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Another great article by Duncan. Well worth the read!
Another great article by Duncan. Well worth the read!
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hArTh
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Holy crap!
Communications deputy director-general Pakamile Pongwana says, for example, that the bill allows Internet service providers to apply for licences giving them access to frequency spectrum. He says they can build wireless broadband networks to serve consumers directly. In addition, anyone interested will be allowed to provide international telecom links, he says.
THIS IS HUGE. I HOPE THIS IS TRUE!!!
Communications deputy director-general Pakamile Pongwana says, for example, that the bill allows Internet service providers to apply for licences giving them access to frequency spectrum. He says they can build wireless broadband networks to serve consumers directly. In addition, anyone interested will be allowed to provide international telecom links, he says.
THIS IS HUGE. I HOPE THIS IS TRUE!!!
CreepyCrawley
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Hoo-fawking-ray!!
If it is.
If it is.
Gooku
Senior Member
Duncan's article keeps on getting better ,greater.....
DOC is getting serious about its business ,Gr8 !
DOC is getting serious about its business ,Gr8 !
hArTh
Expert Member
Note of caution:
We were all excited last October with the "Big bang liberalisation" announcement but the eventual changes were meaningless ...
Vague laws will give Telkom endless opertunity to litigate.
We were all excited last October with the "Big bang liberalisation" announcement but the eventual changes were meaningless ...
Vague laws will give Telkom endless opertunity to litigate.
qdada
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more caution
The bill introduces an additional problem in the way it proposes that value-added network services (Vans) be regulated. Vans...are seen as key to providing real competition to established operators but to do so want the right to build their own networks in competition with Telkom and the still-to-be-named second network operator (SNO).
This says to me that ISPs will only compete effectivley on local bandwidth. It is not enough.
Imagine there are only 2 farmers and a gazillion retailers; The retailers are then expected to slug it out to win more customers while the 2 farmers getaway with price fixing. Who is going to win ? Clearly the answer is those best at licking the mud off the farmers boot. IOW the biggest retailers.
So clearly only the biggest guys will survive. It still wont change the cost of International bandwidth. Not by much.
VANS must be able to build their network; the must be given rights to access SAT-3.
It is not enough.
The bill introduces an additional problem in the way it proposes that value-added network services (Vans) be regulated. Vans...are seen as key to providing real competition to established operators but to do so want the right to build their own networks in competition with Telkom and the still-to-be-named second network operator (SNO).
This says to me that ISPs will only compete effectivley on local bandwidth. It is not enough.
Imagine there are only 2 farmers and a gazillion retailers; The retailers are then expected to slug it out to win more customers while the 2 farmers getaway with price fixing. Who is going to win ? Clearly the answer is those best at licking the mud off the farmers boot. IOW the biggest retailers.
So clearly only the biggest guys will survive. It still wont change the cost of International bandwidth. Not by much.
VANS must be able to build their network; the must be given rights to access SAT-3.
It is not enough.
The thing that worries me the most is the vagueness of the licensing requirement for those NOT mentioned in the article, viz. members of civil society providing portal access, the business owner running and transacting business over a website, a school providing access to its students, and so on - even Government itself. This was highlighted in DOMINIC's thread. Quite frankly, I don't give a damn about the VANs or the main providers - those that count are actually those not mentioned in McLeod's article...
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An additional thought - I find it noteworthy and somewhat disturbing that the article does not include comment from those ultimately most affected, viz. the consumer. A question of manipulation of the collective public mind?
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An additional thought - I find it noteworthy and somewhat disturbing that the article does not include comment from those ultimately most affected, viz. the consumer. A question of manipulation of the collective public mind?
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TheRoDent
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Geezuz, why don't they just RPM and this forum to write the bill for them, and get a lawyer to sort out the wording. Farks sake.
I was thinking exactly the same thing earlier- Ivy just give us the master doc & we could all write the thing for you...
Really this whole Convergence Bill is a mess of loopholes that Telkomonopoly wouldn't even need to jump through - they could just stroll through them & leave SA's future behind them in the distance...
I despair again
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Really this whole Convergence Bill is a mess of loopholes that Telkomonopoly wouldn't even need to jump through - they could just stroll through them & leave SA's future behind them in the distance...
I despair again
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