The last mile

Its full report will be made public only this week, but it has recommended that though Telkom will continue to own the local loop, any licensed operator should have access to it to deliver voice and/or broadband services and customers will be able to choose who they want as their carrier. Icasa will regulate the pricing at which Telkom must make the network available.
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The communications department emphasises that no country has achieved this in less than four years and it usually takes up to 10 years for unbundling to be completed.
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You know what drives me insane ? Its the fact that when we go to Telkom and tell them that in Australia things work like this, and in the UK prices are like this. Telkom turns around and says "WELL WE ARN'T THEM SO BLAH, things work different here!"

But how quick are they to jump up and say "Well the rest of the world takes 10 years"

Its about time they start to practise what the preach!
 
It's natural for an incumbent to defend its territory. They can say whatever it wants as long as they do not proceed with legal wranglings that will delay the process by a few more years than the four proposed. ICASA has the power to push through with the LLU process and we'll see if they have the guts to go forward and not have telkom be its obstacle.
 
How do you define completion? That's the question, there are some rural exchanges that may never be unbundled because its not profitable for another operator to bother. If all major urban/ADSL-enabled exchanges could be unbundled within a year thats a pretty good start, not saying it'll happen though, everything's just too vague at the moment.
 
The last mile "copper cable" should be open to other companies, it was installed with public funding when telkom was a state company. If ICASA decide on a fee that Telkom may charge for the use of "its" lines then the other companies will not be able to be compeditive. Like Vodacom and MTN that had to use telkom links when they started, that forced "or gave them the excuse to do so" their rates that they charged the public up tremendously. We should be able to remove telkom from the loop completely. VIVA! Free the wires! Wire to the people!
 
Road runner said:
The last mile "copper cable" should be open to other companies, it was installed with public funding when telkom was a state company. If ICASA decide on a fee that Telkom may charge for the use of "its" lines then the other companies will not be able to be compeditive. Like Vodacom and MTN that had to use telkom links when they started, that forced "or gave them the excuse to do so" their rates that they charged the public up tremendously. We should be able to remove telkom from the loop completely. VIVA! Free the wires! Wire to the people!
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As long as the charge is regulated, nominal and reasonable it should be fine. Whether it will be is another question...
 
Kalvaer said:
You know what drives me insane ? Its the fact that when we go to Telkom and tell them that in Australia things work like this, and in the UK prices are like this. Telkom turns around and says "WELL WE ARN'T THEM SO BLAH, things work different here!"

But how quick are they to jump up and say "Well the rest of the world takes 10 years"

Its about time they start to practise what the preach!
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:) Too true. Prats.
 
Four years depending who is doing the counting.
 
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