Telkom defends its turf

[Peter7]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0606121031.asp?A=LEG&S=Legal View&O=FPIN

[Cape Town | ITWeb, 12 June 2006] - Telkom defended its turf in Parliament last week only to be told by politicians, including deputy communications minister Roy Padayachie, there was no point as the Telecommunications Act is in its dying moments.

And the Knysna WIFI network....

ICASA and Telkom became embroiled in a point-for-point debate about the Telecommunications Act and if municipalities that currently hold private telephone network (PTN) licences are allowed to have connections across public land such as roads.

Padayachie went on to say, with agreement from opposition MP Dene Smuts (DA), that the real issue faced by legislators and policy-makers is the reduction of ICT costs.

“The pending Electronic Communications Act has set the basis for changing the entire legislative landscape and this will come into effect in a matter of weeks if not months. So there is no point in harping on about the Telecommunications Act that will be replaced,” he said.

Don't like the "months" part, in SA this is more indicative of years.

 

[dominic]

see http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=45280 for related discussion

 

[krycor]

why does he say weeks and then delay to months. you're right Peter7 .. it could be next yr.. after all DoC said six weeks and that turned out to be six months and even then they did not give anything solid except talk.

 

[kifoth]

More talk from Roy!

I love this guy... See my sig

 

[Skip]

This is what I want to hear:

...and this will come into effect in a matter of minutes if not hours.

Until then it's all talk!

 

[noswal]

Imagine if DoC members were part of the forum, we would get posts every six months!

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Remember we're on African time here so months is quite an improvement over years