Don't Expect Miracles

[Sneeky]

I disagree.
It might not be controlled directly by the government but their shareholding in the telecoms sector gives them a major say be sure.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=267024&area=/insight/insight__economy__business/
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=39668&highlight=Eassy

The good news is that excessively high international bandwidth prices in Africa, caused by the monopolisation of the SAT-3 undersea cable, are to be challenged by the establishment of a new submarine cable on the east coast of Africa.

The bad news, according to some stakeholders at a conference on the East Africa submarine (EASSy) cable last weekend, is that a similar ownership structure to the club consortium of telecom operators that have monopolised the SAT-3 cable may minimise the benefits of this project.

 

[bwana]

Ok, I'm officially confused now. What telecom infrastructure is he talking about? I only know of power lines. Are they planning to use that for communications.

How's this for a start - http://www.transtel.co.za/

 

[Highflyer_GP]

Ok, I'm officially confused now. What telecom infrastructure is he talking about? I only know of power lines. Are they planning to use that for communications.

They already have a fibre-optic network in place. Applications of this network for example could be to communicate between base stations and head offices throughout the country.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Blueberries.

Bah. Humbug.

Scrooge would've been proud.

 

[b0n3]

Don't you get it? IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. WE WILL NEVER GET AN SNO

 

[mooK]

It's like the advent of *****.