Vodacom fibre live soon

[rpm]

Vodacom fibre live soon

Two of Vodacom’s fibre rings will be completed next week

 

[Shake&Bake]

Go you good thing!

Yeah those puppies will have to be secure!
Cable thieves will be checking for the prices of fibre on the blackmarket

 

[Doc_Mortis]

That stuff gets damaged very easily and I dont foresee people buying second hand fibre.Its not like anything can be recycled out of it like copper.

 

[Shake&Bake]

Anythings possible in good old Africa!
You'll get someone selling it off to fisherman as gut!

 

[AirWolf]

Any news when they will be expanding to other areas?

 

[.Froot.]

Well at least they are putting more energy into secure communications.... this is one very awesome upgrade from copper to fibre- zero eavesdropping. Line attenuation and crosstalk is also at a minimum (well crosstalk doesn't happen on fibre but anyways) so apart from the costs of running fibre, this seems to be a good idea.

 

[pkid]

You'll get someone selling it off to fisherman as gut!

Lol. Watch that actually happen

 

[sahopeful]

So does this mean we'll see a significant drop in call rates from them?

 

[kevinswan007]

So does this mean we'll see a significant drop in call rates from them?

probably not

 

[jasweb]

The death of voice?

Perhaps Vodacom is also seeing that although voice is currently their main source of income, it will not be so forever...

Many people are moving to data (and with that VOIP)...

Fring in 3G is already becoming "good enough" and cheaper than a R2 per minute voice call.

You will always have a few people "stuck on voice" but the times they are a changing (although slowly)...

Just ask your kids.... MXit is the way to go.... they would rather SMS than phone (even if phoning was free).

It has become a networked world where you can be doing 3+ things at the same time...

 

[Tommygun]

But Wally tells us they will provide an 'Unbeatable value proposition'...
I like the way companies need to tell you this kind of info lest you cant see it yourself.
Is the Fibre going to be used for voice back haul as well?
When Wally was talking about Security was he meaning the circuits were less likely to incur mechanical damage or was he talking network security?

 

[Zyzzyva]

Here's hopng they use their rings to fire up some wimax for us.

 

[Just_Ice]

Here's hopng they use their rings to fire up some wimax for us.

I would rather hope for fiber DSL

 

[vodacom3g]

Here's hopng they use their rings to fire up some wimax for us.

Yup, the rings will primarily be used for data.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Yup, the rings will primarily be used for data.

Obviously u can't tell us everything, but what can you tell us.

Any info is welcome?

 

[vodacom3g]

Obviously u can't tell us everything, but what can you tell us.

Any info is welcome?

Well, it's rather chilly in Cape Town today. And my weather station is broken, seems to think it's 75 degrees outside

Maybe read rpm's articles. It's pretty much all there, I think.

The fibre rings are part of our own backbone to provide high-speed connectivity not just to our own equipment but to customers as well, specifically corporates.

 

[LazyLion]

So does this mean we'll see a significant drop in call rates from them?

who do you think is going to pay for this outlay?

 

[Zyzzyva]

Well, it's rather chilly in Cape Town today. And my weather station is broken, seems to think it's 75 degrees outside

Maybe read rpm's articles. It's pretty much all there, I think.

The fibre rings are part of our own backbone to provide high-speed connectivity not just to our own equipment but to customers as well, specifically corporates.

 

[matrixweb]

Well, it's rather chilly in Cape Town today. And my weather station is broken, seems to think it's 75 degrees outside

Maybe read rpm's articles. It's pretty much all there, I think.

The fibre rings are part of our own backbone to provide high-speed connectivity not just to our own equipment but to customers as well, specifically corporates.

corporates? o ja just kill the dreams. i wanted it but im a resident and i know corporates pay big money and residents R1000-1500 with 4mb line and isp

 

[vodacom3g]

corporates? o ja just kill the dreams. i wanted it but im a resident and i know corporates pay big money and residents R1000-1500 with 4mb line and isp

Think logically about this for a sec.

A network provider (any network provider, be it Neotel, VC, MTN, anyone) decides to build a new network.

As with any business you need to spend a huge amount of capital and you need to get returns as soon as possible. If you don't, the network will most probably not survive. We have a few examples here in sunny SA. Lokk at how the WiFi networks around the world are shutting down.

So you build the network to serve the most logical sectors first, corporates and cities comes to mind where the usage or density makes sense.

Then, as the network becomes established you can start offering the service to the lower potential areas.

We're already at this point with the 3G network where, although far from complete, it's becoming more available in outlying areas.

So, the VB offerings makes sense to roll out first to business where you have a large concentration of users. Hundreds or even thousands of users.

But this will establish the backbone from where you can start serving individual users.

The WiMax offering should be relatively easy to get as a home user, as long as you're in coverage. I still don't get ADSL where I live, so I've already put in my name for WiMax.