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Ten predictions for 2008
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let's try for realistic targets why don't we.
I'm quite sure though that we'll see the Telkom analogue line rental scrapped this year or similar sort of saving. We will also see the 3GB bandwidth benchmark move to 6GB.
I think Vodacom and iburst will burst if they don't upgrade their networks the way they're signing up clients.
Telkom Media will have very little impact this year
Icasa will reach new levels of incompetence this year. PS Is ICASA ambiguous? Cos all the rulings they put out are so ambiguous it's impossible to enforce
Multichoice. I look forward to a few more channels this year. I won't enjoy being rip-offed for another year (R495 p/m ouch)
MXIT. Don't Care
The Times newspaper. Are newspapers extinct yet? Save paper get your news on the net.
Finally, I place my hope for 2008 on Neotel. The entry into the market will at the least force a reduction in prices from Telkom.
I'm quite sure though that we'll see the Telkom analogue line rental scrapped this year or similar sort of saving. We will also see the 3GB bandwidth benchmark move to 6GB.
I think Vodacom and iburst will burst if they don't upgrade their networks the way they're signing up clients.
Telkom Media will have very little impact this year
Icasa will reach new levels of incompetence this year. PS Is ICASA ambiguous? Cos all the rulings they put out are so ambiguous it's impossible to enforce
Multichoice. I look forward to a few more channels this year. I won't enjoy being rip-offed for another year (R495 p/m ouch)
MXIT. Don't Care
The Times newspaper. Are newspapers extinct yet? Save paper get your news on the net.
Finally, I place my hope for 2008 on Neotel. The entry into the market will at the least force a reduction in prices from Telkom.
friedpiggy
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drat. forgot about the petrol price. also a side effect of the bs island is that all the methane coming off of it will be harvested and turned into a new source of energy to power electricity generation and will mean no further load shedding from about mid june.
ldmelsa
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LMFAO
Tarrant gets a flogging
Poor Hilton is taking a beating on his wishlist. I agree with Lydon, although I must concur that he needs a thesaurus
and gravity boots to bring him back to Earth. 
Poor Hilton is taking a beating on his wishlist. I agree with Lydon, although I must concur that he needs a thesaurus
and gravity boots to bring him back to Earth. Prometheus
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Hmmm... let's see...
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Most likely not to come true, make ready to bet the house
Sickest thing to come true
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The call centre part will likely still leave a lot to desire. Telkom will be forced to at least look at the competition instead of laughing it off or jumping into bed with it. Consumers around the major metros will likely still have to wait a little while longer and those in the platteland until the end of the year up to somewhere next year. But even if I have to erect a 10 meter pole I will make sure to get it and move away from Vodacom as soon as possible.
Most likely not to come true, make ready to bet the house
When have they ever surprised with efficiency and clear regulation? The minister of communications will likely land in hospital from food poisoning and die... after dinner with the minister of health. An ox will have to be donated because after paying her cellphone bill nothing from her estate will be left to cover it. Nobody would come to the funeral as the petrol price would have hit an all time record high of R100/ml (except those who own a donkey). She will be replaced by a clone specially selected to carry only the genes of greed and backhanded dealings.
Sickest thing to come true
May God help us then we are all doomed.
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I'll believe it when I see it
I am one of those guys that has been waiting for Neotel since last years promised first courter residential launch. This is because I refused to go with Telkom. BUT alas I am tired of waiting and have gone ahead and signed up at Tekom. (sad day)
So for 2008, NEOTEL get your F*&%$ lazy butt up and running.
AND I want a fixed line! No high latency wireless crap.
P.S. we all like to dream, like they say:
I'll believe it when I see it, ESPECIALLY in SA Telecoms.
I am one of those guys that has been waiting for Neotel since last years promised first courter residential launch. This is because I refused to go with Telkom. BUT alas I am tired of waiting and have gone ahead and signed up at Tekom. (sad day)
So for 2008, NEOTEL get your F*&%$ lazy butt up and running.
AND I want a fixed line! No high latency wireless crap.
P.S. we all like to dream, like they say:
I'll believe it when I see it, ESPECIALLY in SA Telecoms.
The_Unbeliever
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My prediction for 2008 :
Loadsheddings.
Business as usual re !casa and telkom
Vodacom will finally get their network up and running.
MTN will follow soon after.
CellC will lose a lot of customers and be assimilated by telkom
telkom launches their media offerings, which is a flop as few people can afford it due to the high prices, coupled with fuel price and interest increases.
Neotel will open to the public some time after May.
Loadsheddings.
Business as usual re !casa and telkom
Vodacom will finally get their network up and running.
MTN will follow soon after.
CellC will lose a lot of customers and be assimilated by telkom
telkom launches their media offerings, which is a flop as few people can afford it due to the high prices, coupled with fuel price and interest increases.
Neotel will open to the public some time after May.
I would prefer it if Telkodemonopolies sold off its 50% of Vodacom and then Telkodemonopolies buys 100% of CellC - it's not like CellC has very much of a competitive impact on the cellular market [IMO] and would be the most likely deal to get Competition Commission approval.
As for TelkodemonopoliesMedia, I don't think it will offer IPTV in 2008, it will most likely launch a satellite TV service, but IPTV over ADSL2+ is likely to be too much for Telkodemonopolies to get its monopolistic head around.
NeeTel, well I suspect it will launch something [read fairly useless] in March, and it might be better than what iBurst SA offers, but Vodacom & MTN will unleash 3.6Mbits/s HSDPA and NeeTel will not be able to match the speed but will have much larger bitcaps but pricing will be similar to HSDPA when taking both speed and bitcap sizes into account.
!CASA will complete the licence conversion process and return to hibernating for the rest of the year.
Poison Ivy will hand over the reigns to Stalin-Mafole before 2009 to avoid the political embarrassment that would accompany the run up to the 2009 elections, and will also cement Stalin-Mafole's control at the Dementia of Communistications. Roy Padayachie will soon resign.
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Mine, on a thumb-suck:
1) The ANC will kick out, squash or otherwise negate all their opposition
2) The ANC will force Telkom to sell 30% of their shares to the ANC for a fraction of the value
3) The ANC will cause Telkom to provide free WiMax to all informal settlements and establish internet-cafes in said areas
4) The ANC will annex Groenkloof Pta as an upmarket informal settlement
5) The ANC will buy a fleet of BMW X5's for any member who raises a fist in support at a public gathering
6) The ANC will dish out beetroot and garlic at all clinics, beside the boxes of complimentary shower-caps (all branded with Southern Sun logos).
7) The ANC will suddenly allow breweries and cigarette manufacturers to sponsor all political events, including parliament sessions
8) The ANC will provide taxi-services from Mozambique, Nigeria and Zim.
9) The Gautrain works will be placed under new management
10) Floor-crossing will be abolished
1) The ANC will kick out, squash or otherwise negate all their opposition
2) The ANC will force Telkom to sell 30% of their shares to the ANC for a fraction of the value
3) The ANC will cause Telkom to provide free WiMax to all informal settlements and establish internet-cafes in said areas
4) The ANC will annex Groenkloof Pta as an upmarket informal settlement
5) The ANC will buy a fleet of BMW X5's for any member who raises a fist in support at a public gathering
6) The ANC will dish out beetroot and garlic at all clinics, beside the boxes of complimentary shower-caps (all branded with Southern Sun logos).
7) The ANC will suddenly allow breweries and cigarette manufacturers to sponsor all political events, including parliament sessions
8) The ANC will provide taxi-services from Mozambique, Nigeria and Zim.
9) The Gautrain works will be placed under new management
10) Floor-crossing will be abolished
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By January last year though they still had to provide wholesale and then business services. They also had to get a core network running which was stolen right out from under them by Alec Irwin of Infraco, likely for more backhanded dealings to make a buck. Since then though they have decided not to wait and rolled out their own 10,000km expanding network and provided services within weeks. They have described the decision to use existing infrastructure the worst one ever that set them back by a year or more.
I suspect their residential offering will be announced in about a month and available from around March. If their business services are anything to go by it will be uncapped and unshaped. Their network is an IP network unlike Telkom's which has to layer IP data onto other protocols so it wouldn't surprise me if latency is lower.
The author may be correct in stating that Mxit will continue to dwarf competitors locally (this year at least)
Only one small problem I see is that Mxit is an IM (instant messaging) application, that lets users chat and exchange files cheaply with each other. The Grid on the other hand is a social networking application that offers location based services, users can pin point their exact location on a map using triangulation and drop blips for other users to see. IM is just one small part of this service, Comparing the two services is silly. Its like comparing Facebook with Skype and saying Skype will always dominate. (You can't compare apples with pears my friend)