Museum for the Holy Grail

[ghostim]

Maybe we should start a museum/archive site somewhere for tales and pics of the innovations/trials/tribulations of desperate plp in SA for REAL DEPENDABLE broadband internet access

[native]

Taking of people who need internet, does anyone know if iBurst will be providing internet to schools?

[ghostim]

Well according to some of the press releases they'll be doing the previously disadvanteged areas as priority. To setup a school for internet access will be easy if the tehcnical problems gets sorted out and they give a school : uncapped , port shaped access. At a good rate that is. No p2p .

[native]

Apart from Soweto were sentech have already internet in schools, iBurst doesnt have coverage in other townships

[ghostim]

Have noticed that . But like Tembisa could be covered from 1 water tower in Midrand. There is a thread on the forum that covers suggestions to WBS. Maybe u should post there.

[ic]

Native, if you haven't seen this thread, take a look at what WBS have released to the press:
2005-01-10/WBS's R400m Internet plan.

Also, their priority had better be schools, with the 50% discount schools will be paying what we should be paying per month (i.e. a maximum of R350)

[ghostim]

IC I agree.
Schools should be the upmost priority in any ISP/broadband/internet access provider business plan. When I hear about what grade 1 have do, they cant with some decent affordable internet access.

[ghostim]

jeez , forums are like meetings they degenerate into something totally of topic

[ic]

Nah, that just me with:

Project derail-a-thread is on time & within budget.

[alchamy]

I think rpm should have a poll for the best topic de-railer. My vote will be a toss up between ic & noone

Back to the topic, that would a great idea, remember even getting e-mail in south africa was huge battle with goverment & telkom. It took nearly 2 years of hard work.

[ic]

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Back to the topic, that would a great idea, remember even getting e-mail in south africa was huge battle with goverment & telkom. It took nearly 2 years of hard work.

Ahhh, sadly back on a topic - not sure it is this one though - also remember that whilst we now have email, most government people & departments still don't know what it is, don't know how to use, don't like keeping mail & web servers up & patched, basically government people still do not want email or internet...

I think they'd be quite content with using smoke signals - mindyou there is a law that prevent smoking inside buildings - so government should be working out in open spaces & sending those smoke signals...

Project derail-a-thread is definitely on-time & within budget...

[alchamy]

lmao sad but true.

Mayby they can make those tin can phone things. Aslong as they dont cross a public road with the string.

[aborg]

This topic so fits with my sig...today my speed has gone sub 56k...ai yai yai