Local loop unbundling recommendations - what does it mean for an ordinary person?

The local loop is that portion of the telecommunication network that is situated between the end of subscriber’s telephone connection and the main distribution frame, where all the user lines come together before being connected to the telephone exchange.
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Does that mean that the local loop does not include Telkom exchanges :confused: and that the local loop is actually just a box on the side of the road with a bunch of copper wires extending out from it to people's homes and offices :confused: :confused: :confused:
It must be noted here that Telkom did a sterling job in ensuring that the quality of our telephone line is one of the best in the world.
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:eek: did not realise that the rest of the world had such low standards :sick: I've had a truck load of problems with my Telkom line and I'm quite sure I'm not alone.
This process is expected to be completed by 2011. Considering that many other countries have taken on average of 10 years to complete their unbundling processes makes this is a very optimistic time-frame.
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Surely that means that this is not a realistic time frame?
 
Telkom and the word 'best' does not belong in the same sentence, ever. Somebody should shoot the guy who wrote this.
 
Customers will choose the telephone line and internet provider based on how fast the service provider can supply the line, how cheap the line rental is as well as how good the line is in terms of efficiency and reliability.
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If it costs R0 then I'm willing to fork out. FFS drop this line rental crap already please...
 
Telkom will resist this as much as possible!
 
This process is expected to be completed by 2011. Considering that many other countries have taken on average of 10 years to complete their unbundling processes makes this is a very optimistic time-frame

how come it took the UK 6 months to unlock LLU why does SA need fours years :confused::confused:
 
Perhaps I am being silly but there's something I don't get. They keep saying LLU is a process, not an event.

I understand that a lot needs to be done, but surely there will be a day where we can go "LLU is now in force, and therefore any telco can request access to the local loop when applicable" and that day will be an event.

So here's the process as far as I'm concerned:

1. Draw up legislation
2. Determine the cost at which the local loop will be resold
3. Establish organisation under ICASA that will manage the local loop
4. Apply legislation
5. Announce to the country that LLU is now a reality.

Sure there will be niggles and teething problems, but what exactly comes after point 5 that will take another 4 years to finish?
 
DOOMIE61 said:
oh ok but they are talking about making another network, here all the ISP's run off of BT,
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Isn't that basically the same as SA then? All our ISP's run off SAIX or IS, but the difference is that they can't launch their own services and that SAIX just charge too much :/

So is the only technical difference in the UK that ISP's can run their own ADSL lines, even though that has little effect compared to cheaper international bandwidth?
 
So in other words the process will never be completed by 2011, will it?
 
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