Opinion | Eskom’s fibre could provide revenue and uplift communities
Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this file picture taken March 20, 2016. Picture: REUTERS
On every Eskom power line there is a duct with core fibre strands in it. Two years ago Eskom brought in Deloitte to conduct studies, and then approached internet service providers and asked whether they would be interested in taking the capacity if Eskom were to sell it. The response from us ISPs was an obvious yes, because their fibre contains unlimited capacity and speaks to our strategy of broad connectivity.
There is research that draws a direct correlation between having people connected to the internet and the GDP growth of an economy. People who have never been connected to the internet before will be online. Industry is increasingly moving to the cloud, and unless businesses are connected they will become restricted in what they can achieve and remain uncompetitive.
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