Use it or lose it

Telkom not sharing the whole it seems, witholding some of it then there is always a demand for it! grrr:mad: and meanwhile SA is going down the tubes
 
Telkom not sharing the whole it seems, witholding some of it then there is always a demand for it! grrr:mad: and meanwhile SA is going down the tubes
 
I mailed some of the addresses I found on this page ages ago
http://www.safe-sat3.co.za/ContactUs/ContactUs.asp
for a breakdown of utilization and a whole bunch of other questions like what was utilization percentage like in 2001 to present day but surprisingly I got no response at all...
Maybe y'all can mail em and ask some pertinent questions?
 
Don't know whether this has been posted before - the Mauritius Report (I see it is marked "This document is a trade secret and its confidentiality will be strictly maintained.")

ISP licenses are awarded for a period of 15 years. The annual fee for ISP license is 50,000 rupees per year (approx STG 1,000). A 500,000 Rupees performance bond from a bank is also required from the applicant prior to licensing.


The ISP license regulations under ‘Competitive conduct of the License’ stipulate that ISPs cannot abuse any dominant positions or adopt un-competitive practices. ISPs are required to keep records and reports and furnish these upon request to ICTA. However, some ISPs do not believe these regulations are followed, as it should have helped address the dominance of Telecom Plus and Mauritius Telecom.
 
VSNL currently owns 33% of SAT3, a higher percentage than Telkom’s share in the cable. This means that bandwidth on SAT3 should be reasonably priced for Neotel, but because of Telkom’s exclusivity rights on SAT3 bandwidth out of the country this saving from Neotel will only come into effect for bandwidth into the country.
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Could still help quite a bit though, I'm guessing for most people 80% of their bandwidth or somewhere around there is used for downloading as opposed to uploading.
 
Syndyre said:
Could still help quite a bit though, I'm guessing for most people 80% of their bandwidth or somewhere around there is used for downloading as opposed to uploading.
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You download on average 15x more than you upload when browsing. So it would be close to 94% for the average user. But the statement doesn't sound quite right to me. Doesn't Telkom have exclusivity for bandwidth coming into the country? That is mostly what they charge for.
 
VSNL currently owns 33% of SAT3, a higher percentage than Telkom’s share in the cable. This means that bandwidth on SAT3 should be reasonably priced for Neotel, but because of Telkom’s exclusivity rights on SAT3 bandwidth out of the country this saving from Neotel will only come into effect for bandwidth into the country.
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Ahh, very enlightening. I've been wondering for a while what kind of bandwidth Neotel command.

That said though, the bidirectional nature of bandwidth makes this statement a little confusing. Does this mean that if I download something from overseas it can go via Neotel, but if I upload something it has to go via Telkom?

Also, going by ICASA's track record it'll probably be another year from April before Neotel gets access. Bah.
 
Also, this may be overly optimistic on my part, but has there been any news on the possibility of declaring SAT-3 an essential facility? Government has apparently ordered ICASA to do it, but I haven't seen or heard anything since the 9th of August:
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=50127
In a move to slash bandwidth prices, the government has instructed the communications regulator to nationalise the landing station for the undersea SAT-3 submarine cable and to declare it an essential facility. At present, as SAT-3’s largest investor, Telkom has monopoly rights on access to and pricing of international bandwidth on the undersea cable.
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Edit: I've just noticed that the January 19th date I've been hearing is the so-called deadline. Ahh, if only ICASA had a roadmap on their website outlining their goals. :D Frankly they should be more transparent, shouldn't they? Being a government organisation and all...
 
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eremos said:
... Ahh, if only ICASA had a roadmap on their website outlining their goals. :D Frankly they should be more transparent, shouldn't they? Being a government organisation and all...
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You kidding? Icasa needs a GPS just to get to the coffee...
 
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