Fixing SA’s broadband rollout failure: Minister

Good Heavens they want 10Mbps for everyone by 2030 thats a immediate (facepalm). What will the rest of the world be on by that time while we struggling with inferior technology. Useless Telscum and Government.
 
BrianStephan said:
Good Heavens they want 10Mbps for everyone by 2030 thats a immediate (facepalm). What will the rest of the world be on by that time while we struggling with inferior technology. Useless Telscum and Government.
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The rest of the world will be on 10Mbps by 2030? Maybe, but I have my doubts.
Want better speeds? Don't live in the rural, middle of nowhere then
 
If the ANC government was serious about job creation instead of being obsessed about staying in power, then people would have work opportunities and be able to afford their own broadband connections.
The ANC are trying to fix the symptom and not the cause because it's all buying votes.
 
Lol I was saying if the rural areas are only going to be on 10Mbps by 2030 and at the rate Telkom is going with upgrades to existing infrastructure I am still stuck on 4Mbps. I suspect the rest of the world will be on who knows what Terrabytes by 2030.
 
BrianStephan said:
Lol I was saying if the rural areas are only going to be on 10Mbps by 2030 and at the rate Telkom is going with upgrades to existing infrastructure I am still stuck on 4Mbps. I suspect the rest of the world will be on who knows what Terrabytes by 2030.
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Rural areas in the USA are struggling to get broadband as well.
In the major SA Cities where you can get 50-100Mbs, we are not too far behind the major cities in comparable countries (And even many developed countries)
 
All this means is that paying customers like me will be stuck on 4MB forever as government forces Telkom to spend its money elsewhere leaving them broke.
 
Beachless said:
All this means is that paying customers like me will be stuck on 4MB forever as government forces Telkom to spend its money elsewhere leaving them broke.
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If it is important to you, then move to an area where you can have a choice in providers
 
JStrike said:
Rural areas in the USA are struggling to get broadband as well.
In the major SA Cities where you can get 50-100Mbs, we are not too far behind the major cities in comparable countries (And even many developed countries)
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Wot? Maybe 0.01% of major SA citie's citizens can get 50-100Mbps.
 
JStrike said:
If it is important to you, then move to an area where you can have a choice in providers
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What 'choice in providers' are you talking about? Compare South Africa to Romania for example. What? You did not hear about that country? Neighter did I until you began talking about Internet access, speed and choices + SA.
 
Hoekachaka said:
What 'choice in providers' are you talking about? Compare South Africa to Romania for example. What? You did not hear about that country? Neighter did I until you began talking about Internet access, speed and choices + SA.
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In one of my properties, there is Telkom Fibre, Cybersmart LightSpeed, and Vumatel is coming.
At another one of my properties, there is Ethernet to all the apartments, and Fibre provider is selected every couple of years.

That sort of choice.

The areas with money will have increasing good services. The problem is with rural areas where the profit incentive is lower (Lower revenue, much increased cost. Same issue you have in rural USA)
 
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If the government truly wants to help bring broadband to everyone in South Africa, the best thing it could do is to keep its grubby hands away from the industry and stay away from getting involved at all.
 
deweyzeph said:
If the government truly wants to help bring broadband to everyone in South Africa, the best thing it could do is to keep its grubby hands away from the industry and stay away from getting involved at all.
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Why? Because private companies are falling over themselves to reach rural areas?
There is such a thing as market failure, and in those situations, Gov should step in
 
JStrike said:
Why? Because private companies are falling over themselves to reach rural areas?
There is such a thing as market failure, and in those situations, Gov should step in
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If we had a proper government that actually worked I would agree. However we do not and will not have such a government for the foreseeable future. Everything the government touches turns to crap. The best thing the government can do is to stop meddling, step aside, and let people who actually know what they are doing get on with things.
 
deweyzeph said:
If we had a proper government that actually worked I would agree. However we do not and will not have such a government for the foreseeable future. Everything the government touches turns to crap. The best thing the government can do is to stop meddling, step aside, and let people who actually know what they are doing get on with things.
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My question still stands. Who are these companies that are wanting to roll out broadband to rural areas?
 
JStrike said:
My question still stands. Who are these companies that are wanting to roll out broadband to rural areas?
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There are a number of private wireless internet service providers filling the gaps in rural areas such as the Karoo and the Free State. I personally know of a few that have spent considerable capital on setting up towers on mountain tops and covering massive areas. One company in particular that operates out of De Aar has setup up a wifi network that stretches from Beaufort West in the southern Karoo all the way to Kimberley in the north and beyond. It's these small guys that are going to fill the gaps left by Telkom and the bigger players. At the moment the main beneficiaries of these services are farmers in the area who can afford it, but I'm sure if the government wanted to get serious about providing broadband access to the poor in rural areas it could easily provide tax breaks and other incentives to these guys in exchange for subsidised access to their networks.
 
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