South Africa's backwards broadband

[QuintonB]

Curious case of SA’s broadband speeds

South Africa’s average mobile and fixed broadband speeds reveal a country where things are back to front

 

[Bosvark@]

Result of ICASA and relating Government entities creating an environment that for many decades only had one sole provider with permission to run cables...

 

[Beri]

Most people can only pay for 2 mb line and that is why it is low

 

[Paul Hjul]

Result of ICASA and relating Government entities creating an environment that for many decades only had one sole provider with permission to run cables...

also a consequence of CTRs that fostered mobile over fixed line

 

[covfefe]

How it's this backwards? Mobile is where it's supposed to be, or slightly under. Fixed is woefully inadequate.

 

[RyanPCMR]

Most people can only pay for 2 mb line and that is why it is low

THIS!

 

[Taranis]

ISP's & cell companies are the used car salespeople of the IT industry.

 

[blunt]

How is our fixed upload average 2.5mbit?

 

[Rocket-Boy]

How is our fixed upload average 2.5mbit?

Must be people doing speedtests with business products like diginet, it also scews the download speeds.

 

[KikzAzz]

Result of ICASA and relating Government entities creating an environment that for many decades only had one sole provider with permission to run cables...

+1/ None of these countries have a Telkom running broadband as the sole provider.

 

[zamicro]

How is our fixed upload average 2.5mbit?

Jip. I call BS on these stats.

 

[tsruBi]

Not only in ZA

check this out http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27186354