UN says developing countries need better broadband

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Developing countries risk missing out on the benefits of IT due to their lack of broadband infrastructure, according to a UN agency.

A report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released today said the lack of broadband access deprives countries of the possibility of building up offshoring industries.

It also said it prevents people from tapping into all the advantages of mobile phones, with use exploding in poor countries.

"The narrowing of the digital divide remains a key development challenge," UNCTAD deputy secretary-general Petko Draganov said in a briefing.

"What is known as the broadband gap for example is becoming a serious handicap for companies in many poor countries.”
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Hahahaha I don't think Telkom and all the other scam artist care that we ain't getting good broadband as long as they are making a sh*t load of money... Plus why the hell are they gonna listen to the UN...:D
 
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Hahahaha I don't think Telkom and all the other scam artist care that we ain't getting good broadband as long as they are making a sh*t load of money... Plus why the hell are they gonna listen to the UN...:D
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Job creation.. or more like not losing company investment and creating more jobless. You have a point there, the ANC goverment with ICASA just don't get it.
 
I think that as long as Telkom is a monopoly (Neotel doesn't count because their main investor is probably Telkom) broadband technology won't change drastically and the price will remain the same... What we really need in this country is a foreign telecommunications company...
 
I just got back from a holiday in the UK and that's when I realised just how far out our telco industry really is. Mobile broadband with a USB dongle is about 5 GBP (around R60) per month for 3Gb, plus a "free gift" for signing up like Nintendo Wii or Xbox. Or about R140 per month for unlimited 20Mb broadband... Not that I expect Telkom to give me a new Wii but it would be fantastic if there was more competition in the SA market to help drive prices down. *Dream*
 
It's not the free toys, how on earth companies here are expected to compete internationally when the average home connection overseas outcompetes anything on offer here including to big corporates by a factor of 10 on speed and gawd knows how much cheaper. Telkom's greed is killing this country, that's the bottom line.
 
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