Most of the clients shopping for the ideal wireless internet product that matches their requirements are usually left clueless and with no idea of what to buy mainly because service providers use a lot of mind boggling technical jargon in their service descriptions.

Most people are content to just get their ADSL or Wireless router, plug it into the phone jack and their PC and then start surfing. Then there are those people who like to "enhance" the hardware they just shelled out for.  I am pretty much like the first group when it comes to something like my car. I just want the thing to start and get me from A to B. I don't much care how it works internally. 

The Linksys WRT54G3G router is the most common 3G router on the South African market. Unfortunately as it come out of the box it is unable to connect to any network other than Vodacoms. It also supports a limited number of PCMCIA cards. At least the units we had in stock did. Most people are stuck using Vodacom sims with 3G instead of HSDPA with this router.

It is with Interest that I read an opinion piece on Moneyweb today which explains the folly of Telkom's short sighted "screw em while you can" philosophy that characterized its 5 year guaranteed monopoly. The article is actual about Telkom giving up the battle for pay tv but its observation on its broadband strategy are spot on. Instead of using this period to build customer loyalty it set about finding every excuse to keep prices high and investment in infrastructure low.