Broadband everywhere ‘within weeks’

Knowing that South Africa's telecoms laws are out of date, we should...

  • ignore the laws if they are restrictive...but within logic...

    Votes: 17 89.5%

  • wait for the laws to catch up, even if it means we stay behind the rest of the world...

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Not sure...

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Total voters
    19
When delegates pointed out that they would be breaking the law by setting up a wireless network without the necessary licences, Brody declared SA’s regulatory environment “ridiculous”. The current rules were unnecessary, and government had to create the right conditions for entrepreneurs to do what they needed to do, he said.
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More countries are starting to see SA's sorry state of telecoms.

Brody also questioned whether SA deserved its reputation as an entrepreneurial nation when its hi-tech companies were not already implementing such innovations.
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Courtesy of Govt and Telkom!

I wonder if the exchange rate would indirectly be affected by more articles like these from other countries. Might force Govt's hand to open up the bloody market!

“The government’s telecommunications policy is an absolute disaster,” agreed Chris Hart, a senior economist at Absa. “It’s beyond repair, and we need to design a regulatory environment for the 21st century. Punitive regulatory structures will chase industries out.”
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Nice to have the international community getting involved. (ABSA responding to Brody's comments)
 
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Good Article!. Doubt the powers that be are interested because their pockets will be effected!.
 
Lol nicely put caroper.

Though I think the americano telco's fear the influence of wifi technology quite a lot because it enables normal ppl to make ad hoc networks an bypass them completely.
If you think about it if just 3 towers could cover the whole of cape town then I for one would contribute to that just so that everybody can have at least a lan type network going.
 
Instead of recognising the benefits, however, people were squabbling over their share of the market. If greed and market dominance were set aside, SA could extract the maximum benefits from technology to build a better future for everyone, Crone believes.
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Is this not the typical SA model for competition? This is why I have serious doubts about the so-called upcoming "competition" to Telscum, and the effects of de-regulation. I don't see price drops, just ISP's and Telco companies grabbing for the biggest market share, all charging exubarant prices. The one offering more trinkets than the other, and hopefully trying to deliver better service than it's compettitor, in order to lure more clients to them. It is already evident in the current market.
 
caroper said:
Unfortunatly in Cape Town it is :(
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ROFLOL That is just so funny. Its a pity its also so true :(

I wish it was all so easy though and that it could all be done so quickly. Reminds me of that chocolate advert.. "Wouldn't it be nice"... And then you wake up
 
Crone said:
Instead of recognising the benefits, however, people were squabbling over their share of the market. If greed and market dominance were set aside, SA could extract the maximum benefits from technology to build a better future for everyone.
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Ah, if only Telkom would take note...
 
I've seen Leonard Brody on tv today and he seems like the kind of entrepreneur we need around here. I definitely think that you guys should try to set up an interview with him for the next podcast.
 
I really don’t understand why you all are whining and b!tching about this. Everybody is complaining but no one is making a stand, a plan or anything to fix the problem. Apartheid was over thrown because they people stood together, people with less of an education that all the people here. They did not complain they DID something about it.

BTW Telkom is in a good position and if I was Telkom I would also screw the living hell out of all of you just because I don’t like whiners and looking at this form it seems there are allot of them in South Africa
 
Do you actually read the forum, or do you just look at the pictures? If you read a few lines you may notice that quite a bit has been accomplished through this forum, none of which i could be bothered to list, Mr 18 post wonder.
 
OK back to topic, I don't know for how long Leonard Brody is going to be in the country so I think rpm and the other guys could try to set up a short interview with him. From what I've seen on TV he's the kinda guy that goes against the mainstream and it'll be good to hear what he has to say about our situation and also possible ways of fixing it. I mean waiting for government isn't the only thing we can do, there has to be ways of kick-starting cheaper telecoms and taking advice from Canada is a step in the right direction..I mean hey they have free local calls...I want some o' that. :)
 
Knysna is testing Wi-Fi technology, a smaller-scale version of WiMax. It will use the network to give residents free local calls and cheap high-speed internet access.
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Anyone know how this is coming along? Always fancied a move down there.
 
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