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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
SA's tangled web
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
South Africa? or the govt/doc/icasa evil alliance???
friedpiggy
Expert Member
The problem is that none of the politicians have a mate who is into fibre optic cabling. If they did we would have an entire national grid of fibre by now. But as things stand there is no way for them to get their kickbacks out of it and as a result its a very low priority
shaddowdragon
Well-Known Member
Why Invest
Why would anybody want to give enlightenment to the masses. Keep everyone in their place!
Why would anybody want to give enlightenment to the masses. Keep everyone in their place!
high prices,high prices,high prices. The cost of access to information in this country is so high what do they expect us to do? most of us cant afford an uncapped line starting on R999 a month, and besides...that's not even uncapped, it has a 5-10 day threshold, so it's not even a proper uncapped service, so how on earth does the government expect more people to sign up and use the internet when we getting screwed. Hell i bet you even prisoners in Australia get better and faster services than what we get offered here
to deregulate or not to deregulate, that is the question
Whether its nobler to deregulate to aid the masses in realizing their potential
or to keep regulating and fatten my pockets with loads of cash.
To help or to kill?????
I seriously doubt Ivy / Hellkom is having to even think about it.
They pick the "fatten my pockets" choice.
Whether its nobler to deregulate to aid the masses in realizing their potential
or to keep regulating and fatten my pockets with loads of cash.
To help or to kill?????
I seriously doubt Ivy / Hellkom is having to even think about it.
They pick the "fatten my pockets" choice.
She's on her way.
Wogan
Well-Known Member
I don't know whether or not the ANC is aware of this, but it's not in their best interests to deploy internet infrastructure of any kind across SA. Maybe they're not aware of it and are simply looking at the kickbacks (which is entirely possible, sadly).
But here's the thing - picture any average working-class family in SA. What possible uses could they have for the internet? Most of us couldn't dream of a day without it, but there are obviously millions of people who can.
Making the internet cheaper is really only one half of the solution - the other half would be providing time-saving and life-enhancing services that are worth the price. Unfortunately, both halves fall squarely into the lap of the government, so yeah, I guess we're screwed.
One major plus, though - if they don't care about the internet, they probably also don't care about what we get up to on the internet
But here's the thing - picture any average working-class family in SA. What possible uses could they have for the internet? Most of us couldn't dream of a day without it, but there are obviously millions of people who can.
Making the internet cheaper is really only one half of the solution - the other half would be providing time-saving and life-enhancing services that are worth the price. Unfortunately, both halves fall squarely into the lap of the government, so yeah, I guess we're screwed.
One major plus, though - if they don't care about the internet, they probably also don't care about what we get up to on the internet