ZA Tech Show – Episode 66: ‘Plastic bun’
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 10:21 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, ZA Tech Show.Order returns to geek valley this week. Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak discuss…
- Bandwidth upgrade to the West African Cable System (WACS).
- Quantifying Africa’s international bandwidth projects.
- The local loop.
- Geographic number portability.
- The Facebook land-grab.
- Stickiness of social networks.
- Microsoft’s online advertising rally in the wake of Bing.
- Sony Ericsson’s comeback.
- Consumer animosity levelled at Core, again.
- Doom Resurrection.
- Smartphone wars.
And more…
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Comment by Simon.co.za » ZA Tech Show – Episode 66: ‘Plastic Bun’, posted on June 15th, 2009 at 10:30Robert MacLean, posted on June 15th, 2009 at 12:38
Comment by Greg, posted on June 15th, 2009 at 13:18
I think I was the one that mentioned to Duncan about the fiber – R5k/mo would get you a 2mbit fiber link, which – if it isn’t bad enough – you still need to purchase bandwidth for. A cool R29k will get you 2mbit 1:4 contention bandwidth. This was a quote from sep’08, it might have come down, but needless to say I was massively disappointed in Neotel. It was actually a lot cheaper to get a neotel fiber link to the nearest IS POP (R8k/mo) and buy bandiwidth from them.
But the upside is, once you have the fiber terminating in your homeor office then you can start squirting your voice, etc over it… not so appealing for a home user, but if you have a bunch of lines, it doesnt take long until that R5k/mo rental is insignificant as Neotel voice rates are pretty decent.
Another fantastic show guy’s, thanks!
It’s a strange phenomenon in this country, gouging, profiteering, rank capitalism, call it what you may, but it’s a dirty habit from SA businesses, weather it’s Core, Nikon, Canon, or VW, they all need to be stopped. Clearly some of you might have a relationship with Core, the issues go beyond high prices, it’s really bad service too. If the movement manages to change Core’s attitude and business practices, great, if it manages to get Apple here as a wholly owned subsidiary, even better!
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