Joburg's broadband plans speed up

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/1600.html

 

[Tns]

and the 6mbs is connected to what?

 

[rpm]

Hi Tns

The JHB dude was not very clear about their plans...spoke more about socio-economic issues etc. I personally think a lot will have to happen before we will ever be able to get connected through our municipality!

Regards,

RPM

 

[Tns]

Hi Tns

The JHB dude was not very clear about their plans...spoke more about socio-economic issues etc. I personally think a lot will have to happen before we will ever be able to get connected through our municipality!

Regards,

RPM

aaa sounds like telkom itself! socio-economic issues being money and who is going to pay and control it.

at least they are doing something.....well it looks like it anyway.

 

[XCentricdave]

Putting in metro fibre networks is all great and lovely. Three questions spring to mind:
- How is the fibre connected to the customers - more wireless, fully unbundled local loops connected to the fibre backhaul, another copper connection to every customer?
- Where is this connected into t'internet? SAIX, IS, Neotel, Telkom?
- Is this service aimed at me, a standard punter? Or is it schools, businesses, BBSP*s who will resell to the actual consumer?

These seem to me to be the main hurdles to me seeing a competing service.

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* BBSP - Broadband Service Provider - acronym invented, in the same way as the press, to make this comment sound authoritive.

 

[Roo!]

Oh wow, a whole 6Mbps, WTF??? This is so last millennium!!!

 

[CodeMaster]

Surely they must mean 6Gbps? Still not much...

 

[skydog]

Hi Tns

The JHB dude was not very clear about their plans...spoke more about socio-economic issues etc. I personally think a lot will have to happen before we will ever be able to get connected through our municipality!

Regards,

RPM

eThekweni has been going for years about this.
I have not heard anything lately about how far they are. Maybe eThekweni is unique in the hurdles that they face now. but I dont think so.
and the hurdles are not one of Technology