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    Amazon Leo falling further behind Starlink by the day

    I've been inanimately involved with both networks. The issue is not the technology by either, both are pretty good. As the article pointed out , it's a function of launch capacity. There is not enough launch capacity available for Kuiper/Leo to get the required number of birds in the sky in...
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    Vintage Computers

    Ask on the SA Vintage Computing FB group, pretty sure someone in Gangster's Paradise can help you. If you were in Cape Town, you could've popped around and collect what you need.
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    Vintage Computers

    Where are you based?
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    MultiChoice announces return of two concurrent DStv streams

    Anyone know what happened to the DSTV Home Base thing? My understanding was that it would allow you to have multiple streams from the same location. Think a decoder was supposed to be the 'home base' unit and then all streams with the same internet IP (i.e. inside that network) could stream. @Jan
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    The South African that is arguably one of the best antenna engineers in the world

    Some more s***-hot South Africa RF engineers: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/37130-quiet-cellular-antenna-technology-for-ska.html
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    The South African that is arguably one of the best antenna engineers in the world

    Andre is one of the coolest guys around, let alone a proper RF boffin. :love:
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    South African mobile operators cannot offer truly uncapped mobile data plans

    Guess this is where I say "Told you so", a decade ago 🤣
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    MultiChoice announces enhancements to its DStv Stream platform

    Called Home Base. It's still in all the streaming apps (mobile, Smart TV, etc.) but DSTV is quiet about it.
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    Endless hassle with Vodacom re WiFi Calling/VoLTE

    Hey, sorry that I only saw this now. I sent you a DM with my contact details.
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    MTN boasts fastest mobile speed recorded in South Africa

    I've been watching Omo ads claim, every few years, for decades, that it now "washes even whiter". By now your clothes should be glowing in ultra-violet. :)
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    MTN boasts fastest mobile speed recorded in South Africa

    Agree, mobile speed has long lost it's competitive advantage. Some might recall the heady days of mobile data of 384Kb/s in December 2004 (go find the first post by vodacom3g :) ) and how it improved month after month. 2 months later, by Feb 2005, it was 1.8Mb/s. But when speeds exceeded...
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    MTN boasts fastest mobile speed recorded in South Africa

    If you say so.
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    MTN boasts fastest mobile speed recorded in South Africa

    If you say so.
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    MTN boasts fastest mobile speed recorded in South Africa

    From a pure technological perspective, these speeds are crazy impressive. Just think a small piece of glass in your pocket is outperforming your FTTH link over RF. Insane.
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    MTN and Vodacom in discussions about direct-to-cell satellite connectivity

    Yeah, this is intentional. When we launched VoWiFi, it was set to Wi-Fi preferred. But then we ran into problems where people connect to a strong Wi-Fi signal, so the phone switches to Wi-Fi calling. But the backhaul of that Wi-Fi signal is crap (like with so many public hotspots), so people...
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