Telkom: Local loop nonsense

[kaspaas]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0610251032.asp?S=Broadband&A=BRO&O=FPLEAD



A senior Telkom manager says the question to be asked is: “Where will the funds for another submarine cable come from?”

The manager also says he is glad Erwin believes there is enough competition in the second and third tier telecommunications arena. “Maybe now they will stop all this nonsense about unbundling the local loop,” he says.

Ok - let's forget about LLU.

Telkom will be as slow to implement it as the are to implement the ICASA ADSL regulations.

 

[krycor]

seems ivy does not wanna let go of her pie

 

[mancombseepgood]

A senior Telkom manager says the question to be asked is: “Where will the funds for another submarine cable come from?”

Yes - where indeed... telkom has been handing out those profits to shareholders... no more money...

 

[kilo39]

[ Cape Town | ITWeb, 25 October 2006 ] - Government-owned Infraco will lay a submarine cable from SA to Europe that will compete with Telkom's SAT-3 cable, high-level government sources have revealed
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Yesterday, deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka summoned the departments of communications and public enterprises to brief her on the proposed submarine cable plan, the government sources say.
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The proposed submarine cable would land at the Mtunzini landing site, the same place as for the East African Submarine Cable System, and then transverse southwards around Cape Point and onto the Azores islands to meet up with other international systems. It would skip the Telkom-controlled SAT-3 cable, landing at Melkbosstrand, near Cape Town.
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Another issue is that of departmental boundaries, as the Department of Communications feels the DPE is treading on its turf, the sources say. The departments are part of the economic cluster of departments and, according to government's programme of action, have a joint responsibility for bringing down the cost of telecommunications.
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A senior Telkom manager says the question to be asked is: “Where will the funds for another submarine cable come from?”

The manager also says he is glad Erwin believes there is enough competition in the second and third tier telecommunications arena. “Maybe now they will stop all this nonsense about unbundling the local loop,” he says.

Stupid people. Do they really have nothing better to do. Another 10 years of meetings on the gravy train while we get poorer.

"We're on the road to nowhere, and the feelings fine"

 

[MailMan]

what's the detailed Local Loop situation ?

I have not really followed it, municipalities are not yet allowed to
do their own thing or ?

 

[Skip]

“Where will the funds for another submarine cable come from?”

Well considering that Telkom made R9 billion in profit and it costs about R850 million to get a top notch blazingly fast fibre in place, I say a 1% windfall tax (like the one they hit sasol with) on Telkom's profits should do the trick eh?

 

[bekdik]

I'm waiting for a bolt to be dropped into the SAT3 cable ... Erwin's good at sorting things like that out.

 

[antowan]

The money is there and Telkom knows it damn well...

All we need is a little bit of an attitude change from government for things to start loosening up.

 

[kilo39]

The money is there and Telkom knows it damn well...

All we need is a little bit of an attitude change from government for things to start loosening up.

Now there're an understatement if ever there was one. Didn't know it was Friday.

And loosening up? Could things get any looser - I mean, wheels falling off the truck, how much looser can it get?

 

[jontyB]

Now there're an understatement if ever there was one. Didn't know it was Friday.

And loosening up? Could things get any looser - I mean, wheels falling off the truck, how much looser can it get?

and we all know how much damage loose bolts cause...