Local Loop Unbundling is a lost opportunity

[jes]

Local Loop Unbundling is a lost opportunity

Local loop unbundling could have broadened broadband access in South Africa, says former chairman of the LLU committee, Prof Tshilidzi Marwala

 

[sparticus]

Ag man , whats a couple of more years ?? we so use to it by now anyways.

 

[LazyLion]

Newsflash: There have been a lot of lost opportunities!!!! LLU is just one of them.

Between the Department of Communications and ICASA they couldn't organise a candle to be lit unless it was going to take 5 years and involve multiple tenders, court cases, and cost overruns.

 

[The Trutherizer]

Ag man , whats a couple of more years ?? we so use to it by now anyways.

It will not get any better as long as Telkom is a tool the gov uses to create jobs artificially and pay buddies big bonuses... Oh yeah... Or to fund propaganda media such as The New Age.

Or launder billions through Nigeria.

 

[siraman]

Sadly, ICASA was only able to convince Telkom to lower the rates for IP Connect, its wholesale ADSL product, by 30%.

No s**t, the regulator being regulated.Am I missing something?

ICASA went on to promise that it would ensure the implementation of a Bitstream product by November 2012.

And??? We are soooo pregnant with hope.

 

[Randux]

Mr. you are not as disappointed as the SA public

 

[krycor]

No.. it's simple.. there was zero serious financial fines for delay. What ICASA continues to fail to understand is that it's the operators duty to protect it's booty. i.e. unless forced to meet a date it will simply not. Sure ICASA may fail to come up with some stuff too but really set a date, set a huge fine for non-compliance and watch how operators will help just to meet it if there is zero room for non-compliance.

 

[grok]

We seriously need a government that's serious about business (not only those that feeds the ANC's corruption).

Zuma and his government of 'African traditional approach' needs to go!

 

[BGE]

Sad part is that we're no closer to the LLU dream than we were in 2008. Telkom knows exactly how to keep ICASA tied up in bureaucratic red tape... so I don't see much hope of this happening in the next 5 years.

 

[abandonallhope]

We seriously need a government that's serious about business (not only those that feeds the ANC's corruption).

That will never happen, they do not understand the world. Progress is a concept they do not grasp, they are not interested in leaving the next generation something decent.