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    The trouble with the all-you-can-eat bandwidth buffet

    http://www.alignafrica.com/?page_id=289 Earlier this year we wrote about fibre to the home (FTTH) and how South Africa was lagging the rest of the continent thanks to the lack of progress in this area. This raised a few eyebrows and got a couple of people scratching their heads – and somewhat...
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    Think it’s time to cut those wires thanks to LTE? Not so fast…

    http://www.alignafrica.com/?p=555 If nothing else, the recent spat between Cell C, Vodacom and MTN over Cell C’s use of “4G” in its advertising raised awareness of the next generation of mobile technology with the general public. And with 4G promising us broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps, could...
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    Google Latitude: a powerful self-defense mechanism in Southern Africa

    http://www.alignafrica.com/?p=541 With South African and Zimbabwean abductions and kidnappings being in the news only too often, it really is time for residents of these countries and travellers to these countries to sit up and take heed. As recently as winter 2010, an abduction hit the...
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    Fibre: South Africa doesn’t need to lag the continent

    http://www.alignafrica.com/?p=481 While South Africa might pride itself as being the leading nation on the continent, it is fast moving down the ranks from a technology point of view. Still with no real fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services, it lags most of North Africa, and since last year, Kenya...
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    Telecommuting: the perfect antidote to rising South African toll charges?

    http://www.alignafrica.com/?p=476 With the controversial introduction of 40 or so tolls across Gauteng’s road network from April this year, there is no doubt that the consequences of this move will spread well beyond the road network itself. According to the Road Freight Association (RFA) the...
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