Broadband: SA versus the world

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Rudolph Muller MyBroadband | 27 May, 2009

It is no secret that South Africa continues to fall further and further behind the developed on broadband services available, but the question is just how dire the situation has become.  A quick look at the latest broadband statistics from the OECD points to a significant gap between South Africa and the OECD countries in terms of broadband penetration rates and broadband service quality.

This should get the alarm bells ringing.  In a recent OECD report on the ‘role of communications infrastructure in economic recovery’, the importance of well developed broadband networks is highlighted.

Broadband: SA versus the world

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