Free Wi-Fi in Tshwane tested - good results

Great article, thanks.. a couple of points though

First off - the SMTP issue - how sure is the user that the issue was network-related and not a result of trying to use an ISP's un-authenticated server? Just a thought.

Secondly - I really dislike when govt/companies/etc. try to protect us from our (im)moral selves. Blocking "pornographic and alcohol-related destinations"? Excuse me?

What about tobacco-related destinations? and other drugs? and how about Nazi-related material or "terrorist" propaganda sites?
And from a non-moral but purely academic perspective, what if someone were to be accessing an alcohol-related website for research purposes.

I may be taking this to the extreme but come on. Why stop at alcohol when they can just censor everything they consider "bad" on our behalf like China does so thoughtfully for their beloved citizens.

Oh, but seriously good speeds :)

Disclaimer: I'm not saying this because I'd like to use it for downloading porn or alcohol... you know, living on the other side of the country and all.
 
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The municipality is Tshwane (and a useless one at that) The city is still Pretoria
 
Amazing that the ANC-controlled Tshwane/Pretoria succeeded where the DA-controlled Cape Town still hasn't succeeded!
 
gave the wifi for a spin myself when i was passing by, this is certainly a good initiative, the web economy can only but grow
 
it will be interesting to see how abuse is catered for in this service as there is no trace back to any user/identity.
So if fraud is committed etc how is the project going to be able to identify the criminal?
 
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Allin said:
Amazing that the ANC-controlled Tshwane/Pretoria succeeded where the DA-controlled Cape Town still hasn't succeeded!
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Great initiative, but I think Governments priorities are a bit skewed. What about addressing basic services first before trying to get free 10Mbps Wi-Fi to people who already have access to internet services. Just a thought.
 
The_MAC said:
Great initiative, but I think Governments priorities are a bit skewed. What about addressing basic services first before trying to get free 10Mbps Wi-Fi to people who already have access to internet services. Just a thought.
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You invest in the people who make a profit to the economy. That way there is more money to spend on the ones who are a liability. Giving fishing rods rather than fish, you know? If we don't at least strive to keep up with the Chinese/Indians/Americans, we will all just get poorer.
 
Firstly I think it is great to see an initiative like this happening out there, but:

1) Is this only going to be at university campus sites where students should already receive a monthly wifi quota (so what gap is this plugging?)

2) what is the goal of the project? 250MB p/day is not going far @ 10Mbps on youtube for example (yes there is a huge amount of good learning content there in full HD).

3) How has the security aspect been looked at for users? Has this been considered at all?

4) Sensationalising the CT vs Tswane programs is really a ridiculous tabloid gimmick. Could you dig a little deeper and rather compare the overall project goals, milestones and progress? CoCT for example is not looking at universities, but focussing on schools and poorer areas and there are a number of goals and phases. I haven't really heard the same from the Tswane project, but I hope it will be the same.

In general I love these projects, but I hate it when PR douches spin them mercilessly for their own purposes. So far all I see here is a very nice project to give a few university campuses limited free wifi which to be fair the students should already be provisioned with.
 
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