Wi-way or the highway for farmers

The Namibian newspaper reports that farmers in some southern areas of Namibia covered by a new WiMAX network have had their existing phone services disconnected. Farmers complaining to Telecom Namibia that their phone lines were inactive since the end of October 2011 were reportedly told that the reason was the national telco’s new WiMAX wireless broadband network, providing voice and high speed internet services, although users claimed they were not informed in advance of the decision to discontinue legacy phone systems. The rural users said Telecom compelled them to subscribe to its new WiMAX voice packages or to be left without a phone service, while the telco’s head of public relations, Oiva Angula, said the company had to upgrade its network because the old system had become obsolete and was not financially viable

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OVETEL Wi-way or the highway for farmers