3 Gig Cap

[boerseun]

According to Telkom, they are capping the ADSL service at 3Gig to ensure that everyone get's fair use. This does not make sense. This means that at the beginning of the month, the service should be much slower since a lot of people are still within their 3 Gig limit, but as the month progresses, and more people are switched to the "throttled" intenational link, the ADSL service for people that are still within their limit shoud get faster, not so?

 

[Obelix]

i think the idea is more to get everyone to manage their bandwith a bit more so that it lasts a whole month, instead of whacking the **** out of your line for 2 days en then sit and watch paint dry.

 

[Alluvium]

ok sre i get that, but could telkom not make some kinda of plan , where by instead of gaoing down to a speed 1b/year they could get you down to bout as fast as a 56k (on international sites) , and preent downloads ??? surly this is better for every one, and more fair in genral ... oops i know what i said wrong i said 'telkom' those (*^$&%(s would never think to actully look out for the customers needs ...

 

[BTTB]

Abuse

IMO, Telkom should manage the undividual customers that abuse the network and not the general majority who do not.

 

[antowan]

The question is still what constitutes abuse? If we look at the definition of broadband, is it possible to abuse it? Overseas people are encouraged to watch as much TV and listen to as much as possible online radio content. Here that market is non existing because we are curtailed....

What now?

In my opinion Telkom is capping DSL in order to protect losses in its per minute billed data solutions like ISDN or the even more expensive lump sum products like Diginet.

Have a look...



Cheers
Ant

 

[Spamtheman]

Telkom caps accounts 'cause it's a smart thing to do. They basically charge more than a ISDN account and it costs them less than one.

 

[ic]

StM, that's something that has puzzled me for a while now [admitedly I have not bothered to do my due diligence & investigate].

I know ISDN is old tech, but why is ISDN so "expensive" - I mean what prevents ISDN data (not phonecalls) from being offered at a fixed rate like potentially-always-on? For the purpose of avoiding talking about Telkomonopoly, what prevents a country like the USA from doing this?

 

[antowan]

It might have something to do with engaging the exchange. It is however a very old excuse. You do get fixed price dialup connections in Europe and the US. Cannot see why ISDN is excluded (if at all) there...

IP is the communications vehicle of the future.

No question about it. Telkom should actually take the lead and work it into SA before the rest of the world to give us the edge. Government should do the good ol` carrot trick to make Telkom WANT to do it....




Cheers
Ant

 

[Alluvium]

yeah but if it does, then i dont see why not they can just limit us to like 56k in stead of not being able to connect to an international site at all ... (well you might if you try 110 times)

i propose myadsl starts there own phone company ... YAY, free 100mb broad band for everybody !! ... well i can dream, cant i ?

 

[ic]

On that note: I think we should get hold of Sizwe & co, do some experiments on them along the lines of an ESP connection to the SAT-3 & SAFE cables ala The Matrix - just shove some fibre-optic right into their brains & let them broadcast bandwidth to us telepathically from the exchange. I suspect initial experiments would be rather unsuccessful due to the guinea-pigs used but better to start with the expendables before we all hook up Another downside - we could all start seeing Sizwe's $$$$$$ signs & become just as money hungry...

 

[antowan]

 

[boerseun]

Yep, that's what I thought as well, instead of passing the benefit of *newish* technology (being cheaper bandwidth) down to the customer, we are milked at every opportunity! Wellcome to SA