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iBurst network problems go beyond data centre issues
daveza
Honorary Master
You'll just have to take my word for it - the IT industry is a small world.
Unless you really think it was a power failure.
Come on Daveza, tell us more. Why is there such secrecy over the issue?
If ICASA did pull the plug, why are iBurst protecting them by keeping quiet?
IF ICASA didn't do it, why are they so quiet?
daveza
Honorary Master
If you had your equipment removed for non-payment would you tell your clients that or tell them it was a power failure.
But neither party are doing themselves any favours by hiding away.
Heck, it's not beyond WBS to give their version of the "truth".
They could just stick with their story and say they are in dispute with ICASA, and ICASA have disconnected their equipment regardless, or something along those lines. Their silence indicates that there is more to the story.
daveza
Honorary Master
I guess if they both thought they were squeaky clean they would have put out a press release by now.
MagicDude4Eva
Banned
It obviously did not come as a surprise to iBurst when kit got disconnected. Interesting though, that a court order did not leak beforehand. Now they have all sorts of DNS and email issues as well.
noswal
Executive Member
Thought I would just append this release from iburst to this thread
Release to customers 08042013
08/04/2013
WIRELESS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD: MEDIA STATEMENT
On 3 April 2013, without notice, inspectors from the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA) entered the premises of Wireless Business Solutions
(WBS), the owner of iBurst, and seized certain radio transmission equipment. This
resulted in an interruption of iBurst services to a number of its subscribers.
WBS and ICASA are currently engaged in a dispute over the amount of fees due by WBS
to ICASA for WBS's radio frequency spectrum licences. WBS has held these licences for
between 4 and 7 years. WBS and ICASA have been negotiating over the precise amount
of these fees to be paid by WBS. In fact, these negotiations were ongoing at the time at
which the seizure of equipment took place.
In view of what WBS regards as the unlawful deprivation of its property and interference
with the provision of services to its client, WBS instructed its lawyers, Webber Wentzel, to
approach the South Gauteng High Court for urgent relief last week Friday. In this court
application, WBS sought the return of its equipment and an order interdicting ICASA from
interfering with the provision of WBS's services, pending a further application to court to
declare that WBS is in possession of lawful spectrum licences. The court application was
heard last Friday, and the interim order was shortly therafter granted by Judge Vally in
favour of WBS.
As a result of the court order, all of the equipment seized by ICASA has since been
returned to WBS. WBS has also since been in a position to devote all its resources to the
full restoration of its network activity.
WBS and ICASA are due to return to court in the week of 14 May 2013 for a determination
of the legality of the spectrum licences. In accordance with the court order this dispute will
be resolved without any further interruption of iBurst services as a result of the actions of
ICASA.
Release to customers 08042013
08/04/2013
WIRELESS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD: MEDIA STATEMENT
On 3 April 2013, without notice, inspectors from the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA) entered the premises of Wireless Business Solutions
(WBS), the owner of iBurst, and seized certain radio transmission equipment. This
resulted in an interruption of iBurst services to a number of its subscribers.
WBS and ICASA are currently engaged in a dispute over the amount of fees due by WBS
to ICASA for WBS's radio frequency spectrum licences. WBS has held these licences for
between 4 and 7 years. WBS and ICASA have been negotiating over the precise amount
of these fees to be paid by WBS. In fact, these negotiations were ongoing at the time at
which the seizure of equipment took place.
In view of what WBS regards as the unlawful deprivation of its property and interference
with the provision of services to its client, WBS instructed its lawyers, Webber Wentzel, to
approach the South Gauteng High Court for urgent relief last week Friday. In this court
application, WBS sought the return of its equipment and an order interdicting ICASA from
interfering with the provision of WBS's services, pending a further application to court to
declare that WBS is in possession of lawful spectrum licences. The court application was
heard last Friday, and the interim order was shortly therafter granted by Judge Vally in
favour of WBS.
As a result of the court order, all of the equipment seized by ICASA has since been
returned to WBS. WBS has also since been in a position to devote all its resources to the
full restoration of its network activity.
WBS and ICASA are due to return to court in the week of 14 May 2013 for a determination
of the legality of the spectrum licences. In accordance with the court order this dispute will
be resolved without any further interruption of iBurst services as a result of the actions of
ICASA.