ICASA ADSL Draft Regulations

[AdLo]

The draft regulations are short and sweet which is a good thing.

- Once off connectivity charge (can pay this off over maximum period of 12 months)
- No monthly ADSL line rental just normal monthly telephone line rental
- Minimum broadband speeds so ADSL doesn't lose its broadband character
- Maximum upload speed of 384 kbps
- Minimum cap of 10Gb
- Local bandwidth shall not be included in the cap
- No port prioritization
- No 24 hour resets
- 14 day ADSL installation period (ADSL enabled area)

 

[bwana]

And they have to publish contention ratios

Somebody is using foul language at Telkom right about now

 

[rsd]

comments by 3 Jan 2006....usual tactic where they put the comment period over the holidays....better believe that telkom will be working like crazy during this period

The great thing is we'll all have more gree time over this period

Where are the Fixed IPs?

 

[bwana]

Hmm just looked at it a bit closer there is still no disinction between international and local with reguards to the cap. Will Local count towards our caps? ie. will only international ount towards the cap, or both.

3.4 - local bandwidth shall not be subject to the cap.

 

[BTTB]

Dotco Case.

Great News!

I was wondering if Dotco can use this to strengthen their case against Telkom.
Seems the Judge will have quite a bit to take into account before he can make a decision on the Dotco Case.

 

[ettubrute]

Where are the Fixed IPs?

If there is no more reset, it will imply a fixed IP. Just hope this will be true!

 

[sburrell]

Ah ya just saw that, thanx

 

[Emjay]

Can someone please explain what are the advantages of having a fixed IP?

 

[fergus]

Just wait for Telkom to start throwing their toys out of the cot big time in the next few days:

"We're going to pull the plug on ADSL in South Africa", etc, etc...

 

[sburrell]

Just wait for Telkom to start throwing their toys out of the cot big time in the next few days:

"We're going to pull the plug on ADSL in South Africa", etc, etc...

Well seeing as thev've got a few thousand corparet customers in 2 year contracts, if they do pull the plug, there are gonna have a few thousand lawsuits on there hands

 

[ettubrute]

Can someone please explain what are the advantages of having a fixed IP?

Can start hosting your own website from home for one thing. Another is that it will be much easier to set up VPNs, since you don't have to change the config files everytime... Also, you won't need to rely on Dynamic DNS anymore, but can access your own machines from anywhere via the fixed IP. And these are just a couple of the advantages...

 

[bwana]

2.5 - ICASA will have the final say wrt wholesale adsl rate disputes between ISPs and Telkom.

 

[Keith]

Somebody is using foul language at Telkom right about now

..and for once I know it's not the Telkom customers

 

[antowan]

These are positive:

• No local capping
• Minimum of 10gigs per month
• Installation shall not take longer than 2 weeks from application in ADSL enabled areas
• Port shaping differentiation is restricted but not as clearly as I would have hoped.
• Telkom will have to publish contention ratios
• No resets without 7 day warning!
• SLA’s would be required
• 256Kbps is considered entry point for any service to be considered broadband

I am concerned that ICASA did not go to more trouble to be more specific in detailing exactly what they mean. I am nit picking because Telkom is known for using loopholes in legislation. They are very good at exploiting semantic ambiguity in legislation, which is why I want terms and conditions explained in much more detail.

The power of legislation like this lies in the detail. The less detail the cloudier the waters!

 

[schitz011]

for a start you could, I suppose host your own site on your machine...

 

[bwana]

(ix) the ADSL service shall operate up-stream at maximum rates of 384 kbps.

How bizarre - a maximum of 384?

 

[ettubrute]

Exactly my point as well! Should be minimum!

 

[h0ll0w]

I am trembling with anticipation

 

[rpm]

We will have a chance to give our input...I think it should be download and minimum...

 

[ettubrute]

Agreed, rpm! That sounds much better!