Factors Affecting the Role-Out

The roll-out of broadband infrastructure in countries across the globe is crucial to their economic scientific goals and social requirements; it has the ability to uplift lives by providing Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills for employment and it can also help improve access to online education known as e-learning. Investments in broadband are increasing as policymakers believe that broadband may lead to job creation and economic competitiveness. Broadband macro-level access can be assessed according to penetration rates broadband coverage connection types user demographics and lastly high-level broadband policy development. The purpose of this study was to establish the factors affecting the roll-out of penetrative broadband delivery in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) particularly with regard to fixed lines.