SEACOM is here!

[Gundam]

They interviewed Arthur Goldstuck this afternoon on Classic FM.

He said the Seacom cable will have little or no effect on the end user's experience because of the huge contention for the available bandwidth, and that we will have to wait between 5-10 years more before our broadband will reach significant speeds and cost less.

He did however said this was the "End of the Beginning" for Internet in SA where one player monopolized the market and that competition should now start to heat things up a bit.

 

[Scooby_Doo]

They interviewed Arthur Goldstuck this afternoon on Classic FM.

He said the Seacom cable will have little or no effect on the end user's experience because of the huge contention for the available bandwidth, and that we will have to wait between 5-10 years more before our broadband will reach significant speeds and cost less.

He did however said this was the "End of the Beginning" for Internet in SA where one player monopolized the market and that competition should now start to heat things up a bit.

5 and 10 years?

 

[feo]

They interviewed Arthur Goldstuck this afternoon on Classic FM.

He said the Seacom cable will have little or no effect on the end user's experience because of the huge contention for the available bandwidth, and that we will have to wait between 5-10 years more before our broadband will reach significant speeds and cost less.

He did however said this was the "End of the Beginning" for Internet in SA where one player monopolized the market and that competition should now start to heat things up a bit.

5-10 years my ass...

 

[Scooby_Doo]

yeah 5-10 is a little extreme.

 

[Gundam]

yeah 5-10 is a little extreme.

Maybe, but if memory serves we had uncapped, unshaped 512k connections back in 2003, so anything is possible.

Edit: Ok, not 100% sure about the uncapped bit, as I wasn't on ADSL back then. We did however move backwards when you look at stories like this where 30GB caps were the norm for at least one company:

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2005/0510261102.asp?S=Legal+View&A=LEG

I also found the pricing structure for 2002 when ADSL was first launched:

http://www.saix.net/adsl.html

512K line with 3GB of unshaped bandwidth. R680/month line rental for residential customers.

 

[MidnightWizard]

Sad so Sad

They interviewed Arthur Goldstuck this afternoon on Classic FM.
He said the Seacom cable will have little or no effect on the end user's experience because of the huge contention for the available bandwidth, and that we will have to wait between 5-10 years more before our broadband will reach significant speeds and cost less.
He did however said this was the "End of the Beginning" for Internet in SA where one player monopolized the market and that competition should now start to heat things up a bit.

Well in five to ten years we might as well all be dead ..........

Frozen by the tiny bit of heat generated by the "competition"

This is really sad coming from Arthur -- he is either hedging his bets -- or is in bed with the ISP's -- and we know which one

MW

 

[DrewFen]

I am getting worried about Mr Goldstuck. When he spoke on 702 on Wednesday night I am sure he said 1 - 2 years. Now he says 5 - 10. I am almost positive he was singing a different tune earlier this year, tune that we all wnat to hear "BIGGER,FASTER, CHEAPER".

Jan this year the news on the wires from the CEO of Seacom was cheaper faster broadband with immediate effect in june this year. Something happened after that. About 2 months ago all of a sudden everyone was playing down the benefits of Seacom. If listen to all the stakeholders Seacom going live today was a no event from the consumers point of view. Eeish I hope they are wrong.

 

[redheadfan]

Well Done Seacom.
Especially for POP in Cape Town!

 

[ldmelsa]

I am getting worried about Mr Goldstuck. When he spoke on 702 on Wednesday night I am sure he said 1 - 2 years. Now he says 5 - 10. I am almost positive he was singing a different tune earlier this year, tune that we all wnat to hear "BIGGER,FASTER, CHEAPER".

Jan this year the news on the wires from the CEO of Seacom was cheaper faster broadband with immediate effect in june this year. Something happened after that. About 2 months ago all of a sudden everyone was playing down the benefits of Seacom. If listen to all the stakeholders Seacom going live today was a no event from the consumers point of view. Eeish I hope they are wrong.

you're onto something, there