[122992] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Graham Beneke)
Fri Feb 26 00:41:39 2010
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:41:03 +0200
From: Graham Beneke <graham@apolix.co.za>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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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 is busy happening right now.
Most of the major metro areas have at least 4 carrier grade access
networks fighting for your business and there are hundreds of small
operators and connectivity providers that will sell you services at
various SLAs.
:-)
--
Graham Beneke
