Broadband ‘should be a right’

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/1560.html

 

[R4tt3xx]

"blah, blah, blah, blah".

Nothing is going to happen

 

[Alchemist]

Broadband should be a right

But thanks to Telkom and the DoC, the opportunities left, along time ago

 

[Gunther]

Yes. Broadband should be a right. And free too.

 

[ic]

in the same way that they had a duty to provide water, sewerage and electricity, speakers at a technology conference said on Thursday.

IMO municipalities have a duty to provide waste & sewerage disposal and treatment.

The more broadband services and competition the better, as long as it's not all talk like it has been since 2005 - the exceptions being Knysna [Uninet] and Pretoria [Neology] where municipal broadband has been rolled out.

 

[lenosb]

"blah, blah, blah, blah".

Nothing is going to happen

You took the blah blah blah right out of my mouth....

 

[XCentricdave]

I'm pretty sure that many people would settle for just shelter, water, waste removal and electricity. Lets not get too overexcited about broadband being a right... We've got bigger problems to solve first.

 

[Voicy]

agreed, besides, we're still considered to be a 3rd world country ,despite being on the SADC.

free broadband would be fun, but not even water/electricity/shelter is free. All we need it to be is more competitive. this will create a capless environment and hopefully better service delivery. end of story. sort of.