Reduction in the cost of broadband

Will we see a dramatic reduction in the cost of broadband connectivity?

For many years the South African public was told that the high cost of broadband access to the internet was the direct result of limited overseas connectivity and Telkom's high bandwidth charges. In addition, the utility owns the landing rights to the SAT3 submarine cable.

Seacom’s 1280 GB capacity cable will dramatically increase SA’s international connectivity but will the local network be able to handle it?

Telkom has been talking about increasing its fastest broadband offering internet access to speeds that will handle IPTV, yet every enquiry has resulted in a "no comment".

Amongst the telecommunications journalists there is a general belief that Telkom’s national network would not be able to handle the traffic until the company has completed the evolution of its network to a new generation network.

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