Where has the DoC been spending your taxes?

[jes]

Where has the DoC been spending your taxes?

The Treasury’s 2013 budget reveals where the Department of Communications has been spending money in the broadband space

 

[Tns]

so in other words loads where spent on talking crap?

 

[gregmcc]

so in other words loads where spent on talking crap?

the funding for broadband is placed on hold to allow more work to be done on the broadband strategy and subsequent implementation plan

Any loads more will be spent on talking crap.

 

[Allin]

Any loads more will be spent on talking crap.

How else, the ANCRAP is responsible for it

 

[grok]

The Department of Communications has been criticized in the past for its lacklustre performance,

Apaprently nothing has changed ..

Oh wait, at least someone got a new pair of shoes this year!

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Someone has to pay our esteemed Report Writer's salary.

 

[Vrotappel]

Just shows one how clueless this ANC government is.

 

[quax]

Bunch of useless schmacks!

 

[rrcatto]

oh god, when will the revolution begin? because there are so many people to shoot we better get started before they die of natural causes.

 

[Easter Bunny]

they do most of their work in january and february - they change all their documents to "2013". the rest of the year they spend on going to work and doing nothing. basically they're all striving towards being like wally from the dilbert comics.

 

[Easter Bunny]

how can a department like this, that barely functions, keep going on and on without someone from government stepping in? they're not spending it on cars or houses or holidays, they're spending it on.... uhhhh... nobody knows. it's one of our most important departments, but they have nothing to show for the last 10years.

 

[atomcrusher]

…the funding for broadband is placed on hold to allow more work to be done [-]on the broadband strategy and subsequent implementation plan[/-], on President Zuma's Nkandla stronghold, and the lobela for 13 more wives, the report stated.

Fixed ..

 

[stricken]

clowns.... flashy, ignorant, blameful, lip flapping... clowns.

 

[Allin]

clowns.... flashy, ignorant, blameful, lip flapping... clowns.

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you.
Most clowns make you laugh, not SAD!

 

[dominic]

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[rorz0r]

Isn't that the same as pretty much all govt departments except SARS?

I'm curious as to what these "broadband taxes" are though?

 

[Bern]

AAAHHHHHRRRRGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

So much of frustration!!!

Honestly it is not rocket science, the plan can be simple and be reviewed later to see how effective it has been. Doing something according to some sort of plan is way better than doing nothing and just talking about a plan.

Simple plan, support national fibre infrastructure roll outs by getting municipalities connected as main nodes, DFA is fine. Then connect to schools, hospitals and clinics then build out from there. Use wireless as an interim solution. Make a call on the frequency allocation, any call, just do it and stop talking so companies can do what the do best. Make sure whoever is doing quality assurance are not the same people who are providing the solution.

 

[j4ck455]

Expenditure on consultants increased significantly between 2009/10 and 2012/13 for service providers who assisted the department develop the report on baseline data on broadband coverage, penetration, speed and cost, and implementing a testing centre for set top boxes.

If I were a gambler, I would bet that Roy Kruger and Dinosaurus Pule's other boyfriend collectively penetrated (the tax payers' kitty) the most out of all the "consultants".

 

[lexis]

Sad to see that we are moving backwards all the time.

Come on people broadband is just as much infrastructure as new roads.

 

[Tns]

more talk more lip flapping....thats all that is happening