pat22
10-06-2004, 01:35 PM
I’ve just read on BBC Tech about BT’s plans for the UK infrastructure. They are implementing VOIP and dumping POTS. Over the next 5 years, a 3 billion pounds programme will see the network upgraded using fibre optics, enabling high data speeds, the ability to have one phone number etc… BT reckons it will save them 1 billion pounds a year. Equals good economics to me.
Then I read what Telkom are doing. They are cutting investment into the infrastructure, axing 10% of their workers annually, reducing QOS but bumping up short-term profits. Telkom don’t do innovation. They are hooked on per second billing and redundant technology like ISDN whereas the rest of the world is embracing VOIP and flat billing structures. These UK policies expand the nations potential, increasing education and economic growth.
South Africa is now facing crunch time. This is it. Algeria is taking over SA. Angola attracts more foreign business. Kenya anyone? Alec Erwin says privatisation is no longer policy. Partnerships are. So no more deregulation. Just more state interference. Business and politics are like oil and water.
Will the SNO change the face of communications here or will the government have to come up trumps and rescue us? Or do we need a miracle?
Then I read what Telkom are doing. They are cutting investment into the infrastructure, axing 10% of their workers annually, reducing QOS but bumping up short-term profits. Telkom don’t do innovation. They are hooked on per second billing and redundant technology like ISDN whereas the rest of the world is embracing VOIP and flat billing structures. These UK policies expand the nations potential, increasing education and economic growth.
South Africa is now facing crunch time. This is it. Algeria is taking over SA. Angola attracts more foreign business. Kenya anyone? Alec Erwin says privatisation is no longer policy. Partnerships are. So no more deregulation. Just more state interference. Business and politics are like oil and water.
Will the SNO change the face of communications here or will the government have to come up trumps and rescue us? Or do we need a miracle?