Telkom comments on Local Loop Unbundling uncertainty

Colour me unimpressed by Majoor's statements...

Of course it will impact their profitability, but that is not something ICASA should consider when doing LLU if you ask me.
 
I wonder how much LLU will affect the scene now.

It would require that the other ISP's would need to place their own equipment into every switch, which would mean a huge investment in initial equipment costs plus a huge investment in spares and maintenance staff.

But there are other options becoming available, such as wireless for last mile as well as the fibre being laid by municipalities, so maybe LLU is not the panacea it once was?
 
bekdik said:
I wonder how much LLU will affect the scene now.

It would require that the other ISP's would need to place their own equipment into every switch, which would mean a huge investment in initial equipment costs plus a huge investment in spares and maintenance staff.

But there are other options becoming available, such as wireless for last mile as well as the fibre being laid by municipalities, so maybe LLU is not the panacea it once was?
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I've always had a problem with the premise that LLU would lead to lower prices.

I suspect the major players will only be interested in "cherry picking" the areas where they are prepared to provide local loop - gated communities etc. They will have little or no interest in established suburbs with large stands or rural areas where LL rollout / replacement / maintenance would be expensive.
 
A better idea would be to place the local loop under the control of a private company that would be solely responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the local loop infrastructure from the consumer's home to the local exchange.
 
It's not even near November yet & Telkom's already backtracking.
 
Dear staff-writer/editor - please proof-read the article. There are many grammatical errors, and some poor sentence construction.
 
Generally what would happen, as is the case of the UK, you have large wholesale companies develop that specialize in exchange technology. They install and maintain cabinet equipment in varies exchanges, then sell that capacity on to ISP's. eg. wholesaler A has equipment in gauteng and eastern cape. Wholsaler B has equipment in gauteng and western cape. Company A buys capacity at exchanges enabled by wholesaler A in gauteng but B in westerncape. etc etc.
 
I believe the average person will not benifit from LLU, they will still have to rely on Telkom, yet it may also free up some of their resources to concentrate on upgrading their ancient network. Only people who live in gated communities will really see the benifit in the beginning.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Of course it will impact their profitability, but that is not something ICASA should consider when doing LLU if you ask me.
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RaWRpewpew said:
Agreed, y the hell is it impacting on telkoms profitability even relevant? Just fire the twit and use the money ure saving to give some people free interwebz!
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What ^^ said. It's not too different to the large mobile operators are whining and b!tching about losing the interconnect fee.

The bottom line is this is a completely and utterly irrelevant factor in the consideration, and Icasa should exclude this... Oh! Wait! Icasa is Government owned is it not? And the Govt own 50% of Telkom? Okay, it all makes sense now. LLU ain't going to happen while G owns T :mad:
 
I'm sick of these companies going on about profitability. We've just been in a global recession, and people are struggling to survive. There are things more important than the profitability of a multi millionaire company. Just a little infographic which explains LLU to people who're not quite sure of it's use. ---->
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RaWRpewpew said:
Agreed, y the hell is it impacting on telkoms profitability even relevant? Just fire the twit and use the money ure saving to give some people free interwebz!
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Because it will impact the backhands they get.
 
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