About to get cheaper

Has anyone done a comparison on pricing of all the telephony providers in SA yet?
 
In recent years, voice telephony costs, particularly for international calls, have fallen sharply as new competitors entered the market to take on fixed-line operator Telkom.
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Telkom sits pretty in any event. As long as I HAVE to pay R125 per month for a Telkom phone line just so that I could have the privilege of having ADSL, Telkom wins whether or not you use VoIP. If I'm ever going to use VoIP, it'll have to be in a situation where I'm not already duplicating services through some stupid-ass compulsory line-rental scheme.
 
Juice said:
Telkom sits pretty in any event. As long as I HAVE to pay R125 per month for a Telkom phone line just so that I could have the privilege of having ADSL, Telkom wins whether or not you use VoIP. If I'm ever going to use VoIP, it'll have to be in a situation where I'm not already duplicating services through some stupid-ass compulsory line-rental scheme.
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I have to agree. If one is to use services like this, one has to be completly satisfied that one would not have to pay Telkom for access to a lan line as well as an ADSL subscription.

It does not make sense to have to pay for 3 products to essentially get one service.

Until ICASA forces Telkom to desist from their current form of charging, companies such as this are going to battle to justify the use of their products, but then that is exactly why Telkom structured it like that in the first place.......:rolleyes:
 
Juice said:
Telkom sits pretty in any event. As long as I HAVE to pay R125 per month for a Telkom phone line just so that I could have the privilege of having ADSL, Telkom wins whether or not you use VoIP. If I'm ever going to use VoIP, it'll have to be in a situation where I'm not already duplicating services through some stupid-ass compulsory line-rental scheme.
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That's exactly the problem, VOIP is useful for international calls but its not worth getting a number to receive calls on when you're forced to take a Telkom line. The Closer options are also generally better for local calls if you have to pay for the line anyway.

This I disagree with though:

The company will pay customers 11c/minute for incoming calls on the PrimeTel line, a model first pioneered in SA by Vox Telecom. Alter says this is a particularly attractive option for call centres.
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If I'm paying a company for a service I'd refuse to call their call centre on principle if the call rates were higher so they could make a profit off my call. :rolleyes:
 
From the rates advertised on their site, looks like they are doing a least cost routing via a USA or Europe provider.

I would double check the call quality of the service first, especially to SA numbers.

From their website :
PrimeTel Plans start for as little as R630 per month and this will give you 2 phone lines and up to 1400 minutes of free calling which you can use for local and national calls and for calls to over 100 international destinations
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Pricing seems on the high side. I would prefer a plan where I pay a basic connection fee and then pay per call therafter. As for phones you can pickup SIP phone for around the R600 mark once off so why pay it off forever and ever.

Don't get me wrong, I think this service could be a great offer if you do a lot of international calls thats where the benefit will be.
 
Syndyre said:
This I disagree with though:



If I'm paying a company for a service I'd refuse to call their call centre on principle if the call rates were higher so they could make a profit off my call. :rolleyes:
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SNAP:D..........SICK:sick:............PUKE:eek:...........:mad:
 
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