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What is broadband?
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One day in the not too distant future we are going to revisit these definitions of broadband speeds and put it in the same category as the famous quote made by Bill Gates, "640K ought to be enough for anybody." and "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
ICASA don't get sucked into Telkom's BS.
When Telkom first launched ADSL, it started at 512Kb, which IMO is already drawing another conclusion to what is currently been stated?
Later product offerings of 384Kb and 192Kb were targeted at customers who couldn't afford R680 for ADSL Line Rental.
Let’s not be fooled by current product offerings and what the true meaning of Broadband is.
192Kb ADSL is actually more narrowband in line with ISDN which can only do 128kb with both channels enabled.
Why not rather give no definition to broadband. South Africa is unqualified to do so.
Rather defer the definition and rather say that due to the ever changing world we cannot define what broadband is or will be, but we can say that Broadband currently in South Africa is able to achieve 1.5 Mbps according to the GLite enabled DSLams employed at Telkom Exchanges?
Furthermore in lieu of the SNO releasing ADSL in the last quarter of 2006 we may have to wait and see what they have to offer, as the goal post will be moved yet again?
One day in the not too distant future we are going to revisit these definitions of broadband speeds and put it in the same category as the famous quote made by Bill Gates, "640K ought to be enough for anybody." and "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
ICASA don't get sucked into Telkom's BS.
When Telkom first launched ADSL, it started at 512Kb, which IMO is already drawing another conclusion to what is currently been stated?
Later product offerings of 384Kb and 192Kb were targeted at customers who couldn't afford R680 for ADSL Line Rental.
Let’s not be fooled by current product offerings and what the true meaning of Broadband is.
192Kb ADSL is actually more narrowband in line with ISDN which can only do 128kb with both channels enabled.
Why not rather give no definition to broadband. South Africa is unqualified to do so.
Rather defer the definition and rather say that due to the ever changing world we cannot define what broadband is or will be, but we can say that Broadband currently in South Africa is able to achieve 1.5 Mbps according to the GLite enabled DSLams employed at Telkom Exchanges?
Furthermore in lieu of the SNO releasing ADSL in the last quarter of 2006 we may have to wait and see what they have to offer, as the goal post will be moved yet again?
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Wanting to call 192k broadband is just being narrow-minded. Broadband is all about what it enables you to do and lets face it below 1mbs that isnt much these days.
On top of that calling anything above 256k broadband where there is heavy port shaping going on is just adding insult to injury.
On top of that calling anything above 256k broadband where there is heavy port shaping going on is just adding insult to injury.
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I'd like to echo bwana's comments and say that broadband is more of an ideology, its not about how fast the pipe is but the the fact that there is a broad use for your bandwidth. The internet landscape has outgrown the 2004 Ofcom definition.
Now what would I need for triple play? 2Mb/s?
Now what would I need for triple play? 2Mb/s?