SA's fibre-optic war

if they lay the fibre optic network telkoms really going to have to come to the party
 
I haven't read the article, but the more the merrier.

Will make them independent, which is a good thing, but a bad thing should they develop locking-in tendencies... (ie our stuff won't work on XYZ's network)...

also it will alleviate bandwidth issues via telkom who'll have to carry most of the bandwidth at the moment.

And it'll provide good fault tolerance, if one network goes down completely, then the other might be still up and running.
 
The pessimist in me would like to point out one thing:

Even though the article mentiones a whole lotta "fibre", I personally doubt we South Africans will ever see a fibre line connect a residential house - ever - at the rate we are going!

So, sorry if anybody is trying to get optimistic here by thinking that "fibre-wars" has anything to do with you. No, you won't be seeing a fibre line in your home within a decade, no.

We are on the dark side of the Moon, folks. And that's not about to change.

(Neotel, GTS, ADSL2+, IPTV anyone?)

PS.: And I just came back from a holiday in Germany recently from a friend who was watching HDTV content via his 16Mbit/s UNSHAPED and UNCAPPED line for R350 a month.
 
I have noticed a dramatic call quality degradation on my cell over the last 5 months.

It's great news that they plan to self-provide. It will bring down cell call costs, and as a result bring down land line calls too.

Bring it on, as Librarian said, the more the merrier.
 
What would be really interesting to find out is what kind of revenue loss Telkom would experience if the cellular operators decide to self provide.
 
Alchemist said:
What would be really interesting to find out is what kind of revenue loss Telkom would experience if the cellular operators decide to self provide.
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One could make a fairly accurate guestimation based on Telkodemonopolies' financial results which are likely to document how many Digicrap lines it leases out and the AR/DigicrapLink...
 
I don't buy insufficient fibre as being the reason for dropped calls. It's more to do with 3G phones that are becoming more popular.

3G has a smaller radius of coverage than 2G and we finding dropped calls between Siemens (3G) and Alcatel (2g) when switching. No wonder Vodacom has a tender out to replace all its infrastructure with one equipment supplier.
 
erm and this is going to mean what to me? cheaper internet and phone calls?
 
Tns said:
erm and this is going to mean what to me? cheaper internet and phone calls?
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It means that Telkodemonopolies will be castrated, and as a result wired fixed line bandwidth competition would drastically increase, which would result in local bandwidth costs decreasing over time, and combined with Ivy's alleged re-nationalisation of the SAT-3 landing station at Melkbosstrand, international bandwidth prices are likely to decrease as well [again over an unspecified period of time].
 
Saying something and actually getting it done are two different ball games after you factor ICASA into this rosy picture. Vodacom may have the power and resources to get the job done but the "super" speed at which the regulator works will definitely make some people start pulling their hair out.
 
Sapphiron said:
It's great news that they plan to self-provide. It will bring down cell call costs, and as a result bring down land line calls too.QUOTE]

They said reduce costs No mention of reducing PRICES. The man in the street will continue to be ripped off by excessive cellular call charges.
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Wimbo said:
They said reduce costs No mention of reducing PRICES. The man in the street will continue to be ripped off by excessive cellular call charges.
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aaa now there is the catch!
 
KampfGherkin said:
PS.: And I just came back from a holiday in Germany recently from a friend who was watching HDTV content via his 16Mbit/s UNSHAPED and UNCAPPED line for R350 a month.
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This is the business. 384 and anything else just shows how SA lags.
 
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