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Many South Africans are opting for lifestyles estates for security reasons only to find that basic broadband services are not available, but this is far from a uniquely South African problem. Seems that high flyers in Australia who fork out up to Aus $550,000 (R 3,3 million) for a home in these estates are also faced with the same dilemma.
According to The Australian, the up market estate Sanctuary Lakes 25 kms from Melbourne city centre has left many of the residents high and dry because there are no ADSL ports left.
Since the incumbent operator in Australia, Telstra, is now privatized they are not obligated to provide these services which is a further irritation to new residents who “assumed broadband would be available”.
In South Africa, we are faced with a similar situation but unlike Telstra many of the operators are starting to realize that there is money to be made from ensuring that these new, s****y estates have broadband.
Telkom is even placing their advertising alongside the developers’ boards and paying developers a fee to be involved in the project. Telkom are also deploying WiMax in areas which they were previously unable to reach via their copper network.
Wireless providers are also having a field day and setting up services in densely populated regions that have security estates which do not have access to Telkom’s copper or fibre infrastructure.
So the race is on to see who can get to these lucrative, untapped markets.
The good news is that not everything is better in Australia. Unlike Telstra our incumbent has partly woken to the fact these estates are big bucks for them and if they don’t do it someone else will and they’ll make a killing from it.
The situation is not perfect and not all estates can get connected but for people who can afford a R 3,3 million house, someone will be willing to make a plan.
For the full article in The Australian go to:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22487549-25658,00.html
According to The Australian, the up market estate Sanctuary Lakes 25 kms from Melbourne city centre has left many of the residents high and dry because there are no ADSL ports left.
Since the incumbent operator in Australia, Telstra, is now privatized they are not obligated to provide these services which is a further irritation to new residents who “assumed broadband would be available”.
In South Africa, we are faced with a similar situation but unlike Telstra many of the operators are starting to realize that there is money to be made from ensuring that these new, s****y estates have broadband.
Telkom is even placing their advertising alongside the developers’ boards and paying developers a fee to be involved in the project. Telkom are also deploying WiMax in areas which they were previously unable to reach via their copper network.
Wireless providers are also having a field day and setting up services in densely populated regions that have security estates which do not have access to Telkom’s copper or fibre infrastructure.
So the race is on to see who can get to these lucrative, untapped markets.
The good news is that not everything is better in Australia. Unlike Telstra our incumbent has partly woken to the fact these estates are big bucks for them and if they don’t do it someone else will and they’ll make a killing from it.
The situation is not perfect and not all estates can get connected but for people who can afford a R 3,3 million house, someone will be willing to make a plan.
For the full article in The Australian go to:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22487549-25658,00.html