2010 spurs telecoms revamp

If its made available, at the right price, demand will not be a problem! But yet again its all just talk, and no product on the table!
 
'This is true broadband, but the demand is not there yet for this kind of speed'
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That statment just makes me so upset. And I'm totally in agreement with you LabAnimal.

There is plenty of demand - be it from enterprise or from the general public.

EDIT: Also the fact that "2010 is spurring a telecomms revamp" only shows that goverment is only viewing it as an oppurtunity to cash in.
Heck - it may all come down to Neotel and Seacom providing bandwidth for the WC, as an earlier article makes mention of AWCC not being ready in time for the kick off. Watch the DoC wanting to cashin on Seacom when the time comes if AWCC is not ready. :rolleyes:
 
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WBS, the owner of iBurst, is scheduled to launch a WiMAX service in July or August in high-density business areas in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
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I hear that WBS/Vodacom are having technical difficulties in making their WiMAX network work. There's no other conceivable reason why they would have let Neotel take the lead in launching ahead of them in these areas. Anyone seen anything working yet?
 
And still some people question the benefit of hosting 2010 here. These are the sort of benefits that are missed when we quantify the tangible benefits.

The 2010 World Cup is the catalyst that is spurring telecommunication operators and service providers to gear up their infrastructure, bandwidth capacity and services.

“Nothing else could provide the impetus to transform telecommunications in this country as this event is doing ,” says Tim Courtenay, MD of the telecoms division at Atio.

He says it will lay the foundation for a modern communications infrastructure that will boost the telecommunications industry and take the country forward.
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LancelotSA said:
And still some people question the benefit of hosting 2010 here. These are the sort of benefits that are missed when we quantify the tangible benefits.
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I just hope that we'll be able to pull it off.
Sepp Blatter has already made mention of speaking the Brazilian FA and 2 other countries as a backup.
 
Shake&Bake said:
I just hope that we'll be able to pull it off.
Sepp Blatter has already made mention of speaking the Brazilian FA and 2 other countries as a backup.
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Brazil is about 5 years behind us in terms of preparation.

Re: the topic. Yes of course 2010 would accelerate the improvements to telecoms but what sort of investment are we talking about? and does it really contribute in the long term?
 
capetownguy said:
Re: the topic. Yes of course 2010 would accelerate the improvements to telecoms but what sort of investment are we talking about? and does it really contribute in the long term?
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Investment from govt's side has come with Infraco and the landing of the AWCC.
And certainly in other areas as well.

As for the investment - if goverment would take a backseat and let the private sector stimulate the market instead (then the taxpayer would not be responsible for all of the investment), if ICASA would do their job properly and not be scared off by Telscum's lawyers, if the DoC would be beneficial to the people and businesses of this country - running out of "if's".

The amounts of money being pumped into this must be astronomical.
Certainly once the infrastucure has been put in place and the world has left, one would hope that the links from Seacom, Sat3/SAFE and AWCC would finally bring some liberation and competition to the market place.

Neotel has at least been making a success of laying 8000km of fibre to link the country. Vodacom Business is standing on the verge of making its presence felt.

My concern is still with "Average Joe/Shake&Bake".
I hope that Fibre To Home or Curb can be a reality.
That industry and govt will see that every household should have a broadband (and I do mean Broadband!) connection, and at a decent price.
The cost of telephony - let alone a broadband connection, is a killer - we need relief.
If we are given relief by a market that is open and competitive - everyone will get a piece of the pie.

The long term - only we can sustain it, but to do so, we need the "If's" to be transformed to "When's"

*hands clasped in prayer*
 
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He says initially the company will offer guaranteed minimum speeds of 128, 256 and 512 megabits per second for different WiMAX service options, with peak speeds up to 2 megabits per second.
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There is something seriously wrong with that statement. How can the peak be lower than the initial company offering? :eek:

There is also no mentioning of Companies that already put in their own fiber, but had to pay premium royalties to Telkom when it went over/underneath a public road. :mad:
 
He says initially the company will offer guaranteed minimum speeds of 128, 256 and 512 megabits per second for different WiMAX service options, with peak speeds up to 2 megabits per second.
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512 megabits per second...

May want to fix that; I believe "kilobits" is the step below megabits? :D
 
Kasyx said:
512 megabits per second...

May want to fix that; I believe "kilobits" is the step below megabits? :D
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I believe you're right.

Talking about "'This is true broadband, but the demand is not there yet for this kind of speed'", wtf? Hands up everyone who does not want super fast internet.... anyone?.... hello.....
Okay. Hands up everyone who does want super fast internet.... ok whoah. One hand at a time please...
 
Um, speed really does not impress me at the moment.... not unless it becomes really cheap and affordable. Otherwise I will be quite content with the lowest speed offering! Sorry Froot but you cannot speak for everyone... and I use the internet a lot. Many other people out there only check email.
 
LancelotSA said:
Um, speed really does not impress me at the moment.... not unless it becomes really cheap and affordable. Otherwise I will be quite content with the lowest speed offering! Sorry Froot but you cannot speak for everyone... and I use the internet a lot. Many other people out there only check email.
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Maybe not u, but once most people get a taste of REAL broadband they do
want it. The biggest problem however that 512kbps is not even real broadband and the caps associated with these products make these
things worthy of only checking the email and irc chat.
 
Astounding technical insight

Each strand of a fibre cable transmits data at the speed of light — 300000 kilometres per second — allowing for huge throughput capacity.
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lately the internet has become sluggish, isn't a bit late to now suddendly want to do something about it? 2010 is only like 16months away.....
 
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