Broadband numbers conundrum

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DoC’s broadband conundrum

Department of Communications seems to have its wires crossed over PC broadband subscribers and broadband penetration rates

 

[Lightscribe]

Hehehe! Let's move the target and claim success...

...while 71 of the 100 projected e-cooperatives has been established to increase the entry of youth owned small enterprise into the ICT sector. This target has also been changed to 71, which means that the DoC achieved its new target already.

This choked me up...laughing...

This is however where the good news ends.

The conundrum...

What is somewhat perplexing is that the projected number of ‘PC broadband subscribers’ by 2009/2010 is 2 million, a figure which will equate to a ‘number of broadband subscribers per 100 people’ of 4% with an estimated population of 50-million. The number of PC broadband subscribers will therefore exceed the number of projected broadband subscribers – a likely mess-up on the DoC’s side unless they have different definitions for these numbers.

The answers...

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1082105/south_africa_–_telecom_country_profile.htm

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=449084

http://www.hottelecoms.com/cp-article-october2009-2.htm

 

[InTheCube]

Hehehe! Let's move the target and claim success...

This choked me up...laughing...

I couldn't stop laughing either... dimwits..

 

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The DoC has not made any progress on its “50% readiness for service of the NEPAD submarine cable project” which has to be achieved by March next year. This indicator is however set to be reviewed. According to the National Treasury the DoC is experiencing difficulty in securing shareholder participation in Africa, and the global economic crisis has forced a review of the funding by international funders.

“Nevertheless, the 50% target for 2009/10 will be achieved through linking with other cables such as Seacom,” the Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (AENE) document states.

If you cannot do something yourself, I guess it's good enough to know someone who has. Do you think there's a chance we could get SEACOM to run the rest of government?

 

[Sting]

After reading the entire report, all I can say is "PATHETIC"!!!!

Grow some balls and do something constructive.

 

[Tns]

if they can't make the deadline they just change it, if not enough matrics pass they lower the standards, tsk at them

 

[tjunyat]

I am, once again, amazed at the complete lack of ability or foresight of guavamunt. *sigh*

 

[Tns]

I am, once again, amazed at the complete lack of ability or foresight of guavamunt. *sigh*

they can only see if it's sparkles or orange and blue.

 

[davemc]

So, 2 billion rand, and not even a single tiny mention of LLU.

Government's "Broadband targets" have very little to do with "costs", something so blatenelt obvious.

Lower costs = greater penetration, but then again, I must be wrong.

AfriHost should be getting a tax incentive of note for their achievement, but, government does not work that way, no reward for their magnificent effort.

In the meantime, the competition commission is saying that Telkom is still strangle-holding our telecoms, and is profiteering magnificently from it's monopoly in certain types of broadband provision, but somehow even the findings of the commission have zero effect on the goals of the DoC.

I would like to nominate Captain Obvious to the position of Advisor to the Minister.