Neotel in action!

[FlashSA]

I am currently sitting at my desk here at the office. If I look up the street to my right, or down the street to my left, I see plenty of luminous (wearing safety reflective clothing) diggers with picks and spades and tar\concrete cutting machines going crazy on the pavement.

Spoke to one of the guys - they are definitely laying cables for Neotel - and funnily enough they are planning on making a mini exchange box right next to the current Telkom Chronoblock-box on the front pavement in front of our premises

Things are starting to gether speed - I hope they deliver way more than Telkom has ever promised!

EDIT: I'm in East London

 

[mic_y]

mmm yeah, and if you drive down William Nicol (From Hyde park towards sandton drive), you will notice that that whole stretch of road is dug up. That is also all Neotel...

hopefully we see something within this decade...

 

[Gatecrasher]

All I've seen so far, is Nevertel inaction.

 

[waroop]

For a second I thought it could've been the fibre cable they're laying for us to our CT offices, until I saw you're from East London
http://weblog.webafrica.co.za/index.php/2007/10/16/fibre-optics-webafrica-and-the-city/

 

[medicnick83]

They were laying cables down here on the way down to the CTICC / Waterfront in CPT.

 

[terencevs]

I saw them digging holes outside Telkom offices in Bellville the other day...

 

[RSkeens]

I was hoping to see network reports / usage review from a tester or something, lol ^^

It's still great to hear that the infrastructure is actually in development now - I just can't wait for service usage verdicts.

 

[ldmelsa]

EDIT: I'm in East London

What street?

 

[Nameite]

What street?

Planning on stalking someone?

 

[HavocXphere]

More fibre in the ground never hurt anybody.

 

[LancelotSA]

Yeah, I live in Pinetown and we had Neotel digging up all the pavements in the area here too. Very effiecient they were. The entire block was dug up, layed and left as it was before in just over a week! In fact looking out the window now all I can see of their presence is a tiny patch of newly laid tar on the pavement and some grass that you can see has been relaid.

They even went under the road to get across instead of closing the road and digging it up! Great stuff!

 

[Shake&Bake]

What street?

Hehe - only natural that you'd be desperate for this kinda info

Shame poor guy is desperate to get his area on the broadband map hehehe

 

[WilD_CaT]

Around the University of Johannesburg (Aukland Park Campus) they have been laying cables for about 1-2 weeks now, all along one side of the entire varsity.

 

[FlashSA]

What street?

Bowls Road.... there'll be plenty of action tomorrow as well... they only marked out the trench across my pavement - no digging on my land yet

 

[Freeksta]

I wonder if they running those cables close to telkom's... hehehe,
if a techy goes out wif a babalaass and decides to work on the incorrect fibres could cause a stir...

 

[ld13]

Bowls Road.... there'll be plenty of action tomorrow as well... they only marked out the trench across my pavement - no digging on my land yet

A few pics would be nice

*hint*hint*

 

[LabAnimal]

They dug up our roads up about a year ago, i should have asked them to throw some fiber over the wall into my yard!

 

[DJ...]

I wonder if they running those cables close to telkom's... hehehe,
if a techy goes out wif a babalaass and decides to work on the incorrect fibres could cause a stir...

What Telkom fibres? I am pretty sure the babalaas techies will be able to differentiate between copper and fibre.

 

[ld13]

What Telkom fibres? I am pretty sure the babalaas techies will be able to differentiate between copper and fibre.

Telkom have Fibres by the way.

 

[DJ...]

Telkom have Fibres by the way.

My ADSL connection disagrees with you

Was a joke...