Naspers launches the biggest online business in Africa

Obviously not optimised for Netscape - a slow-loading dog's breakfast.
 
Yes they will definitely have to do something about the slowness, otherwise it will just not be worth visiting the site
 
Article said:
According to Hanly the timely arrival of affordable broadband Internet connectivity in South Africa is increasing adoption figures exponentially and will be central in catapulting the Internet into mainstream consumer behaviour. “With the roll-out of affordable broadband in South Africa, local digital and online businesses are entering a new era.
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Affordable broadband has arrived in S.A. :confused: when???
 
Well they probably mean compared to what was there before, diginet. This is very affordable compared to that.. R20000pm etc.

And prices have dropped i geuss. Or they are just talkling crap because MWeb are their partners.

I dont find the site slow at all, must be optimised for Opera I geuss. Good move guys. Im on Iburst, is everyone finding the site slow.

Anyway, both thsi and the new afrikaans site look great. www.netafrikaans.com
 
this is a "whatever" story. seriously, Naspers have been trying for years to pull this off and failed every time. Subscriber based content on the internet hardly ever works - except if it's pr0n based
 
Regarding the slow speeds - with a total page size of 213KB it is bound to be slow. And the HTTP compression does not help too much.

Load times:
28.8K 83.01 seconds
33.6K 71.21 seconds
56K 42.89 seconds
ISDN 128K 13.41 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 1.53 seconds
 
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