A SNOwy christmas!
Johannesburg - The country has received a Christmas present in the form of the long-awaited challenger to Telkom's landline monopoly, the second national operator (SNO). Via Business Report:
The SNO will offer voice, at a limited mobility, data and value-added network services such as high-speed internet access.
But consumers should not be excited yet since the SNO representatives were not forthcoming about operational plans, or who would head the SNO, despite the fact that the day of the licence issue had been anticipated.
Service roll-out is expected in July - we'll see, hopefully. Tata Telkom, you monopolistic bastards!
To honour the government's objectives of bridging the digital divide, the SNO will be required to provide internet connectivity to 2 500 public schools or public education and training institutions, and 2 500 to rural public clinics.
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All hail “the new SNO”, broadband will be standard and all will be well. Unless they don’t do what they say! Then I’m relocating to Hong Kong, I hear they have a 1Gbps connection…
Ah. The arrival of an SNO.
How technology has changed since thier announcement, I wonder if they will stick to the norm, providing landlines and fax numbers,,, when all we want is viop and a broader-band for internet connectivity,,, i wonder if they know about that japaneese (excuse spelling, got D in english) company that came up with a way of providing internet access via an electrical power socket (hello Eskom),,, i wonder,,, i wonder if they know that telephony can be achieved via interent access, i wonder if they know that wireless is where africa is going,,, i wonder if they know that cellular phones are bridging the divide quicker than you can say micro-soft on a pc,,, i wonder if they know that we don’t want prepaid we want allways connected pre paid,,,
oh, sorry, don’t mean to ‘hog’ the mic,,, just random thoughts,,
i hope, truely hope, they compete with Telkom on a different turf. I hope, look what happened to cell-c, just two weeks ago they introduced 3G on thier network,,, aga shame,,,
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12 December 2005
tripeak09:20 am
:) SNO = SomeNoOne. LOL