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Ziggy Heuer
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  • South Africa
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Wireless instead of adsl
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Hi, I'd like to start a discussion about wireless vs adsl, I work for a WISP, and we're one of the best WISP's in SA with national coverage, & completely independant from Telkom and all the…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by jonathancrossland Jan 29.

NPO initiative to help expose programming and development to underprivelaged kids in rural areas, starting in Masiphumelele Fish Hoek Valley
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Hi GUys, i'm trying to get an NPO up and running, by building a free wireless network called Bay Wireless Users GroupMy intention is to remotely connect existing IT & programming professionals to…Continue

Tags: underprivelaged, community, development, NPO, programming

Started this discussion. Last reply by Umoh Bassey-Duke Mar 4, 2011.

 

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Justin Coetzee and Ziggy Heuer are now friends
Feb 24
jonathancrossland replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
" I've been waiting for telkom to install my telephone and adsl for 4 months...... "
Jan 29
Ziggy Heuer posted a status
"Demand in WISP's picking up rapidly, Wireless prooving to beat adsl service, and cost of Fibre hands down! - all our hardwork paying off :)"
Nov 28, 2011
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Ziggy Heuer and Justin Farnell are now friends
Nov 28, 2011
Ziggy Heuer and Jacques van Heerden are now friends
Sep 8, 2011
Ziggy Heuer replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"Vlocity Wireless Solutions: www.vlocity.co.za Head Office 087 941 1214"
Aug 25, 2011
Quinton Carroll replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"What's the company you are with?"
Aug 25, 2011
Ziggy Heuer replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"I think you've made the a very acurate comment there, proper marketing is the key.  But how can i do that without relying on an external expensive resource?   At the moment our company has grown to over a thousand clients nationwide…"
Aug 25, 2011
Ziggy Heuer replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"Hi Quinton, iBurst still uses adsl to get to their wi-max tower, which is the same technology Neotel uses, where as our service is dedicated point to point High speed broadband links, so when comparing apples to apples, we don't re-sell adsl,…"
Aug 25, 2011
Ziggy Heuer replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"we've been growing for about 10 years, are fully independant and have a national footprint   It seems to me that South Africans are scared of wireless as they're so used to Telkom & the c*** servicve they receive from them,…"
Aug 25, 2011
George Gombay replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"Hello Ziggy, I would think that a natural reaction of any prospective customer of your offerings who is running in business would be to ask him or herself it it would be a safe choice in the long run to go with your service. From the way you…"
Aug 25, 2011
Quinton Carroll replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"My 2 cents worth... I have been using iBurst for something like 7 years now. At first the reason was that Telkom cables kept being stolen and a reliable service could never be provided, and the cellular ISP's just didn't have anything…"
Aug 25, 2011
jonathancrossland replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"  I seem to be the only one commenting. Are there any other people with thoughts on this?   Your last post is the first time you mentioned "business". After rereading the original post I can see what you meant, but it struck…"
Aug 24, 2011
Ziggy Heuer left a comment for Alon Lichtenstein
"Hi Alon, trying to network with interesting people in Cape Town to get our brand recognised & get the IT industry to become more aware of Wireless.  Everyone's so used to fixedline solutions (telkom & adsl) that they're not…"
Aug 24, 2011
Alon Lichtenstein left a comment for Ziggy Heuer
"Zig, GREAT to connect... You sound like an interesting chap... I'd love to hear more about it... Let me know when we can make this happen."
Aug 23, 2011
Ziggy Heuer replied to Ziggy Heuer's discussion Wireless instead of adsl
"we don't sell internet access for ridicoulous amounts, cellular operators just have more muscle to buy more bandwidth, proportionally we all still pay the same cost for access, + wireless is a specialised service, where there's copper…"
Aug 23, 2011

Profile Information

Who are you?
I'm a Young professional in the Wireless ISP industry
Where can you be found on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc?
www.vlocity.co.za
ziggy@vlocity.co.za
Facebook: VLocity Wireless Solutions
LinkedIn: Ziggy Heuer
twitter: ZiggyVLocity
What is your current activity, project or occupation?
I'm a project manager for Estate and business solutions, Also working on an in-house development of our own version of a Hotspot known as Radspot!, as well as a Marketing and Sales Rep, I even dabble in support when the need arises --> Contact me for more info

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At 23:50 on August 23, 2011, Alon Lichtenstein said…

Zig, GREAT to connect... You sound like an interesting chap...

I'd love to hear more about it... Let me know when we can make this happen.

 
 
 

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