Local loop unbundling

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Hi Guys

I read about this all the time, please can someone give a laymans explaination of this....

Diddy
 
the copper lines that run from your home to the exchange. Also known as the last mile. If this is unbundled Telkom will have to allow other companies to use this last mile infrastructure for next to nothing.
 
Ok But they still own the exchange, that means they can whatever they want there right !!
 
LLU basically means Telkom (or any other provider for that matter) would be forced to allow competitors access to that copper line, but they can still charge them for it (Telkom still maintains the line) This typically also means Telkom would have to make space for competitor equipment at the exchanges.

In the UK, BT is allowed to charge 80 pounds/year per line for an unbundled line. The ISP picks up the cost.
 
Telkom does not equal the government. What a rediculous statement. Microsoft owned shares in Apple until recently. Does Microsoft = Apple according to your theory?
 
And with the LLU comes SLAs. If a ISP leases a local loop from Telkom for R x / year, there are certain minimum service agreements. So if your SNO LLU line goes dead, Telkom have to fix it in a certain amount of time or get penalized.
 
I still liked the idea of making the under sea cables a national asset as opposed to owenrship by saix......what are the odds is this a possibility ?
 
stix said:
I still liked the idea of making the under sea cables a national asset as opposed to owenrship by saix......what are the odds is this a possibility ?
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IMO they ARE a national asset, since they were paid and installed before Teklom was privatised! Just our extremely intelligent, wise government gave it away... :mad:
 
stix said:
I still liked the idea of making the under sea cables a national asset as opposed to owenrship by saix......what are the odds is this a possibility ?
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Telkom will 'lose' their sole mandate in 2007, what will happen then, I dont know.

ettubrute said:
IMO they ARE a national asset, since they were paid and installed before Teklom was privatised! Just our extremely intelligent, wise government gave it away...
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The government will prob make the same mistake again by starting another private company that owns it and leases it out...
 
JStrike said:
Telkom does not equal the government. What a rediculous statement. Microsoft owned shares in Apple until recently. Does Microsoft = Apple according to your theory?
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please do not compare apples with oranges.

thanks. :D
 
The thing is the goverment claims they are private yet implements protective laws for them, and then cries with the people about prices and have talks about bringing down costs. If anything the people who we need to be pissed off is the goverment. Telkom does what businesses do. i'm not defending their practices but with this laxed gov what do you expect. Till people openly show that the gov is doing nothing, and they continue to be elected again we will continue to be ripped off
 
Not entirely true: teklom are a bunch of incompetent liers, so you can''t just blame the government!
 
well look, there's been talk of price controls, reductions etc and they admit to protecting telkom, yet they don't want to open up the telecoms sector for fear of -gasp- affects on telkom. So now they claim there will be changes, just not drastic, so we gonna be milked for a bit more. Of cause they claim funds from telkom aid funding for various projects as if to justify it.
 
With the ANC's shares in teklom, the only funding from teklom goes to the ANC's campaigns! :mad:
 
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