Telkom's copper network spin-off plans

[nfbs]

However, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa announced last month that it only expects to publish the final LLU regulations on 4 March 2014.

Why does it take like 10 to 20 years to write a fricken document and even in 2014 the document might still not be adhered to if Telkom says it is incorrect.

 

[Musicmp3]

We need the Government to stay out of Telkoms affairs - then you might see some action. They block Telkom's investments from partners.
We have seen how the Government (Nersa) has screwed the electricity price and fuel. You can bet the govt has a big say in telecommunication pricing as well.

See them blocking this move as well.

 

[Seriously]

I wish you know what you are talking about.

I wish you would wake up to a fraudulent company allowed to screw over all South Africans for over 20 years. Telkom are the main reason telecoms in this country is so expensive keeping progress at bay. But what do I know, you seem the expert re Telkom affairs so let as have the lowdown of the real situation. BTW if you work for them you are part of the idiocracy.

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

You read my mind.

theft, running costs, maintenance, lotsa stuff occurs in background that you don't see. etc. Look at the company financial statements.

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

We need the Government to stay out of Telkoms affairs - then you might see some action. They block Telkom's investments from partners.
We have seen how the Government (Nersa) has screwed the electricity price and fuel. You can bet the govt has a big say in telecommunication pricing as well.

See them blocking this move as well.

Even though we have:

Some of the cheapest fuel in the world for an importer.
Cheapest electricity than most 1st world countries.
Free basic water service. (we choose to use more than allocated)

Government actually prevented Telkom for becoming to aggressive which protected many ISP from closing down.

 

[wingnut771]

I wonder who will be keen to invest his money in the fixed line business with this rampant copper cable theft in this country. These other providers will cherry pick where it makes sense to invest. I do not see this move adressing the current challenges but will only perpetuate them.

+1

 

[MickeyD]

I wonder who will be keen to invest his money in the fixed line business with this rampant copper cable theft in this country. These other providers will cherry pick where it makes sense to invest. I do not see this move adressing the current challenges but will only perpetuate them.

If I had the financial means I would go for this !!!!

 

[Paul Hjul]

Wireless provisioning of communications will always suffer from capacity constraints relative to fixed line business.

The mistake that people often make is to assume wireless means mobile and wired can't support mobile. Cloud computing is putting that myth under pressure. The sort of capacity which needs a fixed line is above current household usage and migrating a lot of consumers to wireless options really makes sense but at the end of the day a well functioning fixed line business is a good business to be in.

 

[krycor]

I think they just keen to get it off their books, make the saving in insurance etc and let it be someone else's problem. Personally I think each municipality should be responsible for the copper network and charge accordingly but thats just me.. in the end doing so = ineffective because most of those in SA are badly run. Anyway.. im guessing we in for a price jump after this happens and telkom will try and justify keeping their 'service' costs as is. i.e. let the consumer pay more