DoC: Telecoms costs too high

Juice said:
I'm counting on Jacob Zuma to finally get rid of her.
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Same here.

The DoC however said that they have started to address these challenges through various initiatives, including:

* Establishment of the Meraka e-skills institute
* Established a chief directorate to deal with local content development
* Local content has been prioritised as part of the Industrial Policy Action Plan
* Initial allocation of R0.5 Billion for Sentech’s wireless broadband network
* Accelerated infrastructure development in preparation for 2010 FIFA World Cup
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Rubbish, rubbish and more rubbish.

Just bring down the prices, increase the caps, and the rest will happen.

noted : Industrial Policy Action Plan = I.P.A.P = I Pee And Pee
 
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Same ****, different day.

It is like a psychatric patient complaining about bleeding wounds after stabbing himself... and doing it over and over again while complaining about it...
 
It's very tempting to respond in the usual way to this. Maybe, though, it's more useful to remind people of a few of the department's projects that should be the real priorities (from their own plans, not ICASA's, which has got plenty to do itself), and which are strangely absent from this list:

  • Local Loop Unbundling (wasn't that another committee?)
  • SAT-3/SAFE Exclusivity (accidentally forgot to issue the 1 November policy)
  • Broadcasting digital migration plan (the stuff Sentech really has to do)
  • ICT BEE Charter (who would of thought that this wouldn't be a priority?)
  • Clarify the last half-dozen or so "policy statements" (e.g. let's give ECNS licences to some of my friends), so that we (and ICASA) know what the policy is really supposed to be. Many of the current delays are a result of lawyers trying to second guess just what she meant.
 
ads said:
It's very tempting to respond in the usual way to this. Maybe, though, it's more useful to remind people of a few of the department's projects that should be the real priorities (from their own plans, not ICASA's, which has got plenty to do itself), and which are strangely absent from this list:

  • Local Loop Unbundling (wasn't that another committee?)
  • SAT-3/SAFE Exclusivity (accidentally forgot to issue the 1 November policy)
  • Broadcasting digital migration plan (the stuff Sentech really has to do)
  • ICT BEE Charter (who would of thought that this wouldn't be a priority?)
  • Clarify the last half-dozen or so "policy statements" (e.g. let's give ECNS licences to some of my friends), so that we (and ICASA) know what the policy is really supposed to be. Many of the current delays are a result of lawyers trying to second guess just what she meant.
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uh, you forgot to mention the internal plan to kill Ivy with rootkiller :D

Ok ok , all jokes aside it looks like we are still in trouble here on the SS Telkom ship heading straight for a Sentech tower (ornaments if you ask me), with a captain that is apparently smoking something and let's just say it's not a pipe, more like a peace pipe really.. :D
 
What the....

e-skills my 2010!! What is wrong with these people. The government owns approximately 54 percent of Telkom. So, instead of complaining about high Telkom prices, they should just resign so that someone can do what they are clearly failing to do!

Anyway I can help them with the syllabus for their e-skills course. They should, of course, be the only intake. And here it is:-

E- SKILLS 101

1.Make the f******* medium available!
2.Get the h*** out of the way!
3.While you're at it ...Shut the **** up and
4.How about 'Go to hell!'
 
In its recent Annual Report presentation in parliament the Department of Communications (DoC) said that while costs are coming down the high cost to communicate remains a challenge for the department.

The DoC further highlighted issues like broadband infrastructure, the low level of ICT usage by Government, businesses and citizens and the limited local content development capacity as other challenges.
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Can someone explain 'what' costs are coming down? Just a shot in the dark here, but couldn't ... say - the 'high cost of telecommuications' be at the heart of all the issues highlighted by the DoC?
1. Communications costs too high - fewer people use it than should.
2. No justifiable reason to warrant owning a computer:
- no local content development
- no ICT skills development
Establishment of the Meraka e-skills institute
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Instead work to lower cost of computer equipment so more people can afford to own a pc and through use learn / gain skills / become active contributors to the economy and the ICT industry in general.
Established a chief directorate to deal with local content development
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This is worrisome. It sounds more like a censorship directorate to me. With the DoC's track-record, it won't be long before we're all told: "You can't have any local content unless it's majority african-owned and based on content THEY approve :(
Local content has been prioritised as part of the Industrial Policy Action Plan
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What?! Local content should be generated by the industry not by some overpaid, underworked thoughtless pipedream. Enable affordable, reliable access to telecoms and local will grow on it's own without hinderiing interventions by government. Come on! My Hump!
Initial allocation of R0.5 Billion for Sentech’s wireless broadband network
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If the intention is to throw taxpayer's money down a drain, rather pump it into accelarating the LLU process so we benefit from it sooner.
Accelerated infrastructure development in preparation for 2010 FIFA World Cup
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Jumping on another bandwagon are we? What 'infrastructure development' does the DoC actually do? Please tell me where and when the Minister and the DG will be digging in the streets around JHB and laying fibre so that I can be there with a camera crew :D Will Roy be carrying water bottles for the 'hard-working' ladies?
 
^^ you guys said it all

the annual garbage from the D@C and parliament is too scared / toadyish to point out that the Minister is not wearing any clothes

garbage said:
In its recent Annual Report presentation in parliament the Department of Communications (DoC) said that while costs are coming down the high cost to communicate remains a challenge for the department.

The DoC further highlighted issues like broadband infrastructure, the low level of ICT usage by Government, businesses and citizens and the limited local content development capacity as other challenges.

The DoC however said that they have started to address these challenges through various initiatives, including:

* Establishment of the Meraka e-skills institute
* Established a chief directorate to deal with local content development
* Local content has been prioritised as part of the Industrial Policy Action Plan
* Initial allocation of R0.5 Billion for Sentech’s wireless broadband network
* Accelerated infrastructure development in preparation for 2010 FIFA World Cup
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first class non sequitur - none of the bullet points relate in any way to lowering the telecommunications costs of the majority sitting in rural areas currently being ripped on prepaid (i.e. your constituency)

after 12 years it is becoming abundantly clear that incompetence alone could not take a country this far backwards

rather the simple truth is that you do not give a ****
 
Ag ja.. I feel sentech should be given back to the sabc. And that the

"Initial allocation of R0.5 Billion for Sentech’s wireless broadband network"

Should be given to a company that has a more [-]dynamic[/-] leadership than the one running no-wireless. Hentech should stick to what they used to know what to do, transmit terrestial signals for TV & FM. As well as supplying the infrastructure for the digital migration.

They should not carry on embarresing themselves running no-wireless at an enormous monthly loss.
 
It seems that they have just awoken from their Rip van Winkel sleep. They won't stay awake long, though. Like Ivy they'll go back to sleep soon.
 
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