TELKOM and Progress ?

[PeeVee]

At one stage I thought that South Africa IS the technology leader in Africa.

Seems I am mistaken

See the ITWEB article We've even fallen behind Ethiopia

South Africa, still trying to find the sweet spot for 1Mb/sec

 

[Celemasiko]

Telkom and Progress is like fire and water or bicycle and Porsche...you cannot name it the same time...*gg*

 

[Karnaugh]

We *are* a *technology* leader - its implementation however, is another story.

http://coe.ru.ac.za/
http://www.ee.und.ac.za/school/RATS/coverpage.asp

 

[onionpeel]

Spot on

...so the only capitalist thing to do would be to try and squeeze every possible drop of blood – sorry, I mean every cent – out of the abused consumers before competition brings the prices crashing down. After all, isn't that the African way?

Yip, that IS - the African way. If you are in power, "Suck 'em dry!"
Just like a flea or a mosquito which finds another unsuspecting animal to feed on.

 

[Gladiator]

i heard Tata bought a stake in the SNO, hopefully their telecoms pricing will be similar to their car industry pricing