Tag archive for "ADSL"

Africa, Blogging

Did Thabo Mbeki read this blog?

No Comments 09 February 2007

The State of the nation address & ICT…. President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation address today emphasised ICT as a vital part of SA’s strategies to stimulate economic growth and reduce crime. Speaking this morning at the opening of Parliament, Mbeki also alluded to concrete steps being taken to reduce call termination rates and [...]

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Africa, Arb Thoughts

Thabo Mbeki says Africa(n Digerati) will solve its problems

1 Comment 28 January 2007

Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, says that while Africa is determined to solve its own problems, the continent cannot allow wrong things to be done in the name of national sovereignty. Briefing an international panel at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, President Mbeki said it was clear that Africa could not do [...]

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HowTo

Telkom ADSL – Waiting more than 6-8 weeks?

4 Comments 07 December 2006

A friendly Telkom person gave Miguel a call on his mobile phone. Why would a fixed line operator call a customer on his mobile phone instead of the landline number? Would it not cost them zero to call from Telkom to a Telkom phone line? Miguel’s mobile service provider is Vodacom. Did you know that [...]

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Arb Thoughts

Ratio – Broadband Apodtion Rate : Broadband Access Point Service Provider

1 Comment 04 December 2006

Broadband Adoption: The percentage of home Internet users with high-speed connections. Access Options: The number of companies providing high-speed Internet access. Wi-Fi: Public wireless Internet hotspots per capita. Sources: Nielsen//NetRatings, Federal Communications Commission, JiWire, U.S. Census Bureau Before looking at the cities in the US with the highest high speed internet (broadband) home use. Have [...]

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Africa

No more ports – The ADSL wait continues

No Comments 27 November 2006

I have kept sending engineers to you and thinking it has been done, when I followed up with the engineers that I sent. They informed that there are no more ADSL Ports in your Area. Telkom has been informed and they are in the process of installing more ports. I have put you on the [...]

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Cape Town

Broadband battle won by Cape Chamber

No Comments 24 November 2006

Cape Town – Small businesses, hampered by Telkom’s insistence that they use a more expensive digital subscriber line (DSL) service as opposed to cheaper options used by home subscribers, have won a victory after competition commission scrutiny. “price discrimination” This came after the Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry reported Telkom for engaging [...]

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Africa

Telkom gets a R2billion bill

No Comments 23 November 2006

Telkom faces more than R2 billion in damages and legal fees after it lost a five-year legal battle against United States-based computer software supplier Telcordia.Between R2bn and R2,5bn Telkom’s costs, which have been estimated by Telcordia at between R2-billion and R2,5-billion, represent more than 20 percent of this financial year’s annual profit of R9,3-billion. R9,3 [...]

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Innovation

Basic Business Utilities: Water, Electricity AND Broadband

No Comments 17 November 2006

Geneva – Broadband Internet access is becoming so vital for businesses that it can be seen as a new utility comparable to water and electricity, the UN’s Conference on Trade and Development has said in a report. The World Bank also suggests that You do business online. The growing importance of high speed Internet access [...]

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Arb Thoughts

Telkom ADSL wait…

6 Comments 31 October 2006

During a telecon with our Broadband guy, Giovanni, he asked how the ADSL was going… What ADSL? apparently they were supposed to install our DSL line in our office today! So Your Web AddiCT gives Telkom’s toll-free support line number a call 0800 456 786…. for($i=0; $i$telkom_monopoly; $i++) { Thank you for holding. All our [...]

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