Telkom DSL Napaier Rant

Greets all,

Just heard a potential devistating news that will affect us Napierites ...

Last week, I heard from Telkom that they most probably wont have DSL available in our area for this financial year, (App March 08).

This after moving the DSL date many times,Aug/Sep 06 - end feb 07 - end Jun 07.

Just spoke to an Ex telkom techie who still has friends in "Low Places" in Hellkom .... Says they stalling in Many areas as they want to put up Wimax, as the area they can service is larger.

Crap thing is, they looking at capping wimax at 512k for the forseable future.... the bastids ....

So for the next 6-8 months we "might" get dsl, then get offered the "wonderfull lastest" wimax technology at 8x slower than 4mb dsl.

Sigh ... now i'm so looking at bouncing a ADSL signal from Bradasdorp to Napier... Prob get descent Internet much faster than Helkoms Iminent DSL availablity to our area..

Anyways ... Gonna go stew on solutions ...

Till Later ...

Edit: ROFLMAO ... Just checked availability page, now from 30 June 07 to 31 October 2007.... The Bastids ....

Looks quite doable approx 18km from Napier to Bredasdorp
Might have to bounce a signal off the mountain

See the approx costing from the Meraka Wireless website
See Scenario 5B
One link: R1386 x 2 sites = R2772, require 2 links bouncing off the
Mtn = Napier <-> Mtn <-> Bredasdorp (Unless their is line of site from Napier to Bredasdorp)
APPROX Cost: R5544 excl Solar Panels and Batteries for Mtn site.

See Google Maps for Napier to Bredasdorp

There is 512 wireless in Napier. If you go to that computer shop near Spar ask them about it.

i did speak 2 telkom a couple of days ago and looks likd adsl will be available 30 sept. i see they are extremely busy in west street doing something. there at least 1 to 2 telkom bakkies there dailey

i hope so, spoke to a wireless dude and he says napier already has a dslam, they are app thinking the old return on investment as most of the town is within 1.5km of the exchange and they cant service the farmers in the area, so either there gonna 1) leave the dslam there and provide us with dsl .... or b) rip it out to install elsewhere where they can make there mula back faster, and goie wimax for the whole area where they can sell wimax dsl and wimax phones to all the farmers in the area compared to just dsl to the towns folk ...

@saferbeauty ... The site says 31October now, you know someone locally with there finger in the pie ??

i was going 2 just say i have a contact in telkom and that is exactly what he said. 31st oct. its a bit irritating now. i have been waiting for like 2 years now. my patience is running a tad low.

kewl, i'll give helkom the 31 oct deadline, if they extend again, gonna beam from bredasdorp.... I really want to create a wug in napier ....

Greets Safferbeauty

Your contact still confident on the new date?

Cheers

Bad News, DSL in napier has been bumped to Jan 2008, busy getting more info...