Telkom clears up SAT-3 exclusivity extension speculation

Good news, even though they should have never been given exculsive rights from day 1. Does this mean ICASA will regulate the line?
 
So why not try to reclaim some of the waning public image and give it up now?

Oh wait - money.
 
now can we have some clarity on who will have landing rights?
 
The minister of communications has also recently pointed to the high cost of international bandwidth
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Everyone else was pointing to it for friggin 5 years! Ivy deserves no credit here.
 
Skip said:
Everyone else was pointing to it for friggin 5 years! Ivy deserves no credit here.
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Only recently has the high cost of bandwidth been passed on to the pricing of pastry.
 
So how difficult would it be for ISP's to unite under one umbrella and purchase international bandwidth from SAT3? Surely this can be done or am I wrong?
 
Tomasz-London said:
So how difficult would it be for ISP's to unite under one umbrella and purchase international bandwidth from SAT3? Surely this can be done or am I wrong?
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They have to use Telkom as the SA portion of the cable is under their control. Till April.
 
R100 says they gonna take another 1-2 years to "unbundle" the exclusivity Telkom has. IE no one will get access to it after April 2007 due to "unforseen" reasons regarding Telkom.
 
Crystal gazing ...

“Telkom does not have exclusivity on SAT-3. Terms and conditions of the agreement cannot be changed and as such no extension or diminishing of rights or changes in rights can be made other than what is already provided for and contained in the agreement,” said Candice Jeffreys, media specialist at Telkom.
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Am I the only one to read something nefarious in the above statement? I've got this bad feeling that we're being setup for disappointment in the future and all Telkom will do is say: "See? Like we told you before, we can't change anything that wasn't already part of the Agreement. We'd like to provide access at cost and pass on the savings to consumers ... but we can't. Our hands are tied."

I really hope I'm wrong about this :(
 
This is another pie in the sky. We know they don't commit to **** so why do they even bother with this, and frankly I'm gatvol with non-delivery.
 
I just hope there is nothing in the prized clauses that extend beyond april.
 
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Cool, but what I meant was, what could be done after April 1st, 2007?
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That's being deliberated by Gov afaik. Ideally everyone will have equal access, and Telkom will have to stand in the queue like everyone else who will be buying access. Our awesome minister of communications is also still looking at, while she's awake, renationalising the cable. I wouldn't hold much hope of that though.
 
I trust jack **** of what that Telkom rep said. Even if it happens to be true, I still wouldn't believe it. Odds are they are trying to take some heat off of them. Personally the time has been ripe for years and years, to get Telkom sorted out.
 
Why were they given 5 years of exclusive access when the SNO was supposed to start up in that same period?

Edit, forget I asked, the gov was planning ahead on their profits.
 
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