South africa is one of the developing countries with a monopoly on telecommunication services. Our only fix line telephone service provider has no intention of providing services like cable modem or DSL even though the technology here is available (AT&T has a 30% equity stake). About 2 years ago the first satelite internet devices became available. It uses the same dish you use for your satelite tv and for the home user there is a pci card and software using windows. For the corporate user there is a linux box with a proxy server. Download speeds are at about 2mb a second with upload speeds going through the landline service provider at 33kbps. Cost is about $50 a month.
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South africa is one of the developing countries with a monopoly on telecommunication services. Our only fix line telephone service provider has no intention of providing services like cable modem or DSL even though the technology here is available (AT&T has a 30% equity stake). About 2 years ago the first satelite internet devices became available. It uses the same dish you use for your satelite tv and for the home user there is a pci card and software using windows. For the corporate user there is a linux box with a proxy server. Download speeds are at about 2mb a second with upload speeds going through the landline service provider at 33kbps. Cost is about $50 a month.