If you have recently spent any time in the UK or US, you will no doubt be aware of the vast difference in eCommerce between SA and those countries. In statistics, the difference is made clear: in 2010, UK shoppers spent £58.8 billion ($92 ...
Since the unbanning of VoIP in 2004 (viva la revolución!), it has grown from geeky pursuit to mainstream sensation; dodgy calls to carrier-class service. Recently, cheap, copious bandwidth further boosted VoIP, including cloud PBX offerings.
But no...
Cloud-based services are becoming more attractive for South African companies, even with our bandwidth limitations.
There has been a great deal of hype recently around cloud computing, which promises to transform traditional contact centres into ni...
After all the euphoria, back-patting and chest-thumping of the MWeb uncapped DSL offering, which spurred on other ISPs to follow suit, we are now going through the first major test of what happens when real service delivery (this time not the governm...
About a week ago I went up to Mtunzini to visit the cable station that recently finished construction. Seacom is an underwater fibre-optic cable being installed along the coast of East Africa -- a tremendous boost for all the countries affected. When...
SiloBreaker reports on an interesting fibre-optic deployment in Ottawa where 400 homeowners are being allowed to buy their own last-mile fibre.
The idea that every home or business could come with a "tail" back to a common multiprovider service ...
Internet users in South Africa hold their breath as they wait for the arrival of new undersea cables which promise to bring much higher bandwidth at much reduced prices. Hopefully.
But what constitutes a good deal in buying access to undersea fib...
I have this credibility problem with cartoons where, when they regularly reach behind their heads/into their coats, they tend to whip out gadgets/weaponry that outweigh them and flaunt Newton One to Three.
For storylines, its weak. But for concep...
Few things infuriate me. In fact, very few things make me use the word infuriate. But today, as a survivor of rampant, blatant bandwidth theft, I have no alternative but to put this polite description to work. The others that rush to mind are reserve...
