By Nomava Nobumba
01 November 2009
The world-famous 250-million rand Southern African Large Telescope outside Sutherland in the Karoo is unable to e-mail data to scientists overseas because Telkom has go back on a 10-million rand deal to supply a high-speed Internet connection.
According to reports despite being able to capture data 350-million light years away, astronomers at South Africa's flagship science facility have been saddled with slow downloads and resorted to using a courier service.
Salt is the biggest telescope in the southern hemisphere and involves several of the world's top universities and research institutions.
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What a pathetic situation and what a shame for SA. It was also proved recently in KZN that homer pigeons do the job better than our internet. What problems can we not expect during the Soccer World Cup.
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