Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Randy Bush
>> http://www.ispa.org.za/press-release/ispa-calls-on-icasa-to-make-a-firm-commitment-to-llu > Those are all _extremely_ out dated references. i am used to dealing with time zones, even the international date line. but i am having a really hard time considering 2010-02-23 as extremely out of date.

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Colin
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > > Why is it so hard for you to believe that things are changing for the > > better? > > http://www.hellkom.co.za/ > > http://www.ispa.org.za/ > > > http://www.ispa.org.za/press-release/ispa-calls-on-icasa-to-make-a-firm-commitment-to-llu > > H

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Randy Bush
> Why is it so hard for you to believe that things are changing for the > better? http://www.hellkom.co.za/ http://www.ispa.org.za/ http://www.ispa.org.za/press-release/ispa-calls-on-icasa-to-make-a-firm-commitment-to-llu randy

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Randy Bush
> I can think of six operators lighting their own fiber to the borders > and the landing stations of the various cable systems. Additional to > that - I know of dozens of operators running their own international > L2 circuits and lighting their own metro and national fiber. no intl L1? > Why is

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Graham Beneke
On 26/02/2010 18:43, Randy Bush wrote: On 2010-02-26 00:41, Graham Beneke wrote: On 26/02/2010 04:08, Randy Bush wrote: Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is actually quite advanced ;-) and the most expensive you can imagine. welcome to a telkom monopoly. The monopoly is

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-26 Thread Randy Bush
On 2010-02-26 00:41, Graham Beneke wrote: On 26/02/2010 04:08, Randy Bush wrote: Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is actually quite advanced ;-) and the most expensive you can imagine. welcome to a telkom monopoly. The monopoly is over! how many carriers with internat

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-25 Thread Graham Beneke
On 26/02/2010 04:08, Randy Bush wrote: Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is actually quite advanced ;-) and the most expensive you can imagine. welcome to a telkom monopoly. The monopoly is over! There are now over 300 licensed operators and the infrastructure build-out

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-25 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Daniel Senie wrote: > Better than western Massachusetts, where there's just no connectivity at all. > Even dialup fails to function over crappy lines. I'd take monopoly pricing > over no connectivity, I guess. Oh, plz, if you were willing to pay $2K/Mbps, they'd tre

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-25 Thread Daniel Senie
Better than western Massachusetts, where there's just no connectivity at all. Even dialup fails to function over crappy lines. I'd take monopoly pricing over no connectivity, I guess. On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Randy Bush wrote: >> Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is act

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-25 Thread Randy Bush
> Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is actually quite > advanced ;-) and the most expensive you can imagine. welcome to a telkom monopoly. randy

Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-25 Thread graham
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:49 +0100, "Xaver Aerni" wrote: > We are looking for this year a Provider in Johannesburg for a temporay > Internetconnection for 1 Mounth during the WM 2010. Does somebody know a > Provider which has stabile line there. With speed 2 Mb or more. (guarantie) Internet conne

ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika

2010-02-23 Thread Xaver Aerni
Hello, We are looking for this year a Provider in Johannesburg for a temporay Internetconnection for 1 Mounth during the WM 2010. Does somebody know a Provider which has stabile line there. With speed 2 Mb or more. (guarantie) Greetings Xaver