The Constantia FTTH Thread

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portcullis said:
We have regularly met with him since April 2015. Matter of fact, he'll be visiting us next week with the next person that our account has been assigned to.

It's very frustrating to have a stack of orders in each of the areas, not have any idea when any of them will be commissioned and stand by helplessly as the holding company of the fibre network rushes it's retail clients while the rest of us just get to sit and watch.
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Really...not cool!
 
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Chris, did you get my mail with the model number?
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Yes, thanks for sending it through. It seems like it's a full-on adsl/vdsl modem as well as being used for Wi-Fi.

One reason I'm looking at it now is pondering how to cascade two devices - ie the ONT picks up the public IP but presumably the Wi-Fi router will handle the DHCP
 
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My comments:

"At the beginning of last year the Constantia Fibre Initiative lobbied to bring fibre internet to our suburb. Since then over 2,000 residents have expressed their desire to make this a reality.

Despite popular consensus, technical proof of safety for the piping system and adequate funding, the City of Cape Town continues to delay this project. In doing so they are subverting the very nature of democratic society - the people of Constantia have voted and decided they want this to happen. The Bureaucrats at the council believe they know better, however. This is saddening, as the DA is meant to be a progressive party.

Throughout this initiative I have learned that my representatives are out of touch, ignorant of public opinion and determined to make a long process out of everything for who knows what reasons.

Grant the rights now and prove you have respect for public opinion! We want this service! How else must we communicate this? Are over 2,000 signatures (over 50% of residents) not enough proof?"
 
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jackshiels said:
My comments:

"At the beginning of last year the Constantia Fibre Initiative lobbied to bring fibre internet to our suburb. Since then over 2,000 residents have expressed their desire to make this a reality.

Despite popular consensus, technical proof of safety for the piping system and adequate funding, the City of Cape Town continues to delay this project. In doing so they are subverting the very nature of democratic society - the people of Constantia have voted and decided they want this to happen. The Bureaucrats at the council believe they know better, however. This is saddening, as the DA is meant to be a progressive party.

Throughout this initiative I have learned that my representatives are out of touch, ignorant of public opinion and determined to make a long process out of everything for who knows what reasons.

Grant the rights now and prove you have respect for public opinion! We want this service! How else must we communicate this? Are over 2,000 signatures (over 50% of residents) not enough proof?"
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Why don;t you just contact fibre providers directly? If you have that many signitures, I can promise you VUMA will install, and they are in cape town.

There is also Greencom, that would also more than likely take up the challenge
 
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eddief1 said:
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Are the city of cape town only delaying because of the unique way Link Africa runs fibre?...through the sewer system?

I ask because surely under the ECA they have the right to deploy FTTH? Case in point:

http://www.htxt.co.za/2015/09/23/li...se-to-install-fibre-in-municipal-water-pipes/

I cant see why the City of cape town are delaying when clearly the legal precedent has been set above
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My point in posting today was that the city has opened the public participation process and capetonians need to click on the link I sent through and send their comments. The more comments in support, the better (there have been delays for nearly a year, but now that council has finally opened for comment, let's run with this - it relates not only to Constantia, but to the whole city)
 
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Chris.Geerdts said:
My point in posting today was that the city has opened the public participation process and capetonians need to click on the link I sent through and send their comments. The more comments in support, the better (there have been delays for nearly a year, but now that council has finally opened for comment, let's run with this - it relates not only to Constantia, but to the whole city)
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I still don't understand why there has to be any kind of public participation process at all! Did Telkom, mtn, voda, cybersmart go though a public participation process to deploy in cape town?

EDIT: and even if it is because of using the sewer/water system has the courts not already ruled regarding this...confused
 
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eddief1 said:
I still don't understand why there has to be any kind of public participation process at all! Did Telkom, mtn, voda, cybersmart go though a public participation process to deploy in cape town?

EDIT: and even if it is because of using the sewer/water system has the courts not already ruled regarding this...confused
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The sewerage system is the key point for them.

That being said I had no idea this was for the whole city. Good news in a way. The guys deploying here have BIG plans for Cape Town.

EDIT: @Chris I am writing a promo article for MyBB about my installation. I will urge people to add comments in it.
 
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jackshiels said:
The sewerage system is the key point for them.

That being said I had no idea this was for the whole city. Good news in a way. The guys deploying here have BIG plans for Cape Town.

EDIT: @Chris I am writing a promo article for MyBB about my installation. I will urge people to add comments in it.
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What do you mean for the whole city?
 
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jackshiels said:
This will determine if Link Africa can deploy this method throughout the whole of Cape Town. They are planning to do a whole bunch more suburbs this year if it goes through.
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But I ask again...why do they even have to do this when a legal precedent has already been set with the case they won in Tshwane? It's a honest question.
 
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eddief1 said:
But I ask again...why do they even have to do this when a legal precedent has already been set with the case they won in Tshwane? It's a honest question.
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Because City of Cape Town is filled with old, out of touch bureaucrats. I've been going nuts here with the ridiculous delays. The legal precedent is there, but Link Africa want to maintain a good relationship with the city. Hence the fact that they aren't just going ahead anyway.

Apparently the city council has "questions regarding the fibre" that must still be answered. I can almost guarantee they are along the lines of "what is fibre and how can I get more of it in my diet?". I never imagined our supposedly progressive DA government (with a bloody broadband initiative to boot!) would make it so hard for us to get fibre. Shocking.

Never mind the fact that Link Africa has government tenders using this tech and a proven track record of utilising it safely.
 
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jackshiels said:
I never imagined our supposedly progressive DA government (with a bloody broadband initiative to boot!) would make it so hard for us to get fibre. Shocking..
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Ye makes you wonder doesn't it. Doesn't the city of cape town lease out it's own fibre to ISP's ? Is this maybe competition to THEIR broadband initiative maybe ?
 
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eddief1 said:
Ye makes you wonder doesn't it. Doesn't the city of cape town lease out it's own fibre to ISP's ? Is this maybe competition to THEIR broadband initiative maybe ?
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Telkom are busy laying fibre next to my Link Africa node. They are going to beat Link Africa to the punch at this point.
 
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eddief1 said:
But I ask again...why do they even have to do this when a legal precedent has already been set with the case they won in Tshwane? It's a honest question.
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You don't have to, Link Africa has good legal support for proceeding, but it's probably not worth the fight.

Please can everyone in Cape Town rather click the link and contribute to the public participation process in any event. It's a good democratic process - it just took 9 months too long to commence. It will be much easier all around if the bureaucrats are on our side and citizens have all had their say.

BTW - by 'the whole of Cape Town', I don't mean that Link Africa is connecting every street, just that the current public participation process relates to approval for the whole of Cape Town. Once Constantia goes ahead, LA can go full steam ahead - Meadowridge, Parklands etc.
 
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jackshiels said:
Telkom are busy laying fibre next to my Link Africa node. They are going to beat Link Africa to the punch at this point.
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It is irresponsible to be wasting resources when so many suburbs are not yet connected and government has made a plea for infrastructure sharing.
 
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