Broadband Infraco hearings

Do you think Broadband Infraco should get licensed?

  • Yes

    Votes: 31 64.6%

  • No

    Votes: 17 35.4%
  • Total voters
    48
Go read the MyBB Seacom threads. Some very interesting posts about what you as an end user can expect to save. It is far lower than 90%.
 
the guys at Infraco say that they are comitted to coming onto the broadband internet scene to prevent the other ISP's from continuing with their price fixing/collusion (my words) but if they are only going to be wholesalers , then i dont see how they will be able to really have an effect. i strongly believe that if they dealt directlt with us consumers, that would guarantee the required changes will take place very fast.
what do u people think about that?
 
Garyvdh said:
I think they should get licensed, this is the government trying to drive down the costs of interconnect cables and bandwidth provisioning. That is a good thing.
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This would happen naturally if government pulled its fingers from Telkom. :)

I think INFRACO is just an excuse for more gravy train passengers...
 
One day, bandwidth will be free...

msmoorad said:
the guys at Infraco say that they are comitted to coming onto the broadband internet scene to prevent the other ISP's from continuing with their price fixing/collusion (my words) but if they are only going to be wholesalers , then i dont see how they will be able to really have an effect. i strongly believe that if they dealt directlt with us consumers, that would guarantee the required changes will take place very fast.
what do u people think about that?
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I agree. It's simple. If you start a petition, I for one will sign a petition for Seacom to sell directly to consumers. We're all already on telkom or neotel. Sell us international bandwidth for cheaper than usual.

From http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/2911.html
The new cable system further committed to reducing the cost of international bandwidth to Universities and Research Institutions in South Africa by 5 000%.
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From http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/5002.html
Some analysts have pointed out that the economics of the digital age are not those of scarcity. Bandwidth is a resource that is potentially so abundant that it may, before long, become free. Until now, South Africans haven't been able to think in anything near those terms, but Seacom is potentially the start of a new wave of thinking in Africa, in which we can start to see things in terms of abundance, not the scarcity that has plagued the continent for so long. It's time we no longer thought in terms of our limitations, but rather our possibilities. And in the digital age, those are endless.
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With telkom, neotel and infraco, Seacom and the myriad other cables to come over the next 5 years, I agree with the quote above. Bandwith will one day be free...
 
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The new cable system further committed to reducing the cost of international bandwidth to Universities and Research Institutions in South Africa by 5 000%.
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Some journalists seriously need to go back to school.

A 5000% percent reduction would mean a price change from 100% (ie its current price) to -4900% of its current price. So if you were paying R1000 before, you would be receiving R49 000 after the price change. Yeah...
 
Hehe! :) I think the journalist meant:

Thus, since everyone on MyBB knows that wholesale international bandwidth can presently be bought for R30,00 per gig...

What is 5000% of R0,60? Answer: R30,00

R30,00 is what percent of R0,60? Answer: 5000%

R30,00 is 5000% of what? Answer: R0.60

...Don't start murdering ISP owners now!!! :)
 
i think that since the new minister of Telecomms will be attending iweek,it would be good for those of u guys who can attend to go and try to question him and gauge whether he is a male version of Ivy or hes serious about bringing costs down.
Maybe if youre able to speak to him, you could list some of our grievances and what we think are the best ways to sort out the mess were in etc..
another thing guys, has Infraco released any figures (tentative or otherwise) about their rates etc- like how Seacom released their prices long ago? - so that we can see if they change their tune/prices again later on.
it would be very helpful to bring more clarity. and i personally think Infraco should become an ISP that deals directly with consumers
 
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