Northern Cape ISP selling Starlink in South Africa

[Jan]

This ISP sells Starlink in South Africa — here is how much it costs

Northern Cape-based Internet service provider IT LEC is reselling the Starlink satellite Internet service to South Africans for a monthly price of R1,799.

Although Starlink is not officially supported in South Africa, the service's regional and global roaming features allow for using it locally if you can import the Starlink kit into the country.

 

[wingnut771]

I thought roaming only lasts 3 months?

 

[wingnut771]

Fail.
Starlink sell their service direct. Why use a local ISP?

"It will be shipped after the service officially becomes available here."

Maybe once services are available it might be worthooking into buying with ZAR... That's the only benefit I can see.

When is that?

 

[lkpat]

Oh wait... I misread. This is available now. How legal is this @Jan ?
Have the units been ICASA approved? How are they being imported?

 

[s0lar]

Gosh, grumpy bunch. It’s Friday, lighten up.

 

[wingnut771]

So, this works now in SA without roaming?

 

[wingnut771]

Oh wait... I misread. This is available now. How legal is this @Jan ?
Have the units been ICASA approved? How are they being imported?

Is it legal to stuff millions of US dollars in your couch?

 

[lkpat]

Is it legal to stuff millions of US dollars in your couch?

I bought the couch like that sir.

 

[lkpat]

So deposit taken into account, it's R13k to get started and R1800 per month. Still waiting to hear if contracts are required.

 

[BBSA]

Oh wait... I misread. This is available now. How legal is this @Jan ?
Have the units been ICASA approved? How are they being imported?

You still miss reading, It will be shipped after the service officially becomes available here.

 

[Paul_S]

You still miss reading, It will be shipped after the service officially becomes available here.

So once the service becomes available we just need to smuggle the kit into SA because ICASA won't approve without Starlink handing 30% to South African blacks? What if Ghana, Zambia, etc. also demanded 30% local ownership? What a flipping joke.

 

[Segg]

Hmmmmm and here I thought Paratus had the sole reseller rights to Starlink in Sub Saharan Africa

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

What a flipping joke.

this country is a flippen joke overseas, no Teslas/EV's because bribes too much, no starlink because bribes to the ANC cost too much,
same situation as Skype being illegal, till it became ridiculous.

 

[Paul_S]

same situation as Skype being illegal, till it became ridiculous.

I forgot about that one! At least some progress has been made else MS Teams and Zoom would also have been illegal to use during the COVID lockdowns.

 

[lordnokon]

BEE-owned company, maybe?

 

[Petec]

Oh wait... I misread. This is available now. How legal is this @Jan ?
Have the units been ICASA approved? How are they being imported?

Tough shite at ICASA approved.
This service is a necessity in underserved remote areas.

It's going to go the same way as back in the day, when only Telkom could do wireless data transmission.
The eye patch - wooden leg competitors, were putting their tower antennas at the same high-sites as Telkom, hell even fitting their antennas on Telkom's own towers

And for every antenna that Telkom took down, 3 more would replace them.
Eventually Telkom just gave up, and we got the much cheaper wireless coverage that we deserved in the first place.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

And for every antenna that Telkom took down, 3 more would replace them.
Eventually Telkom just gave up, and we got the much cheaper wireless coverage that we deserved in the first place.

so if enough people import starlink locally, maybe same situation will develop

 

[Harmonic]

so if enough people import starlink locally, maybe same situation will develop

I don't think Musk cares too much for the arse end of Africa but maybe it'll force the ANC to wake up

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I don't think Musk cares too much for the arse end of Africa but maybe it'll force the ANC to wake up

heres hoping, becuse clearly were being left behind with crazy expensive and slow satellite internet.

 

[BBSA]

I don't think Musk cares too much for the arse end of Africa but maybe it'll force the ANC to wake up

The comrades accumulate billions while their constituents live in absolute poverty due to their racist laws and policies; there seems to be no indication that they plan to relinquish their wealth or change their ways.