Siyanda

[pat22]

I’ve just come across an old book. SA Most promising companies 2000.

Mweb is rated as on of them. Something that caught my eye is the CEO Mr Roux, says Mweb has “harnessed the speed of satellite to deliver an online experience that is up to twenty times faster than the traditional web experience. Under the brand name Siyanda, satellite technology makes the dream of enhanced communication in terms of speed, reliability and usage, a reality”….

Then he goes on…” Through a high-speed satellite link, this faster Internet significantly improves the Internet experience, surpassing the capabilities of even the fastest modem, while still appearing as an ordinary Internet connection to the end user”.

What is Siyanda, does it still exist and how do you exceed the speed of your modem…….

Telkom is also listed. Apparently potential SNO bidders are British Telecom and Deutche Telecom. They soon disappeared. And the VANS debacle was ongoing back in 2000. It’s only when you read this, you realise nothing has changed in 4 years.

I have a feeling in 2008 I’ll dust of the 2004 book of promising companies and feel that groundhog effect……

[martin]

Siyanda, if memory serves, is a one-way satellite service provided by MWeb. The service works together with a dial-up or ISDN line. The land-line is used to transmit outgoing data, while the satellite receives incoming data. In the majority of cases you send a lot less data than you receive, so transmitting at modem speeds is not a big problem, while receiving at satellite speeds is a very significant and noticable improvement. If I remember correctly in the early days Siyanda was burstable up to 1Mb/s.

I'm not sure whether Siyanda is still in operation, but I've heard of at least one or two companies who provide the same service to this day.

[VQuest]

Siyanda is no more. It basically became Mweb's present satellite service through Infosat. The same as Tiscali offers.

Martin is correct. You sent info over the phone line and a 56k modem and received via satellite.

Mr Roux is much like Mr White. Take what they say with a pinch of salt. Although Siyanda did have faster speeds than a normal dial-up, it was not nearly as exciting as the above statement makes it sound. Plus you paid for your usage, it was not unlimited. Thats why Tiscali's satellite offering was so much more attractive.


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