerce (directories, PKI, white labelling, authentication and so on)
Before that (in SA) i was heavily involved in mass housing development with quasi government bodies (Telkom, Transnet and the like), unions (cosatu and co) and large corporates (various).
I have always been involved in highly political complex management so this ADSL challenge is right up my street.
In the UK (and outside world) i was a global IT programme manager for an international investment bank doing lots of boring backbone stuff for banking ecommerce (directories, PKI, white labelling, authentication and so on)
Before that (in SA) i was heavily involved in mass housing development with quasi government bodies (Telkom, Transnet and the like), unions (cosatu and co) and large corporates (various).
I have always been involved in highly political complex management so this ADSL challenge is right up my street.
Forget Cassaburi - she's a bungling, 60 something, self confessed technophobe with a history of monumental screwups attributable to her incompetance.
She doesn't deserve the keys to the outhouse - let alone the Ministry of Communications.
We need a passionate, compitant and qualified individual to hold such a key post.
She doesn't deserve the keys to the outhouse - let alone the Ministry of Communications.
We need a passionate, compitant and qualified individual to hold such a key post.
SK33T
Well-Known Member
Peapod
Thanks for the reply
So how do you think this challenge is going to go.
(not a sarcastic question but a genuine one)
Thanks for the reply
So how do you think this challenge is going to go.
(not a sarcastic question but a genuine one)
Its multi faceted:
1.I think the way to force telkom to meet market demand is to give (or engineer) the market an international voice with a reputable and well respected industry body - like Point-Topic for example. www.point-topic.com
Once the truth is being investigated by industry and incorporated in stats and reports that are distributed to telco's worldwide, telkom have to move to avoid corporate embarrasment or a share price wobble.
2.An open discussion with minister casaburi or her DG's office. A meeting not to challenge current practice but to discus a way forward and seek a solution.
A plan is brewing, but in the meantime, we keep the pressure on - do as much research as we can, look for EVERY word, article, radio show etc we can where Telkom is quoted and we DIRECTLY CHALLENGE their statements in the open press.
1.I think the way to force telkom to meet market demand is to give (or engineer) the market an international voice with a reputable and well respected industry body - like Point-Topic for example. www.point-topic.com
Once the truth is being investigated by industry and incorporated in stats and reports that are distributed to telco's worldwide, telkom have to move to avoid corporate embarrasment or a share price wobble.
2.An open discussion with minister casaburi or her DG's office. A meeting not to challenge current practice but to discus a way forward and seek a solution.
A plan is brewing, but in the meantime, we keep the pressure on - do as much research as we can, look for EVERY word, article, radio show etc we can where Telkom is quoted and we DIRECTLY CHALLENGE their statements in the open press.
Thanks for that link Peopod.
I am glad the ADSL get some coverage other than on this website.
To quote 2 lines out of the article:
First quote from:http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=553&fArticleId=232901
<i>"The only local disadvantage so far is the artificial capping of downloads to 3 gigabytes per account. "</i>
Nope, that is definitely not the only disadvantage. Port prioritising ("network shaping") is fairly high on my list.
Second quote:
<i>"The UK has two ADSL offerings. The first, at £25 a month, is for consumers; the second is for businesses and, depending on throughput, costs either £50 or £100 a month.
The benefit of paying more for the connection is that the ratio for consumers is one line to 50 accounts, while for businesses it is one line to only 10 accounts."</i>
Note that contention ratios are revealed for B.T., unlike Telkom that want to keep this a "Top Secret". This is also high on my issues list - The secrecy in which Telkom wants to do business. It's is this lack of transparency that causes the emotional factor for their clients. <font color="red">Telkom, you treat your clients like idiots, hence the various responses of frustration and aggression from those clients that bother to still attempt to bring it to your attention. Why, why, why? Changing your attitude towards acknowledgement, client care (and being sincere at it) and being open and honest would contribute more toward "Local is lekker" and "Proudly South African" than any of your denials and blaming the customer.</font id="red">
It saddens me to see that South Africans are held to ransom by a monopoly for significant progress in this country where an abundant Telecommunication is crucial for businesses to grow and compete in a Global market. We have been isolated long enough due to political structures in the past and it's time to throw off the shackles.
I am glad the ADSL get some coverage other than on this website.
To quote 2 lines out of the article:
First quote from:http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=553&fArticleId=232901
<i>"The only local disadvantage so far is the artificial capping of downloads to 3 gigabytes per account. "</i>
Nope, that is definitely not the only disadvantage. Port prioritising ("network shaping") is fairly high on my list.
Second quote:
<i>"The UK has two ADSL offerings. The first, at £25 a month, is for consumers; the second is for businesses and, depending on throughput, costs either £50 or £100 a month.
The benefit of paying more for the connection is that the ratio for consumers is one line to 50 accounts, while for businesses it is one line to only 10 accounts."</i>
Note that contention ratios are revealed for B.T., unlike Telkom that want to keep this a "Top Secret". This is also high on my issues list - The secrecy in which Telkom wants to do business. It's is this lack of transparency that causes the emotional factor for their clients. <font color="red">Telkom, you treat your clients like idiots, hence the various responses of frustration and aggression from those clients that bother to still attempt to bring it to your attention. Why, why, why? Changing your attitude towards acknowledgement, client care (and being sincere at it) and being open and honest would contribute more toward "Local is lekker" and "Proudly South African" than any of your denials and blaming the customer.</font id="red">
It saddens me to see that South Africans are held to ransom by a monopoly for significant progress in this country where an abundant Telecommunication is crucial for businesses to grow and compete in a Global market. We have been isolated long enough due to political structures in the past and it's time to throw off the shackles.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ASF</i>
<br />Forget Cassaburi - she's a bungling, 60 something, self confessed technophobe with a history of monumental screwups attributable to her incompetance.
She doesn't deserve the keys to the outhouse - let alone the Ministry of Communications.
We need a passionate, compitant and qualified individual to hold such a key post.
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I think that may be to our advantage in some ways...as Peapod said if we can present Cassaburi with a workable solution she can present as her own idea, she can look competant and we get the job done.
Besides it is in my opinion that any politician gaining influentual positions is suseptible to corruption, and is definetly going to get offered compensation from parties wishing to uphold the current status quo. The only foreseeable concequence a competant communications minister would yield is a larger compensation from the intrested parties.
<br />Forget Cassaburi - she's a bungling, 60 something, self confessed technophobe with a history of monumental screwups attributable to her incompetance.
She doesn't deserve the keys to the outhouse - let alone the Ministry of Communications.
We need a passionate, compitant and qualified individual to hold such a key post.
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I think that may be to our advantage in some ways...as Peapod said if we can present Cassaburi with a workable solution she can present as her own idea, she can look competant and we get the job done.
Besides it is in my opinion that any politician gaining influentual positions is suseptible to corruption, and is definetly going to get offered compensation from parties wishing to uphold the current status quo. The only foreseeable concequence a competant communications minister would yield is a larger compensation from the intrested parties.
The article quoted above is incorrect in a number of assertions, <i>'Nowhere in the world does ADSL carry any guarantees or service level agreements.'</i> --- I have a SLA with my adsl service provider in the uk.(99.8% uptime) as well a direct line to TS.
<i>'The answer to that is only if companies would pay even more than they are now paying for an unguaranteed service that carries with it a number of limitations.'</i> --- what limitations?? I dont know of any.
He also sems to think that you cannot assign static IP's to ADSL lines, which is wholly untrue.....<i>'...If a company was to pay double for ADSL, why not take the plunge and get a 64 kilobit leased line?The static IP address allows for superior security software such as firewalls to be implemented, as well as services such as mail and Web hosting. This service is guaranteed and there are no bandwidth limitations.'</i>
<i>'The answer to that is only if companies would pay even more than they are now paying for an unguaranteed service that carries with it a number of limitations.'</i> --- what limitations?? I dont know of any.
He also sems to think that you cannot assign static IP's to ADSL lines, which is wholly untrue.....<i>'...If a company was to pay double for ADSL, why not take the plunge and get a 64 kilobit leased line?The static IP address allows for superior security software such as firewalls to be implemented, as well as services such as mail and Web hosting. This service is guaranteed and there are no bandwidth limitations.'</i>