Telkom hit by another tender row

The frightening thing about this story is not corruption in Telkom - that's fairly normal. It's the fact that they are still running a telex network, and spending R1.5 billion on it. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world...
 
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The frightening thing about this story is not corruption in Telkom - that's fairly normal. It's the fact that they are still running a telex network, and spending R1.5 billion on it. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world...
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When I read this article I was wondering about the same thing – I thought it was phased out.
 
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The frightening thing about this story is not corruption in Telkom - that's fairly normal. It's the fact that they are still running a telex network, and spending R1.5 billion on it. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world...
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Isn't most of Africa on Telex?
 
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It's the fact that they are still running a telex network, and spending R1.5 billion on it. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world...
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Sigh... :rolleyes:

Telex machines are the world over and very much still in use, you even get them on ships besides financial institutions, oil companies, aviation, maritime etc.
It is also the ONLY recognised form of electronic communication by most courts of law. It has the status of a full legal document, something that is not true for faxes & emails. Digital signatures right now could leave you in a legal minefield at this point in time should a dispute arrise.


Closest source at hand, there are more if you want,

http://www.telkom.co.za/attheoffice/services/telex/index.html

Telex

It is often argued that, because of the expansion of fax and e-mail, telex is no longer necessary. This is not true! Despite all the attention given to fax and the Internet, telex is still frequently used by corporations because of its reach and legal status.

The Legal Status
Telex is the only legally recognized method for sending an electronic message. In various industries, such as banking, transport, the oil trade and so on, the use of telex is required because of this legal status. Fax and e-mail, contrary to common belief, do not constitute a legal document. Telex messages are used everyday in the banking and brokerage industries for the electronic confirmation of financial transactions.

The reach
In many remote areas, telex is still the only, or most trustworthy, means of ordering, invoicing and checking. For example, in large parts of Eastern Europe, Africa and India telephone networks are of such poor quality that it is virtually impossible to send e-mail or faxes. On the contrary, telex can work over very poor infrastructures. It is therefore no surprise that the 2-million telex machines are, to a large extent, placed in areas that cannot be accessed by fax and e-mail.
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So that does mean that e-mails cannot be used as evidence in a court case? What about SMS messages? If I remember correctly, in the past few years some people did find themselves in hot water because of SMSes they sent.

What about the recording of conversations in an office setup without the persons being recorded knowing about it?
 
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So that does mean that e-mails cannot be used as evidence in a court case? What about SMS messages? If I remember correctly, in the past few years some people did find themselves in hot water because of SMSes they sent.

What about the recording of conversations in an office setup without the persons being recorded knowing about it?
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Interesting question.....
 
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What about the recording of conversations in an office setup without the persons being recorded knowing about it?
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The person being recorded had no knowledge of the office having been setup? - sounds like Leon Schuster and some cameras were involved...​
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