I have been an avid reader of these forums for sometime now. Unfortunately recently it has changed from a forum to share experience and knowledge to a place dominated by negative whiners.
Let’s get real…
There is no perfect solution for high speed internet access here is South Africa. At present South Africa is mainly connected to the Northern Hemisphere by a small optical fibre that starts in Sesimbra (Portugal) and arrives on the beach of Melkbosstrand (near Cape Town) & Mtunzini, continues around the coast and end in Penang (Malaysia).
The cost of laying was US$600. The investors/share holders that paid for it want to see a big return on what was a very risky investment. Whether it be government investent or private. (wouldn’t you?).
Therefore the cost of international bandwidth is very high. Whichever service provider you use, whether capped or uncapped, international bandwidth will be controlled. If users were given full unrestricted bandwidth it could bankrupt that company in less than an hour.
If you read more about the technology available on the market at present you will see that iBurst is by far the most superior. Unfortunately, here in South Africa it has been so poorly managed by WBS that even PBA’s iBurst sales in Sydney Australia have been affected.
In the past couple of weeks there have been changes within WBS which should reflect positively on the iBurst service. Everything new has teething problems, some have more and last longer than others.
Until the cost of international data reaches parr with that of Europe & the US, South Africa’s internet will remain second rate and expensive. Until this changes, restrictions on international bandwidth will be obliged by capping and/or shaping. Though I am against capping, I would rather have a cap and maintain a reasonable internet connection speed than having an uncapped service where bandwidth is drained from the system by people who load their P2P client and download 24/7.
iBurst is not perfect (yet), but it is the only technology that has a future here in South Africa. Before WiMax is released here, iBurst will have evolved and then WiMax will become old news.
(If you wish to reply, please do so with fact and intellect. Please don’t bother if you’re only capable of emphasising a point with profanity or you write like a scorned child that is upset because they’re having problems downloading the latest pirate Top 40 music album instead of paying for it.)
Let’s get real…
There is no perfect solution for high speed internet access here is South Africa. At present South Africa is mainly connected to the Northern Hemisphere by a small optical fibre that starts in Sesimbra (Portugal) and arrives on the beach of Melkbosstrand (near Cape Town) & Mtunzini, continues around the coast and end in Penang (Malaysia).
The cost of laying was US$600. The investors/share holders that paid for it want to see a big return on what was a very risky investment. Whether it be government investent or private. (wouldn’t you?).
Therefore the cost of international bandwidth is very high. Whichever service provider you use, whether capped or uncapped, international bandwidth will be controlled. If users were given full unrestricted bandwidth it could bankrupt that company in less than an hour.
If you read more about the technology available on the market at present you will see that iBurst is by far the most superior. Unfortunately, here in South Africa it has been so poorly managed by WBS that even PBA’s iBurst sales in Sydney Australia have been affected.
In the past couple of weeks there have been changes within WBS which should reflect positively on the iBurst service. Everything new has teething problems, some have more and last longer than others.
Until the cost of international data reaches parr with that of Europe & the US, South Africa’s internet will remain second rate and expensive. Until this changes, restrictions on international bandwidth will be obliged by capping and/or shaping. Though I am against capping, I would rather have a cap and maintain a reasonable internet connection speed than having an uncapped service where bandwidth is drained from the system by people who load their P2P client and download 24/7.
iBurst is not perfect (yet), but it is the only technology that has a future here in South Africa. Before WiMax is released here, iBurst will have evolved and then WiMax will become old news.
(If you wish to reply, please do so with fact and intellect. Please don’t bother if you’re only capable of emphasising a point with profanity or you write like a scorned child that is upset because they’re having problems downloading the latest pirate Top 40 music album instead of paying for it.)
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