Taking on Telkom

Because GTS won’t need access to people’s homes, Macguire Is confident that the company will be able to sign up between 1,1m and 1,5m customers by 2010.
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Well that is feasible, since you only have to buy the plug in device. Wonder though how much the plug in will cost?

But if they can offer such service, I'm all for it. The more the merrier, I say!
 
I'm having a real hard time believing this part :
Macguire says that when GTS begins offering services, it will deliver guaranteed minimum access speeds to subscribers of 90 Mbit/s.
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Firstly 90 Mbit/s is a heck of a speed and secondly where do they plan to source cheap bandwidth from?
My guess is it's only going to be 90 Mbit/s for local TV type content with a seriously throttled Internet connection in the 1 to 4 mbps range.

What would be really cool is a 90Mbit/s local Internet connection even if the International access was throttled a lot. Can you imagine a whole bunch of DC++ hubs or local torrent networks with each user having a 90Mbit/s connection. :)
 
I would like to point out a few things.

There is quite an excitement to the article which is a good thing. It might work. I mean we had an intercom type communication mechanism in the late 80's on the farm that provided communication over power lines. So this is totally feasible.

You already get solutions that have LAN speeds over power that you can connect in your home.

90Mbits per second seems high but possible, but surely this will only be local in SA not international, and remember internationally we still have to use Neotel or Telkom! So Neotel will determine if we will have better bandwidth and latency in the future since Telkom has proven their uncompetitive nature.

Triple play is an exciting prospect, and if there entry prices are good and quality better they will have my support.

Overall this looks good, but time will tell if it will materialize.

Great article! Thx.
 
Kabal said:
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The only way to do that or anything like that , is to have a system set up to send/recieve a signal from one spot to another . So if the can transmit signals already , then they must be damn near being able to offer broadband. ....
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It's called a ripple relay that switches off your geyser, it's got a timer that kicks in at certain times, has nothing to do with signals being sent etc.

very excited to though!!!
 
imagine 90 Mbps... imagine this was uncapped...that means that the total amount of stuff you can download is...227812.5 gigs.... can you freakin see all that digits...amazing...if it was uncapped... now try to back up all that data.:D :D :D :D
 
texo said:
25% cheaper, 22 times faster and a triple-play offering. Sounds fantastic. Let's hope ICASA doesn't screw it up and licenses them quickly.
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I'm willing to bet they(ICASA) stuff it up somehow.
 
I think I looked at this in 2000 ish... when AT&T were supposed to be our SNO still wating
 
Macguire says that when GTS begins offering services, it will deliver guaranteed minimum access speeds to subscribers of 90 Mbit/s.
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Why are they trialing a 512Kbps equivalent service? ... waiting for firmware upgrades? Sounds like marketing rhetoric to me.

Also GTS proundly state on their website "we solved the last mile riddle". Great, someone should tell them the big 'riddle' in this country lies elsewhere upstream.
 
Lets wait and see!...Some one has to save us from this srew up.. and they are not even using condoms.........
 
Paul_S said:
I'm having a real hard time believing this part :


Firstly 90 Mbit/s is a heck of a speed and secondly where do they plan to source cheap bandwidth from?
My guess is it's only going to be 90 Mbit/s for local TV type content with a seriously throttled Internet connection in the 1 to 4 mbps range.

What would be really cool is a 90Mbit/s local Internet connection even if the International access was throttled a lot. Can you imagine a whole bunch of DC++ hubs or local torrent networks with each user having a 90Mbit/s connection. :)
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802.11g wifi is already up to 54Mbits/s, and the newer 802.11n [?] goes beyond 100Mbits/s - that's wireless, so imagine how much bandwidth is actually available via wired connections.

Telkodemonopolies could have opted for at least ADSL2+ [24Mbits/s down & 1Mbits/s up max] using the exact same copper wires, which is much faster than plain old ADSL [8Mbits/s down & 1Mbits/s up max], but instead Telkodemonopolies decided to limit the down speed to 4Mbits/s max so that it can later on introduce speeds up to 8Mbits/s and rake in more profits...:rolleyes:
 
Guys... don't any of you feel sorry for cape town? This isn't gonna benefit them that much. Having to rely on power? Just doesn't make sense.

Brings me to another point... Different areas rely on different powerplants which may or may not be connected. That means that they're going to have to somehow connect them with whatever technology they using. That means laying down kilmometres of cables and setting up at virtually all the plants. Personally, I want this to work. Though I don't believe that they'll be able to get it physically ready by the specified date and I'm doubtful about them getting paperwork authorized in time.

but then again, ingorance is bliss. Yipee! Faster internet! :D
 
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The last mile riddle = telkom . They hold all the cards , remove the need for the last mile , provide your own last mile , solve the riddle . My bad then hoss , it was just what i was told/heard . They also say before 2010 !!! We have been waiting how many years now ? and look at what telkom has to offer and how they are screwing us all over as well . People remeber that this also falls in with telkom loosing it rights to the landing spot in melkbos . These peeps could be eyeing that .

We have not heard anything sooo positive in a while now , let us nask in it , even thought telkom and their muppets/puppets Paris and co from icasa will do their best to $%^N$%^$ it up .
 
Kabal said:
The last mile riddle = telkom.
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Wireless also solves that 'riddle' ... haven't seen any major reductions in bw costs due to this.

Problem is national and international transit ... will be controlled by Telkom & Neotel for the forseeable future.
 
Points to Ponder: Surely if they are going to be providing a bandwidth intensive service ie. Tripple play service surely part of those "billions" would be invested in sourcing their own bandwidth, EASSY in other words. If it truly is an Open Access format then they can self provide.

Secondly, and this is the best part about the whole idea as far as I'm conerned, it's 100% Telkom free, yes you won't have to pay the Scum bags a cent for line rental as you wont be touching their infrastructure.

Third, Are they just then matching and not bettering prices when it comes to a 25% difference in price from what we are getting at the moment if you subtract line Rental?
 
mavx said:
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Secondly, and this is the best part about the whole idea as far as I'm conerned, it's 100% Telkom free, yes you won't have to pay the Scum bags a cent for line rental as you wont be touching their infrastructure.

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Nope, no internet service in this country can be 100% Telkom free. They will still have to interconnect to SAIX and until SAT3 opens up they will have to buy international bandwidth from Telkom (unless they're stupid enough to go the satellite route).
 
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