ADSL on its last legs in South Africa

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  By   Daniel Puchert Partially state-owned telecommunications company Telkom announced in its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2025 that its ADSL subscribers had more than halved to under 30,000. According to the company’s operational data, ADSL lines decreased from 64,959 in March 2024 to 29,770. This 54.2% decline highlights that the legacy broadband technology is slowly approaching the end of the road. Telkom’s ADSL business peaked at the end of March 2016 with 1.01 million subscribers — two years after fibre upstart Vumatel  broke ground in Parkhurst . What followed was a sharp decline in Telkom ADSL subscribers. Customers connected to its copper networks decreased by more than 500,000 over the next four years. This was partly driven by Telkom itself, which began actively switching off its copper network in some neighbourhoods. If it did not have fibre in the area, it would offer a “fixed line lookalike” wireless service that ran over its cellular ...

'He passed me the torch': One thing Leo Messi would be eternally grateful to Ronaldinho for

 

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'He passed me the torch': One thing Leo Messi would be eternally grateful to Ronaldinho for

The Brazilian superstar celebrates his 41st birthday.

"I do not consider myself the best player in Barcelona history," Leo Messi once told the media.

"I know it's Ronaldinho. I still remember his goal-leading pass for my first goal in Barcelona. He did not just pass the ball, he passed me the torch," the Argentine added.

Indeed, who knows where Leo Messi would be now if not for that crazy pass from Ronaldinho that helped the Argentine score the first-ever goal for the Catalans.

Ronaldinho Gaucho turns 41 today. The Brazilian scored 94 goals for Barcelona during his 5-year spell at the club. Overall, Ronnie won 5 trophies with the Catalans, including the 2005/06 Champions League cup.

Source: 9SportPro

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My love for Ronaldinho is everlasting... I love his style of play, the joy he gives and the smile he wear always. He's the reason I became a Barca Fan back in 2004

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Reply to a comment by Bett Bunga

same with me. ronnie is irreplaceable God bless you ronnie

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This Messi's goal is crazy together with Ronaldinho's assist wow !!

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Who knows he would be the greatest player who ever play this game

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