None of the risks are new, but the GNU provides an opportunity for pursuing the end of the cash economy, and with it, some rather sinister global reforms.
The Reserve Bank is pushing for a series of private acquisitions in order to make it easier to track and control the population's behaviour
Fibre line migrations often leave customers offline for days. The ISPA has issued new best-practice guidelines to improve fibre line transfers.
The effort can be seen as part of a financial arms race, as Russia spearheads efforts for BRICS to develop its own "ringfenced" payments system
While the ISPA insists ISPs are under no obligation to impose user surveillance programmes to combat piracy, Multi Choice wants to change this.
The AU and the International Society for Infectious Diseases aim to develop new ways of exerting global control on national governments through pandemic preparation
The ISPA's latest survey took ratings from 44 ISPs on the performance of their fibre infrastructure hosts. Only two fibre companies managed to score above Telkom.
Due to the material limitations of the business, as well as the proliferation of private estates, fibre companies have eschewed competition, and quality has begun to stagnate.
Atomic Access is a specialist fibre ISP in Cape Town and the Cape Winelands. Its narrow focus results in impressive customer satisfaction ratings.
