ADSL price increases explained

Then why when the Dollar became weaker against the Rand didn't we see any prices drop.

It's IS BS.
 
... i've never seen the uncapped offering become cheaper, just more expensive! From R699 to R999 now its going up again!...
 
uncapped is the same price as under 20GB of normal blended bandwidth. Still a good deal all sound. These accounts more than likely run at a loss.
 
So does anyone know what the increases (or how much rather) are? I have not received anything from openweb, but I know they will also go the increase road
 
LMAO. Funny how the past few weeks we have only read articles about how much bandwidth prices will fall.

And then BOOM!!! The next article tells us that ADSL is becoming more expensive.
Is this a last ditch effort to make some heavy profit, before they really have to slash prices?
 
This is not the last article along the increase lines....... We have not seen the end of this resession yet
 
Funny - we are a uncapped client direct with IS and have not been told nothing. (sic)

GO IS!!!!!

Service levels FTW.
 
“The depreciation of the R/$ exchange rate by over 50% over the past year has affected us due to the fact that a large proportion of our International Private Leased Circuits (IPLC) are Dollar based as well as our overseas Transit & Peering links which are 100% Dollar Based. Another factor in the pending price increase is inflation in excess of 13% which has increased our cost base,” said Bacher.
Click to expand...

Granted he's right about our exchange rate devaluing by over 50% in a year.... its probably more accurate to mention the decline in our Exchange Rate over the last month or two... and it ignores the fact that IS will be paying for the links at a forward priced rate... they're don't pay the exchange rate we all see... it gets set for at least 3 months and thats the rate they pay for those 3 or 6 months.

I call total BS on this article, and IS are just profiteering on this... yay they haven't increased prices in over 5 years... have they significantly reduced prices like most other telecommunications companies across the globe have done?
 
So Telkom dont want to feel the increase, they rather pass it unto it customers. How is that for customer service?
 
MUPPETS! I think most of these executives are going straight to the hot place down under!

When the rand strengthens they do nothing when it weakens they are on the bandwagon so quick it is not even funny.

Intel's CEO is currently in the country and on the radio he said yesterday that he is astonished that in SA a PC cost the same as one months Business ADSL, he said that this is clearly a rip off and almost corrupt to do so!

Just shows how we are being ripped off by these companies.

I have no respects for these individuals, none at all I hope they all burn for their massive amounts of greed!
 
[sarcasm]Well that explains it! All this time I thought it was greed, now I realise it has to do with the economic crisis and the terrible exchange rate. Now that they have explained it to me I'm more than happy to be ripped off[/sarcasm]
 
I suppose there is a choice at least, we can just dump the IS and try our luck on Neotel. I think thats probably the way I will go, been thinking about it for a while and this may be the bit to tip me in that direction.
 
I'm surprised it's taken this long to happen actually.
Predictions of price decreases once a cable lands are all well and good, unfortunately, we do have to live in the here and now, and that means, dealing with the screwed up economy.
Bleh!
 
Last edited:
APoc84 said:
LMAO. Funny how the past few weeks we have only read articles about how much bandwidth prices will fall.

And then BOOM!!! The next article tells us that ADSL is becoming more expensive.
Click to expand...

+1

There will always be some reason for them to keep the prices where they are or even to raise them...This is why there is no such thing as a poor telecoms company in South Africa...
 
can't wait for the price-reduction when Seacom lands (just like all the price-reductions we got with the decrease of the petrol-price)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X