Unlicensed equipement

[Sonny]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2003/0310171113.asp?A=LEG&S=Legal%20View&O=E&CiRestriction=
Go have a look guys!!![xx(][V]

ADSL--A Damn Slow Link

 

[Mux]

equipment to be approved.
The closest I get to ADSL, is this gazette publication:
http://www.icasa.org.za/Repository/resources/Events&%20Publications/Publications/Goverment%20Gazzettes/Gazette%20No.pdf
"TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, 1996 (ACT 103 OF 1996 AS AMENDED)
REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO ASYMMETRICAL
DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (ADSL) CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT"
It's not like I am going to submit any equipment for approval, I was just wordering about all these ADSL modems that gets discussed on this forum which now seem to be "illegal"? Telkom has the only "Legal" (non-)brand. Again a choice of guess how many? (Clue: the same number of Fixed line operators that exists in the country[V])
I'd love to hear what the suppliers of non-Telkom ADSL modems have to say? Anyone out there brave enough to comment?

 

[ckleynhans]

Another useful weapon in the hands of the monopoly! The onus of approval has now shifted from Telkom to ICASA. The effect is the same. In the past, importers and manufacturers of cheaper modems (dial-up)were kept out of the market by the approval process. It takes time and it cost money, forcing the smaller guys to increase their price and to miss the opportunity. It favors local producers because it normally requires a change to the equipment in terms of lightning protection and of impedance matching to the line. Importers cannot always do this and the manufacturers overseas see our volumes as too small to warrant an effort on their side. Telkom has its own impedance requirement just like all Telco's over the world used to have although they all actually use the same type of copper as everybody else and therefore they can control the market. Put this in your list of dirty tricks. Although it is not strictly speaking wrong to ask for some kind of standard to be imposed to protect the providers network, it is definitely a tool in the hands of Big Brother.

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[ChezAnwyne]

A friend of mine got a Billion Bipac modem because its supposed to be ICASA approved. Anyone else use one of these?

Chez

 

[mav119]

I am using a D-Link which is ICASA approved!