Starlink users in South Africa face major setback

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Starlink users in South Africa are facing a major setback this month as the satellite internet service provider has warned that it will terminate services for those who are violating its terms and conditions. Thousands of users across the country have been notified that their internet services will be terminated by the end of April. My Broadband Editor Jan Vermeulen explains.
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@trevor3131 2 ай бұрын

Comrades want a share.

@stevedaniel5603 2 ай бұрын

So - in this, the Information Age, we rural folk with poor or no internet service are denied access to information !! I’m talking schools, hospitals, police stations, security services, etc. Talk about Freedom ? Not so much - we need this service…

@gladwinmashoko1701 2 ай бұрын

Keeping SA people in the dark is huge business… looks like people will be in prepaid phones for a very long time .. Cable tv and telephone lines are a thing of the past for almost 20yrs now

@TheKgabum 2 ай бұрын

all the more reason why you should kick ANC out of office

@vintageClipsZa 2 ай бұрын

Starlink must set up manufacturing and distribution warehouse in South Africa to operate. We cant be sending money away without any injection in our economy.

@woodenmonster 2 ай бұрын

Starlink doesn't want to buy coldrink and allow ministers to "eat".

@Bluecollarjoe6B9 2 ай бұрын

ANC comrades want a cut.

@MusehanaH 2 ай бұрын

...that how business is conducted everywhere...that is everywhere

@comancheflyer4903 2 ай бұрын

Do to business in South Africa is equal to having constipation.

@Macedonia270 2 ай бұрын

Ramapoesa wants US Dollars for the couches at Phala Phala....

@shokowillard 2 ай бұрын

What is the economic impact of Starlink being switch off on the 30th of April in Southern Africa

@dennisherold7887 2 ай бұрын

Type approval is a process where a regulatory body, such as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), verifies that a product or device meets certain technical and safety standards before it can be sold or used in a particular market. Licensing is an international requirement, and there are other African Countries where Starlink is not licensed, but being used. Those countries are now clamping down on lack of respect for local and International Laws.

@alwyngulzar522 2 ай бұрын

Its got nothing to do with licenses and BBBEE ownership. Its got everything to do with "BIG BROTHER" watching you!

@nicholastoo858 Ай бұрын

Other countries don’t have infrastructure, hence they need Starlink. But SA is mostly connected, so they can afford the stand-off for compliance.

@hendrx 5 күн бұрын

So they shouldn't fear starlink since the alternatives are so much better right?

@timtam9646 2 ай бұрын

The ANC think all companies are stupid . They must continue with the MTN and Telkom and they Chinese hardware

@francois4528 2 ай бұрын

in june we will be free from the comrades

@fancyIOP 2 ай бұрын

For those judging SA go and look at how long India blocked star link, it was for 3yrs. It was only offered to be active from this month in April. They told them they need to work with local companies or they won’t exist at all. In the end you need to protect local businesses no matter what. Look at what Temu which was launched this year February in SA and now it’s April but it’s driving local businesses crazy. Regulations need to protect the public and the country overall.

@Greyalien587 2 ай бұрын

Local businesses has obviously not helped so far. If they have their own rockets etc go ahead. I’d say it’s just a way to keep the traditional system going, on cost of people across SA that relies on this for stable internet access with greatly promotes education and economy

@hendrx 5 күн бұрын

Comparing yourself to India is never a good idea

@fancyIOP 4 күн бұрын

@@hendrx you wanted me to pick what?. Name your country and see if they don’t have any regulations.

@fancyIOP 4 күн бұрын

@@Greyalien587 I understand your view but the fact remains that all countries have regulations. You don’t just agree to what a famous billionaire is promoting without regulations that will benefit the country.

@kgoty 2 ай бұрын

Politics aside, we need to thread carefully around starlink. It has advantages like coverage but it won't benefit a regular individual, we have been pushing for lower data/internet fees and the local carriers have been somewhat listening. Starlink will destroy our local industry to a point where it becomes a monopoly and unragulatable given Mask's arrogance. I see a lot of commentators are focusing on the BEE with so much negative emphasis that kind of makes a regular citizen a bit angry, but we need to go by the rules and regulations. We are a sovereign state.

@EinadManhoff 2 ай бұрын

Who owns the local cariers, and who are the investors - WEF ??? and it's cronies

@EinadManhoff 2 ай бұрын

Who owns the local carriers, and who are the investors - strange how quickly comments are removed as soon as you speak out

@psylentrage 2 ай бұрын

@@EinadManhoffThe problem is, you are putting forth conspiracy theories. VERY unproven ones and actually debunked by individuals. That's why you get removed.

@psylentrage 2 ай бұрын

Put the state aside for a second. Starlink won't be as inexpensive as fiber, ever, or be as fast. As long as the local companies get to the rural bits eventually, this will be used only as a stepping stone. But, the reason we don't have fiber there yet, IS the government. See the last 30 years for context. Bloemfontein, where Telkom's head exchange is, already had fiber optic telecommunications in the early 90s...

@kgoty 2 ай бұрын

@@EinadManhoff there are South African owners, and they have employed a lot of South Africans as well. Think of Mr Jacobus Petrus Bekker who is doing excellent around the world.

@MrRoman3yes29 2 ай бұрын

Bye-bye in advance 🙋🏾‍♂️

@MKL_D 2 ай бұрын

This is just resellers who are angry with icasa. We have rules and they must be followed.

@teddy.nkosi3 2 ай бұрын

It's the law. Starlink is not above the law..they can fokkof

@gladwinmashoko1701 2 ай бұрын

Some of these greedy governments could make people pay for the sun one day 😂🤣…

@psylentrage 2 ай бұрын

Not seeing the forest for the trees, are we? Never mind that it's actually the users that were breaking the law, not Starlink

@AndileNdlovu-fr1tc 2 ай бұрын

It's the least he can do for a country that was exploited by his family!

@teddy.nkosi3 2 ай бұрын

We are already paying for Sun the with going green campaign force on us by the west

@comancheflyer4903 2 ай бұрын

Specifics please @@AndileNdlovu-fr1tc

@blessingndlovu9037 2 ай бұрын

If they want to operate in South Africa they should follow our rules. Simple as that. Elon Musk and his minnions should except that!

@Cliviabydesign 2 ай бұрын

Who's rules? The greedy, gangster regime?

@Allaboutmacpc 2 ай бұрын

They want to follow the rules. They are terminating service to follow it. I'm just saying if you don't live in a shithole that has no form of internet don't comment about what you don't understand

@MusehanaH 2 ай бұрын

Musk has demonstrated that he has a spine of a jellyfish...He bends to pressure as he did in the Palestine/Israel issue. We cannot have a service provider like that who will open us to US interference. Musk can do business in the rest of the continent.

@Allaboutmacpc 2 ай бұрын

So you feel safer with Russian and Chinese interference?