Western Cape to get Broadband boost

[Obronie]

Very clever.If people are connected they become more informed and make better choices ala voting

Maybe that is the reason SA's high internet cost - thanks to gov aka telkom

[Skerminkel]

Will Telkom be involved in any way?
What is HZ's definition of broadband?

Very good prospect anyway. I sure hope they can pull it off.

[Skerminkel]

Can we please have the name of the person who will resign if it is a flop?

[JStrike]

Will Telkom be involved in any way?
What is HZ's definition of broadband?

Very good prospect anyway. I sure hope they can pull it off.

I'm sure they, as well as many other private entities, would be involved
100Mbs

[baki100]

Ha ha welcome to the republic of cape town

[Quey_Quick]

Will Telkom be involved in any way?
What is HZ's definition of broadband?

Very good prospect anyway. I sure hope they can pull it off.

Even if it is 512 kbps or 1mb running to the home.Doesnt even have to be uncapped. A 20 gig cap should be sufficient for most.

[murraybiscuit]

Can we please have the name of the person who will resign if it is a flop?

i concur.

[Mr.CookieMonster]

Please come to East London too, we need that, we got old ass copper cable adsl infastructure

[Bern]

Excellent news.

The rest of the State of the Province Address had some brilliant plans in the them, albeit not related to broadband

I didn't see it, link to the details please..?

Even if it is 512 kbps or 1mb running to the home.Doesnt even have to be uncapped. A 20 gig cap should be sufficient for most.

Don't say that, are you mad??? That will not be sufficient in 2020 I am sure. You are too used to believing Telkom spin. 8 yrs ago I might have said 384kbps was more than enough and why would I want more than 2GBs, there is no way I would be OK with that now. Remember HD TV (not just entertainment, but education and news too) and so forth will use way more bandwidth. By then web3.0 will be running and imagine what that will require!

[Quey_Quick]

Don't say that, are you mad??? That will not be sufficient in 2020 I am sure. You are too used to believing Telkom spin. 8 yrs ago I might have said 384kbps was more than enough and why would I want more than 2GBs, there is no way I would be OK with that now. Remember HD TV (not just entertainment, but education and news too) and so forth will use way more bandwidth. By then web3.0 will be running and imagine what that will require!

But Bern you missing my point. This is not meant to be for HD content. Normal browsing would be fine.

[Shake&Bake]

Oi oi! Those of you wanting to move down here - hold up - just leave Slaapstad as it is mkay

[JStrike]

I didn't see it, link to the details please..?



Don't say that, are you mad??? That will not be sufficient in 2020 I am sure. You are too used to believing Telkom spin. 8 yrs ago I might have said 384kbps was more than enough and why would I want more than 2GBs, there is no way I would be OK with that now. Remember HD TV (not just entertainment, but education and news too) and so forth will use way more bandwidth. By then web3.0 will be running and imagine what that will require!

the full speech will probably be up on the WC Gov site later today, but here's a *very* brief synopsis on news24 - http://www.fin24.com/Economy/W-Cape-...c-hub-20120217 and http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Po...cture-20120217

[Bern]

But Bern you missing my point. This is not meant to be for HD content. Normal browsing would be fine.

My point is that in 8 years time "normal browsing" will most likely include HD video or similar high bandwidth content. Look at the sort of bandwidth users in the States and Europe use, that will be what we use in years to come. To be a useful resource you want content that comes across in the easiest form possible, Youtube training/education videos, VoD will do that better than a test explanation could, so a crappy slow link with limited caps is short-sighted.

Remember we are talking a target for 8 years in to the future, 1Mbps is already behind most minimum international standards! Think about it this way, if you could have 1 very good teacher via Skype to 100 people it would be a lot cheaper than trying to get 100 people to that teacher in that location for that hour. See http://www.khanacademy.org/ to get an idea of what I am talking about.

the full speech will probably be up on the WC Gov site later today, but here's a *very* brief synopsis on news24 - http://www.fin24.com/Economy/W-Cape-...c-hub-20120217 and http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Po...cture-20120217

Cool, thanks!

[Mouse]

See http://www.khanacademy.org/ to get an idea of what I am talking about.

+100000000000000000000000

[snobee]

I think it is easy to be pessimistic and dubious about this being pulled off. Having said that, I really do hope it happens.