30 Mbps a reality in Pta

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 20 March 2007

Some Pretoria residents are already enjoying broadband services with speeds of up to 30 Mbps delivered by Goal Technology Solutions (GTS).

The ‘…Rooiwal community in Tshwane is already speeding along the broadband highway with 30 Mbps connections at home while trial users in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria currently have 10 Mbps services’ (30 Mbps broadband services a reality in Tshwane, MyADSL, 14 March 2007). According to Adrian McGuire, Managing Director of GTS, ‘…these connections may spread country wide in mid to late 2007’ (30 Mbps broadband services a reality in Tshwane, MyADSL, 14 March 2007). In other words, while some Pretoria residents are already smiling, more broadband users in South Africa may soon experience broadband Internet at speeds of up to 30 Mbps delivered by GTS.

How many homes will GTS be able to connect per month?

A quick calculation, based on GTS’s plans, establishes that GTS will be able to connect 50 000 homes per month by the end of the year.

According to McGuire ‘…a single BPL team can connect 5000 homes per month, and that GTS plans to have 10 teams operational country wide by the end of 2007’ (30 Mbps broadband services a reality in Tshwane, MyADSL, 14 March 2007).

Why should we believe GTS this time?

One can’t blame anyone for asking this question since GTS has clearly failed to deliver on promises in the past.

For what it’s worth, McGuire made it clear that only regulatory issues are holding them back at present (30 Mbps broadband services a reality in Tshwane, MyADSL, 14 March 2007). No that this comes as a consolation but at least the dream of seeing cheaper faster broadband in South Africa is still alive.

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) welcomes any efforts to introduce faster, cheaper broadband services to the South African market.