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Telkom must look to SA first, say black firms
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MaD said:
Its not about Telkom being brave, in fact i would like to point out that it is not economically viable for Telkom to install DSLAMS at every exchange in the country
. My honest opinion is that most people cant afford to spend money to access the Internet.In one light the Internet is a needed tool for the modern day first world-type living
. In disadvataged areas, Internet access, because of the access cost, is a luxuary item - this statement might be a paradox. At the moment im on dsl, in a previously termed 'coloured' suburb in cape town. We have had dsl access for the past 2 years at least - that is how long i have been using dsl. I accidentally found out, during a failure at the local exchange that affected dsl users on the exchange that the number of customers affected was about 127 users. I would conservately estimate that in our there are 1000 subscribers on the exchange. So about 12.7 % of the subscriber base users subscribes to ADSL. The 1000 users is rather an under estimate.
How does a telco go about bridging the digital divide without cross subsubsiding areas and remain economically profitable? If we do the Math we can see that it is mission impossible, unless somebody can come up with a better solution. Whoever does, will most surely be able to tap into a market
segment that is underserviced one could say.
In part solution to the problem is to 1 - unbundle the local loop over a period of no longer than 3 years; 2 - allow self-provisioning by VANS;3 - introduce a few restrictions on Telkom operations forcing the compay to split into seperate entities; 4 - investigate the infrastructures such as SAFE, SAT3 these should not be operated for profit by Telkom.
No matter how we look at the problem it is big and complex. The slow, actions taken by the minister and portfolio commitee for communications is not helping at all. While key players cross words like swords, the chasm grows exponentially.
These are my thoughts what does everybody else think ?
Another cop-out: telkom should try spending some of the 8 billion in profit they are sitting on (what are they saving it for - a holiday in Argentinia?)... many - if not most companies in the world (including BT) run on a loss - because of the investment they make... they are happy to run on a loss - they write it off over further years of profits - they pay their staff and have very happy customers - why can't telkom grasp this simple fact?
Telkom are sitting on my money and my network (I've paid for it over many years)... no company - in our massive investment environment should be sitting on 8 billion - no company with the needs of our country should be sitting on 8 billion... and telkom should be concentrating at home - instead of like Mbeki being this big african statesman - telkom and Mbeki have enough problems at home
stoke
Honorary Master
SMME Forum = Black Firms ? Oh really ... interesting. Love the tax money wastage.
This is like the pot calling the kettle ... oh blah ... moving on.
Well - another voice crying in the wildeness ... maybe the president's ears will actually hear something this time ... LOL ... As if ... I kill me.
This is like the pot calling the kettle ... oh blah ... moving on.
Well - another voice crying in the wildeness ... maybe the president's ears will actually hear something this time ... LOL ... As if ... I kill me
.Errrrr..... I was talking about phone lines. Thanks for the insight tholaura said:Its not about Telkom being brave, in fact i would like to point out that it is not economically viable for Telkom to install DSLAMS at every exchange in the country