What about Cape Town and other areas in South Africa?

Capetonians and people living in other areas of South Africa will be connected but will have to be extra patient.

Capetonians will have to be extra patient because it’s clear that Neotel’s rollout in Cape Town has so far been slow due to the city’s landscape. People living in other areas of South Africa, especially rural areas, will also have to be extra patient. Fortunate for some and unfortunate for others, economies of scale are playing a huge role in Neotel’s expansion. It makes more sense to first rollout in highly populated areas (urban areas) with a higher disposable income, and then to use the income derived from those areas, to expand into less populated areas (rural areas) where the disposable income is on average much lower. In Cape Town’s case, it’s clear that the landscape is playing a huge role in the speed of Neotel’s rollout and not necessarily the size of the population or a lack of disposable income.

In other words, Capetonians and people living in other areas of South Africa will be connected and not be left in the cold by Neotel.

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) is happy that Neotel is able to secure additional funding for its expanding programme. South Africans deserve a much better alternative than Telkom.