1m subscribers... stop smoking the bad stuff, Smoking weet-bix is bad for you dude...
Why is this an unreasonable target? More homes in SA have electricity than telephone lines. No additional installation is required - only the modem.
OOOOOh... powerline communications.. Can you say "noise problems", "interference with appliances", "attentuation by transformers", "unreliable links due to Eskom's inefficiency"
These are legitimate concerns. But then again people used to believe that if they made a car that went faster than 60km then people would be killed by the force. I'm sure glad those naysayers were overcome.
At least with every other technology when the power goes out, and you have standby generation you still have service. So now, with SA's already dodgy power supply, when the power goes out, you're really snookered!!! What a load of k a k!
Well if more depends on the power lines then Eskom, the municipalities and the government will be forced to pay better attention and provide the 1st world solution we deserve.
Secondly there is nothing to say that the wealthier amongst us can't have 3G or iBurst as their backup. But when you look at the majority of South Africans, many of who haven't had access to the internet because of the high cost, this is a good thing. Even if the power is down occasionally PLC has far better potential for broadband penetration than any other technology in SA (except maybe the new Wifi tech).
And raise your hands - how many of you have a generator at home? I'm sorry but I'm not amongst the elite of this country, I can't afford a generator, I can't afford a laptop, I can't afford a 3G phone (I'm really pushing my budget having ADSL at all) so when my power is out there is no way I'm accessing the internet anyway.
So what, measure for measure, nothing beats a proper ADSL line in terms of reliability
I haven't had such a good laugh in a long time!! Thx for that comment. You soo work for Telkom.
Yes, very big challenges: SERVICE, DELIVERY and RELIABILITY, things that are scarce in SA.
These points are applicable to ANY service in South Africa. Are you trying to say that we shouldn't have ANY services because it's too much trouble?
What fcking use is faster broadband if you HAVE TELKOM STRANGLING the SAT-3 and 3 GIG CAPS!!!!!
The situation is going to change:
- ICASA is busy accessing which facilities like SAT-3 need to be classed as essential.
- Telkom is busy reassessing what the standard cap should be.
- Neotel seem to have struck a deal.
But no doubt this is part of the reason why GTS have taken longer to launch than expected.
By the way - does anybody know if there are land cables running up to Nigeria? Maybe they are planning to route that way.
Maybe they are planning to send via satellite and receive via SAT-3.
Haven't heard of any of my customers talking about this... Technical model se moer... it will be the same "teething problems" can you say "Sentech MyCrapness" and "IBust" I am not going to subject myself or my customers to that **** again.
For clients that are currently connected and value reliability, I'd say wait and see (as with any new tech).
I am more optimistic about the eventual success of PLC as opposed to the current wireless solutions.
Ahhh... big dreams... ****-all action, the Proudly South African way (TM)
Yeah that's also the South Africa spirit: Sit on your ass and moan and don't do anything about it.
Free of charge... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, there's gotta be some catch. TANSTAAFL dude....
Return of the killer bubbles... can you say i B U R S T!!!
Um what are you going to do with a PLC modem? Let see you could use the modem as an ornament or you can connect to broadband. This just means that they aren't out to screw South Africans in the fly by night fashion that say iBurst has been. It also shows that they have confidence that their technology and service will be good enough to keep their subscribers for a long time. When I signed up for ADSL in the UK I got my ADSL modem free.
Yes it is too good to be true... trickery from yours truly Telkom SA (PTY) LTD
Yes, this is all some underhanded ploy by Telkom. {sarcasm}
No this is the genuine thing (I hope). As hard as it is to believe - there is competition to Telkom. There is a lot a money to be made in South Africa and now it looks like someone with capital to pump in is finally coming to the table.
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