Telkom services disrupted in Pretoria

If there was FTTH then copper theft would be unheard of in Telecoms ? Surely the money spent on counter measures / insurance & replacement of copper wires all the time would justify FTTH expenditure by now? ... my 2 cents on the matter...
 
My line's been dead for almost 3 weeks now and it's also 1000+ lines in Pretoria. Apparently they installed a new line, but before they were able to connect it, that one was stolen as well. Currently they're supposedly busy splicing the new line with the old one, os here's hoping I have my connection back within the next few days. As for the rebate: that doesn't include my rather expensive uncapped ISP costs now does it? Get your damn act together Telkom.
 
I'm in the Benoni area and gave up on my line years ago as they kept / keep stealing the copper on a weekly basis.
 
Its time Satellite Broadband is made available and at a cheaper price, also with nice speeds... this would ease all the cable thefts problem.
 
madlala said:
Its time Satellite Broadband is made available and at a cheaper price, also with nice speeds... this would ease all the cable thefts problem.
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Satellite isn't an option, because its got a heavy delay.

Telkom should just stop installing long distance copper wires and instead use Fibre.

Secondly, the goverment should take down all the scrap metal places that buy these copper cables.
 
Pada said:
Satellite isn't an option, because its got a heavy delay.
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Agreed

Telkom should just stop installing long distance copper wires and instead use Fibre.
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What is long distance? In this case it was local/distribution cables that were stolen (access network).

Secondly, the goverment should take down all the scrap metal places that buy these copper cables.
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Fully agree.
 
MickeyD said:
What is long distance? In this case it was local/distribution cables that were stolen (access network).
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Could you expand a bit on this and explain why this can't be replaced by fiber as well? I have relatively little knowledge regarding telecoms networks, so please bear with me, but it seems wrong in this day and age to have 2000+ pairs of anything going outside of a building? I'm sure there is a valid reason, hence my question.
 
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