Canadian DSL adopts capped model but it's still cheaper than SA

jes · Dec 1, 2010

Canadian DSL adopts capped model but it's still cheaper than SA

The Canadian telecommunications regulator has allowed Bell, the country's sole provider of DSL infrastructure, to implement usage-based billing. How does it compare to the South African market?

GODZILLA99 · Dec 1, 2010

Wow I live in south africa.

J0n0 · Dec 1, 2010

BRANDON69 said:
Wow I live in south africa.

yeah? and?

A note, do the Canadian's have to rent a voice and dsl line as well??

Buzybuy · Dec 1, 2010

South Africa is getting there just one slow step at a time.

The_Pumpkin_King · Dec 1, 2010

Well the grass is always green in canada, or that's what the ad told me :erm:

Gatecrasher · Dec 1, 2010

If South African ISPs could figure out how to build a viable business model out of selling Internet access below cost then we certainly have a thing or two we can teach the Canadians, eh?

Erm, no. You can have a viable business model here only because we pay 3 to 5 times more for our internet access.

Mike43110 · Dec 1, 2010

If the prices can stay the same, but with speed increases(in the fixed line dept.) I will be happy.

tortured · Dec 1, 2010

Gatecrasher said:
Erm, no. You can have a viable business model here only because we pay 3 to 5 times more for our internet access.

What he said.

InTheCube · Dec 1, 2010

The_Pumpkin_King said:
Well the grass is always green in canada, or that's what the ad told me :erm:

That's coz you were looking at the ad for Canada Green grass, which is BS anyway.. it doesn't work.

Fearl3$$ · Dec 1, 2010

If we did't have to pay for that Voice line rental part, and only for the Dsl part it would have been more cost efective...But Telkom is Making allot of "free" money every month for the voice rentals that is not being used at all, by allot of Customers.... The Voice Part would have been great if they had some sort of deal that when you have a 4-10mb line you can make a certain Minutes free per month because you are already paying allot for that line..

Sodan · Dec 1, 2010

Bell may then not charge a cent for “out of bundle” usage until a the user has consumed over 300GB of data.

Which effectively means that

Maximum total monthly cost R 249.50 R 272.50 R 305.50

has a maximum monthly usage of 300GB, and NOT

Maximum monthly usage 14 GB 35 GB 80 GB

for 512kbps, 2Mbps and 5Mbps, respectively. Or am I completely missing something here?

EDIT: At least the Canadians got the naming of the packages right (lite, lite plus and basic), as opposed to Telkom's utterly ridiculous claims of "Fast", "Faster" and "Fastest"!

drukkie · Dec 1, 2010

So your safe if you don't use more than 300GB......nice!

SlyFly · Dec 1, 2010

Wow... So the rest of the world is going to move backwards with South Africa... Nice going Telkom... Starting to give the whole population of earth the finger...

Shayd · Dec 1, 2010

LOL up to 300GB for R300 allin, where can I sign up.

Kabal · Dec 1, 2010

From what I see
5Meg line .... 80 gigs R305 per month ... That is stunning!!!!!!! I dont do that much on a 512k uncapped mweb account .... Would be perfect.

Sodan · Dec 1, 2010

Kabal said:
From what I see
5Meg line .... 80 gigs R305 per month ... That is stunning!!!!!!! I dont do that much on a 512k uncapped mweb account .... Would be perfect.

No, it's 300GB for R305 pm @ 5Mbps. The table in the article is incorrect.

Antonf · Dec 1, 2010

One thing that is ignored is the relative value of the money you pay for the service... If that is taken into account the service might essentially be considered "free"

Globetrotter · Dec 1, 2010

Interesting to see that a first world country like Canada doesn't (seem to) offer ADSL2+ 24Mbps speeds but only up to 5/6Mbps. Compared to SA's 10Mbps (yay!). Alternatively, Canada does have cable internet with fast speeds but the monthly caps are still low (which is why a lot of cable users moved to Teksavvy ADSL in the first place). Teksavvy ADSL offered offered a respectable 200Gb cap per month for only $31.95 and Unlimited downloads for $39.95 p/month. All that goes out the window with this new CRTC ruling. Welcome to being drilled for every cent you have.

It boggles the mind how regulators can effectively restrict the use of IPTV, VOIP etc. by charging excessive prices for Gb usage, yet globally the expectation is that services like IPTV will become more prevalent in future? A classic example is the popular IPTV service, Netflix, which is now available in Canada too. How can canadians use it if they'll be paying through the roof for usage-based-billing? There's no logic in this and the CRTC clearly does operate like our own inept ICASA. They must be twins!

extremist · Dec 1, 2010

Globetrotter said:
A classic example is the popular IPTV service, Netflix, which is now available in Canada too. How can canadians use it if they'll be paying through the roof for usage-based-billing?

If I were to don my tinfoil hat for just a second, I would comment that I find it very interesting that Bell applied for these new pricing structures just as Netflix announced its plans to go up North.

Scooby_Doo · Dec 1, 2010

J0n0 said:
yeah? and?

A note, do the Canadian's have to rent a voice and dsl line as well??

Customer Protection Act "should" fix that, as soon as it comes into affect.

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Canadian DSL adopts capped model but it's still cheaper than SA

Bell Canada and capped usage model for ADSL...

That is what happens when you only have one provider in the market!

Step backwards for Canadians.

Inevitable. Uncapped is just not sustainable.

At least we are not alone in South Africa...

I reserve comment...

Unsure what to make of it...

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