Changes only expected in early 2007?!

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Sorry for posting this again, I dont know how to remove my duplicate in "General ADSL discussions" lol

Hi all

I read the following article on the mnet website regarding the Telecommunications issue in South Africa:

http://www.mnet.co.za/CarteBlanche/...lay.asp?Id=2568

Towards the end of the article, I see that changes are only expected by early 2007. The motivation behind this is that Telkom has the monopoly of all the communications hardware in the country (if I'm correct?).

Now... what I'd like to know is what effect has this monopoly over the hardware going to have on the ADSL side of things? When can we expect drastic decreases in prices and increases in quality of service?

Sorry if all this is being discussed already I'm a newbie! Lead me to the correct thread if it is plz.
 
Well, the way I see it, the SNO will take some time to get their infrastructure up and running and until then, they'd have to use Telkom's.

So I guess it depends on how quickly they get their stuff sorted out... could take 2 years I suppose.
 
Ya know, as much as i despise Cell-C, a lesson should be learnt from them, and that is, nothing is impossible when it comes to infrastructure.
 
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sit, if you are very drunk and are impudent your broadband connection


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Im on Cell C. If you drive JNB to CPT it switches to Vodacom all the way. Cell C only have their own towers in the cities I think and even then it often switches to Vodacom, so 4 or 5 years down the road their infrastructure is still way off being complete.

Unless of course they are happy with the Vodacom arrangement.
 
Cell C signed a roaming agreement with Vodacom that permits them to use Vodacom's towers for 15 years if memory serves. So, ja, they are not in a hurry to set up their own towers.

Ic's post sums up my biggest problem with Cell C: The phone only switches to Vodacom if it completely loses the Cell C signal. That's why many people complain about calls breaking up/dropping on Cell C.
It is best to do like Ic does, but Cell C obviously doesn't want people to know this little trick as they have to pay Vodacom roaming fees (that is if they pay per call rather than a lump sum) and neither does Vodacom as it puts extra loading on their network.
 
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