Look Ma, no wires

Enough blurb already ... we can all google WiMax and CDMA and read to our harts content about technology and its capabilities.


GIVE US EXACT ROLL OUT DATES AND PRICES.
 
But what you're saying is that their internet/broadband hasn't even been rolled out yet? Which might only happen at the end of the year?

So much for hitting the market with a bang
 
It's good for dial-up customers - customers who are not into ADSL," he says. "CDMA will provide only voice and a little data for users who want to do a bit of e-mail."
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c'mon. this customer DOES NOT EXIST anymore. who the hell still wants to do a 'bit of email' in this day and age???? guess what, the 1st photo that weighs in above 500k and the poor schmuck who went for this option (a bit of email) and he needs to wait 5 hours to download it. let alone the video-clip his friend just mailed him.

these 'let's-address-the-backwards-mass' strategies are exactly why national operators still think they can roll-out these types of 'solutions' and get away with it.

give us all proper, decent broadband. quit skimping, roll out one product for all, and shake the market up proper. ALL OF US. we don't want to hear about low-bandwidth 'solutions' - because guess what, it's not a solution, it's just another problem that you now are introducing into the market.
 
Isn't the guys name who wrote the article the same as the guy from Highlander? :p
 
spikey24 said:
Isn't the guys name who wrote the article the same as the guy from Highlander? :p
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lol

It's pretty sad that neotels first retail product will only offer dial-up speeds :( if that is the case, it better be dirt cheap and uncapped!
 
Don't know about Neotel taking on Telkom, but it does seem that they have Polka firmly in their sights. Yippee.
 
spikey24 said:
Isn't the guys name who wrote the article the same as the guy from Highlander? :p
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Yeah, Duncan is regular here, and the highlander reference has been mentioned before. Right now he's sitting in his office thinking; "If one more person cracks that highlander joke I'm gonna.... :mad: grrrr. BANG! postal" :D
 
hoover99 said:
c'mon. this customer DOES NOT EXIST anymore. who the hell still wants to do a 'bit of email' in this day and age????
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You will be surprised.

Many people are still in this mode. My parents to start with.

They would be very happy if they had 24/7 internet access at a very low price to receive e-mails from the grand children.

In the townships it could create a new kind of life with a "an email address for each person" kind of campaign- provided it was dirt cheap. Such a move would set a foundation for at least a next generation not falling into the un-interneted abyss.
 
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This doesn't fill me with confidence...

Where are the promises of high speed, high caps and low prices...

A telecommunication spokesman who says dial up should be shot on the spot.
 
GavinMannion said:
This doesn't fill me with confidence...

Where are the promises of high speed, high caps and low prices...

A telecommunication spokesman who says dial up should be shot on the spot.
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Well in a manner of speaking it is "dialing-up" but not Dial-up ;)
 
DblD said:
Enough blurb already ... we can all google WiMax and CDMA and read to our harts content about technology and its capabilities.


GIVE US EXACT ROLL OUT DATES AND PRICES.
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I couldn't disagree more, this article was really informative. I assumed they were attempting to offer competition to ADSL with their CDMA2000 rollout. It's a pity they aren't, but good to hear their plans for wimax
 
rsd said:
I couldn't disagree more, this article was really informative. I assumed they were attempting to offer competition to ADSL with their CDMA2000 rollout. It's a pity they aren't, but good to hear their plans for wimax
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So why don't they just roll out Wimax? Why build a CDMA network that will be obsolete in a year or two?
 
3Mbit per tower doesn't seem to wonderful, especially not if they use the 800Mhz which means that it gets divided between even more people....

I don't want unreliable dialup speed access. If Neotel can not offer me atleast what I have atm (384Kbps) I will not switch, no matter the price. Then again if the wireless can not offer me the same latency and reliability as a Helkom ADSL line I will also not switch.

Does the no carry-over between towers mean that you will only be able to use Neotel's "broadband" on the tower closest to your home which is activated for you? Or will you be able to access any Neotel tower, however you're link will drop if you go outside the tower's range that you logged in on, and then reconnect on the new tower which is closest?
 
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