EASSy progressing well

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/1311.html

 

[LazyLion]

Let's hope that they can find some legal way around the minefield morass that our "world-class" government seems determined to place in the way of progress!!!

Hey, my house is my domain... you can land the cable on my Home LAN!!! I give you permission!!!!

I'll even move to the Coast if you want!!!

 

[ambo]

What do you think that government could honestly do - if a ship rocked up in Mtunzini one day dragging a cable and plugged it in next to SAFE???

 

[Keith]

I believe (and I guess I'm stating the obvious) that the only way that telecoms is gonna come right in this country, is if Poison Ivy and her band of bafoons at the DoC somehow simply disappear. Somehow, the minister has even given the Poison Ivy plant a bad name.

Maybe we should aim our next newspaper campaign against the DoC. Just a thought.

 

[LordFoom]

In "1984" by George Orwell the Ministry of, eg, Peace was devoted to war. In just this manner, the Ministry of Communications in the RSA seems to be devoted entirely to hobbling the communications industry.

 

[bwana]

I believe (and I guess I'm stating the obvious) that the only way that telecoms is gonna come right in this country, is if Poison Ivy and her band of bafoons at the DoC somehow simply disappear. Somehow, the minister has even given the Poison Ivy plant a bad name.

Maybe we should aim our next newspaper campaign against the DoC. Just a thought.

Once you let it get going its almost impossible to get rid of.

Ivies have however proved to be a serious invasive weed

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Subsequent removal of the ivy can be difficult, and is likely to cause more damage than the ivy itself.

 

[cookiemonster]

Matsepe-Casaburri’s policy will in fact make the SAT3/SAFE landings illegal because this system does not have a majority local ownership.

Ivy, you stupid dumb baboon!

 

[Ivan...]

While the Department of Communications seems to think that another cable system may not necessarily result in price reductions

...and why is that??

 

[medicnick83]

I wonder on the ETA for this whole thing... maybe they'll complete it before I have my 3rd kid (considering I haven't even had my 1st child)

 

[kilo39]

Mohsen Khalil, Director for the Global ICT Department of the World Bank Group, told MyBroadband that the EASSy project is progressing well and that it is expected to be operational by late 2008 or early 2009.

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Mohsen Khalil, Director for the Global ICT Department of the World Bank Group: "As a firm believer that competition is the key to creating a vibrant telecommunications environment, Khalil is perplexed as to why the South African Government would put obstacles in place of any cables that want to land in the country, especially if it is funded by industry players. “It will be a shame if competition will not be allowed in South Africa,” Khalil said."

Ivy and the SA Government in general seem inimical to the good health, prosperity, and mental faculty of all south africans.

 

[pjj]

"These words are often echoed by both the South African Government and Nepad, but its reluctance to fully support projects like EASSy and SEACOM raises questions about the commitment of these institutions to true competition in the telecoms space."

These people pretending to run the government is committed to one thing only - their bloody pockets!