Affordable broadband for SA

[gudgie]

there is no such thing as broad band in s.a. telkoms cable is oversubcibed, they are now using the back up one.

ivy is a shareholder of telkom and so is the rest of the tabonites , so they protect telkom

ivy is a shareholder of telkom and so is the rest of the tabonites , so they protect telkom

 

[R4tt3xx]

Ivy is smoking her socks again

 

[duderoo]

Did not think I would hear affordable and broadband in the same sentence.

 

[bekdik]

I'm surprised she didn't advocate a beetroot/garlic/olive-oil link!

 

[Prometheus]

Anybody know if she was talking about SAT or SAFE? SAT should be fairly new considering Telkom only has a 5 year monopoly on it which expires soon. If so then SAFE was initially for dial-up and because Telkom thinks we should still have dial-up speeds and bandwidth they are still using SAFE which means that it might very well be fully utilized by all the broadband connections so they can say that bandwidth is scarce.

Speaking in the National Council of Provinces, she said at the same time her department had set up an "unbundling the local loop committee" with the aim of expanding delivery and reducing prices.

Do they really need a committee to do that when we already gave them all the necessary details. Well, I guess they do the way they "bundled" up the new adsl regulations.

I hardly expect a new cable to make it cheaper.

Once the cable is laid, they will say something like ...

"We now have to recoup the cost of laying a new cable, so this is the telecoms/networking rental and wotnot increase schedule for the next 5 years, above inflation"

The new cable would make it cheaper once all the quarrels are resolved. You're right only in that only competition will make it affordable. That is exactly what the cable will provide as every major provider including Telkom (bugger) and Neotel (Yay) would have access at cost which is only a fraction of what Telkom charges for SAT-3 access and by that time the SAT-3 monopoly would also have ended. Problem is that nobody can wait until 2008. We can't even wait until May 2007.

Now, i am not going to be the one to preach terrorism here, but some acting on behalf of the community would be nice, anybody up for a Toi Toi rally on Saturday? I have the afternoon free.

Hell, I am, and it's only terrorism if your targets are civilians and not if they are political/government. Anyone up for blowing up the Icasa building? Under the Geneva convention you would be regarded as freedom fighters and when you win you'll be rewarded like the ANC.

I'm surprised she didn't advocate a beetroot/garlic/olive-oil link!

Good one, but I think it would have been an cup & string/battery & wire/flashlight & mirror link.

 

[Oupoot]

According to the SAT3 website (www.safe-sat3.co.za) it should have capacity of 120Gb/s. In addition, the SAFE cable (running to Asia) should have capacity of 130Gb/s. Assuming that only 50% of the broadband activity on SAT3 eminates from SA, that would mean that around (or on average) 60Gb of data is transmitted from SA to the rest of the world every second via SAT3. Extra demand could simply be transmitted via SAFE. Add to that that about 10% of data is transmitted via satellite. It would mean nearly all broadband connections in SA would constantly download/upload data from the rest of the world. there would not be space to allow for calls. This boggles me completely.

 

[kifoth]

The undersea telecommunications cable running down the west side of Africa was "at full capacity" ... Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Tuesday.

Someone please remind me what the rules are about lying to a parliamentary body?

 

[MFour]

Someone please remind me what the rules are about lying to a parliamentary body?

lol there are rules...did'nt know that

 

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The undersea telecommunications cable running down the west side of Africa was "at full capacity" ... Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Tuesday.

Someone please remind me what the rules are about lying to a parliamentary body?

I have occasionally been sufficiently bored to watch parliamentarians dead asleep on SABC TV, and they do seem to be able to get away with talking the biggest load of rubbish - especially the guavamintarians - no rules seem to apply to Ivy & her fellow shareholders...

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Please note that MyADSL cannot be associated with nor condone acts of violence - not even if they are directed at Telkodemonopolies and ICASA and the DoC, et al: two illegal actions do not add up to one correct and just action, also the end does not justify the means and all that.

@kuga, welcome to MyADSL .​

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[Prometheus]

I have occasionally been sufficiently bored to watch parliamentarians dead asleep on SABC TV, and they do seem to be able to get away with talking the biggest load of rubbish - especially the guavamintarians - no rules seem to apply to Ivy & her fellow shareholders...

Is there a difference between the two?

 

[kilo39]

Is there a difference between the two?

Um, one is a fruit?

 

[ic]

I have occasionally been sufficiently bored to watch parliamentarians dead asleep on SABC TV, and they do seem to be able to get away with talking the biggest load of rubbish - especially the guavamintarians - no rules seem to apply to Ivy & her fellow shareholders...

Is there a difference between the two?

Guavamintarians is the subset of parliamentarians that are members of guavamint [MPeez], whilst parliamentarians includes all MPeez, and yes gavamintarians are akin to a rotten fruit.

 

[snugam]

She Can't do anything, because Telkom will take her Car, Her Telephone, Her Office, Her Internet Connection and HER secret holidays away from her. Isn't this seen as bribing? Just wondering....

"I've learned that controlling the WORLD starts with ONE person, and a wee bit of money!!!" zabz

 

[eremos]

She Can't do anything, because Telkom will take her Car, Her Telephone, Her Office, Her Internet Connection and HER secret holidays away from her. Isn't this seen as bribing? Just wondering....

"I've learned that controlling the WORLD starts with ONE person, and a wee bit of money!!!" zabz

Giving them is bribery. Threatening to take them away again is blackmail

 

[Prometheus]

Guavamintarians is the subset of parliamentarians that are members of guavamint [MPeez], whilst parliamentarians includes all MPeez, and yes gavamintarians are akin to a rotten fruit.

Err... ok then. :/ They are both from the same useless tree imo.