Digital divide hits township hard

[rpm]

http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=610

"Khaas told the conference that Telkom was failing to provide Internet access to people living in townships and urged industry to pressure the government and Telkom into enabling a more competitive environment."

 

[pupa]

As usual TELKOM is LYING again. They do not want internet for the masses. This will need bigger infrastructure, more employment, more paperwork etc. Why supply a service to 1000 customers at a low price if the same profits can be generated of 200 customers. They can do it because there is no compitition as we all know.

 

[kaspaas]

How much dial-up connectivity is there from Soweto and other townships?

 

[st3ve]

I know a home based care group in Soweto that is funded by a Canadian NGO, they work out of a freight container and have a 56k dial-up modem, which is on from 9am to 5pm - The Canadians pay and Telkom laughs all the way to the bank

 

[dominic]

no dsl in soweto

@ic - learnt that the sometimes accurate sometimes not khaas is actually the reverend..perhaps divine inspiration here?

 

[bwana]

Telkom has no social responsibility. The government made sure of that.

 

[rpm]

Actually I have been warming to dear old Khaas from the SMME Forum - he has IMO been making a lot more sense lately, which is great

Hi IC

I agree. Mr. Khaas has also been praising MyADSL in his presentations and commented on the positive impact this online community had on the broadband arena. I am fairly certain he is a member, so if you read this, thanks a bunch for the nice comments Tebogo

Regards,

RPM

 

[AdLo]

Telkom has also said they are going to roll out their triple play offering to security complexes first.
I already have adsl and live in a security complex but I can't get it because
a) i don't have a TV or a decoder and the service is not for PC's
b) they charge triple play as a separate service (triple pay)

I am in the right area but I am not given the choice to use the technology. How ****ed up.