City of Joburg drops broadband provider

[rpm]

City of Joburg drops broadband provider

The City of Johannesburg has terminated the contract of CitiConnect Communications, the company set up to manage the city's broadband project.

 

[Crystal Web]

/contemplates tender application

nope, nope, nope.

 

[Paul Hjul]

Removing own content due to the dishonesty of the owners and management of MyBB and the risk exposure which their dishonesty creates for any person maintaining content on their site

 

[Crystal Web]

unless we can form part of a consortium of providers ...


We will need to hire MD4E on the project ...

Go sit in your corner.

 

[iDOL]

Sign Me Up!

 

[Creag]

unless we can form part of a consortium of providers ...

Pfft! The only qualification required is the overwhelming ability to line their palms with plenty of "leopards"

 

[kianm]

Another good plan delayed. Wonder how long it's going to take to revive the project

 

[Paul Hjul]

Pfft! The only qualification required is the overwhelming ability to line their palms with plenty of "leopards"

they've moved past cash ...

 

[MickZA]

This fibre network will consist of a 900km fibre ring broken into 5 regions – South West, South East, Central, North West, North East.

“The network will be capable of transferring capacity of up to 1.2 terabits per second. We have 9 Core POP’s (point of presence) and 8 Priority Metro sites, with 2 Primary International Transit nodes,” said Nkosi.

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/56173-1-2tbps-johannesburg-fibre-project-gains-ground.html

... so exactly how far did Bwired get with this project?

 

[MickeyD]

unless we can form part of a consortium of providers ...


We will need to hire MD4E on the project ...

Yes....

 

[Paul Hjul]

Yes....

Volunteering to head up the task team?

 

[FNfal]

Pfft! The only qualification required is the overwhelming ability to line their palms with plenty of "leopards"

That's the one .

 

[oober]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/56173-1-2tbps-johannesburg-fibre-project-gains-ground.html

... so exactly how far did Bwired get with this project?

Well they have laid down the fiber already so I think the infrastructure is in place...Neotel/BWired/DFA fiber running in my street.

 

[entrepr]

You need deep pockets to work for COJ - they don't have their own inventory list and basic decisions can be rolled out, month by month, into years.

Misguided to think that an underground cable will give you 'smart city' status - you need smart people, smart institutions ...

 

[Electron1]

I was involved in some discussions with BWired for a client, that is a MOE (Municipal owned entity). The project did not cover them, and the quote from BWired for connectivity was ridiculous. Wonder what the future holds for those that are on the Joburg network.