Fibre operators muscling out internet service providers
Supplying both services means the companies hamper healthy competition, which affects pricing and delivery, writes Simon Swanepoel
For most city dwellers living in a Covid-19 world, waking hours are increasingly spent online for activities related to work, school, shopping, leisure or life in general. More consumers need good internet connectivity at home, and for more reasons than before.
We have a long way to go to ensure internet access for all South Africans, and many have been disconnected from educational and vocational opportunities during Covid-19 because of this. Before Covid, about 56% of SA’s population were internet users, yet according to Stats SA’s general household survey of 2019, only about 10% of South Africans have internet access at home. ..
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