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EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920 Work Package: 6 Type of document: Report Date: 20.12.2007 File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0 Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 234 / 356 access is fast (800 Kbps for G1 equipment and 4 Mbps for G2 equipment) and reliable. Currently they connect a customer to broadband service for just $24.95 per month (€17.70). This can reduce with the increase in customer numbers and the advancement in technology. The costs of installation could be instead of little higher (it depends a lot on the location of the house), but however inferior to those paid for the installation of a wireless connection (hypothesizing always that the house is reached by the electric grid). Nevertheless for the consumer there would be the great advantage to have, at the price of an ADSL, a faster and uncapped connection (very cheaper than an uncapped ADSL). 5.4.6 Barriers and future Opportunities for the PLC Technology The development of the PLC technology in Africa has ahead a lot of barriers, but also some important opportunities. 5.4.6.1 Barriers The greatest obstacles for this technology are represented from: • The redoubt expansion of the electric power grid • The thefts of cables voters or the voluntary damage of the electric infrastructures • The very great distances • The rationing of the electricity and the not homogeneity of its distribution • The very low average income of the most part of Africans • There are very few computers • The points of strength of the other technologies The redoubt expansion of the electric power grid In Africa, access to modern energy services remains very low. Less than 20% of Africa’s population has access to electricity (2% in the rural areas). The gap between urban centers and rural areas is then, very great. Few africans that live in outskirts have electricity: under these conditions it is unthinkable to be able to furnish a power line based service. PLC technology therefore, can be applied only in the great urban centers of Africa and in the
EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920 Work Package: 6 Type of document: Report Date: 20.12.2007 File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0 Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 235 / 356 communes that have cyber café or internet point, although in this case, talking about isolated buildings, the use of a transmission through power line, it would be not efficient (the electrical grid should only be modified for few uses). Besides, in the case of internet point, at least an internet connection has to be considered already active. They remain therefore, only the great urban centers and the capitals of almost all the African countries. If from a side this is restrictive limit, from the other one it could have the advantage to stimulate more and more the expansion of the electrical grid toward the suburban areas. The thefts of cables voters or the voluntary damage of the electric infrastructures The problem of the thefts of cables voters, can seem a small hassle, but matter-of-fact it is a very serious problem. Two extracts, the first one from the Sunday Telegrapg of 24/06/2007, the second one from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur of 07/11/2006, exemplify the situation of this phenomenon, respectively in South Africa and Zimbanwe. 1. [A43] Cities are being brought "to their knees" by unprecedented pilfering of copper and aluminium cables, which has caused extensive blackouts and power cuts as organised gangs plunder miles of the country's electricity and telephone lines to sell abroad as scrap. Officials believe that up to 100 miles of cables may be going missing every year, destined for markets such as China and India where booming economies have created insatiable demand for copper and aluminum. The thieves generally work by night, armed with trucks, winches, industrial cutting machines and tractors to flatten the pylons and poles that carry their booty. The result has been entire suburbs plunged into darkness, thousands of train passengers stranded, and frequent chaos on the roads as traffic lights fail. “Backed by a network of unscrupulous dealers who smelt their spoils down, many gangs are also stealing water meters, taps and even ladders”, said Cape Town councilor Pieter van Dalen. "Nobody will invest in a city if you can't rely on something as basic as an electricity supply". "The entire infrastructure, from sewerage substations to electricity generating points, are being vandalized for the sake of a few bucks." South Africa spends R500 million on replacing stolen cables every year, while the cost to firms whose power has been cut or phone lines stolen is perhaps 10 times that. The
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