Wouldn't it be great if ISPs could automatically split local and international traffic, then bill us separately for each, at the different rates.
This would not only make bandwith more affordable but would also encourage local mirror usage, thereby reducing bottlenecks on international connectivity.  read more »

Network notifications published via Twitter. This won't really change the ZA internet as such but it would be pretty handy for people using IS products daily. For instance;

IS_Network : Critical degradation of service at Rosebank PoP, Telkom investigating http://link/incident
IS_Network : All services restored
UserNameA : @IS_Network Hooray!

This would also allow for interaction between IS support and users via direct messages and @replies.

Would off course only work if you still have an internet connection...

Current web conference options (such as webex, gotomeeting etc) are all hosted outside South Africa.

Limited international bandwidth, no local pricing/modifications (e.g. local languages) make the usage of webconferencing a rarity in SA, at a time it should be on the increase (see recent petrol price increases :)

A locally hosted web conferencing solution will provide a simple-to-use site with the performance expected from this type of solution while users can benefit from local bandwidth usage cost.  read more »

At the moment there are very few locally hosted public Jabber / XMPP servers around. Using overseas servers to chat to other locals unnecessarily wastes international bandwidth resources that could be used better and it is also much slower in terms of latency as well as being less reliable obviously.

It's really simple to set one up on Ubuntu, for example, as there are packages for many of the popular Jabber daemons available but somebody will obviously have to provide some server space and good local bandwidth.  read more »