One can't help to utter the above phrase after one read the article: The future of broadband in SA can only be wireless (Hilton Tarrant, Moneyweb, 7 November 2007).
We tend to agree with one of our local heroes, Matthew Tagg , who said in a recent Newsweek interview that Web Africa ‘…has chosen to focus selling ADSL services as this is the technology with the most long term promise’ (Taking on the big boys, Ben Kelly, Finweek, 4 September 2007). Tagg ‘…does not believe that the wireless services, even Wimax, will be able to offer the speeds that customers will be demanding in the near future’ (Taking on the big boys, Ben Kelly, Finweek, 4 September 2007).
THE BIG QUESTION: Is it a FACT that WiMAX and other wireless services '...will be able to offer the speeds that customers will be demanding in the near future'? No, it's not a fact and therefore it's astonishing at best to see someone writing ADSL off just like that.
ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) believes WiMAX is a great means of getting connected but it was definitely not proven yet that it will offer the only or ultimate broadband Internet solution in the future.
The safest bet is to place one's bets on the future of both ADSL and wireless services...
For instance: WiMAX is a great alternative to ADSL in the country side because of old copper infrastructure relating to ADSL, et cetera but ADSL definitely has what's needed to bring super fast Internet speeds to people living in the city or metropolitan areas.
Well, that being written, it will be interesting to see where this will go since copper thieves, probably WiMAX's greatest supporters (:-), are definitely doing their bit to hamper the progress of ADSL.
Enjoy the weekend. Have lots of fun. :-)
The ADSL South Africa Team
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