My comment was purely about the per gig pricing on their standard adsl packages. I think we all agree that R45 per gigabyte is a ridiculous price to pay these days for ADSL bandwidth given the sub R30 prices we are beginning to regularly see being offered out there.
Yup - we all know our per GB pricing is too high... this price was put together based on old reseller pricing.
I have since been brought in to specifically deal with all of this and see if the 'consumer market' is one that we wish to enter. As such, I do have a considerable amount of free reign to try out things as we can also run at zero profit on this. The next 3 years this market place will be completely different. There are many reasons for it that we all either agree or don't... but we all agree it has to change.
My initial 'toe in the water' was with the uncapped accounts as they are almost zero administration costs and we have the staff already to manage the calls/support lines. The idea being not to get people to transfer but to get new sales. It's amazing to see that so many people didn't know that all of these accounts are identical and anyone can resell them.
My second move was to offer amazing reseller pricing (not on our website) so that we can concentrate on improving our network infrastructure and software... yes, as one of the very few companies that do own and run their systems, rather than just reselling, it's a novel thing to have to do.
When I get back from the family funeral in the UK then the third will be dealing with the per GB... I'm still undecided if we're going to sell it to customers or not. It's been completely blown out of the water by the 'old boys club' knowing what pricing is coming next and it seems that several people that should know better on this forum don't. Either that or we throw R50m at it and just outsell everyone.. but to what end if you're not making money on it?
So, McFly is doing his figures and steadily building a business case either in favour or against the per GB market... hence the reason the pricing hasn't changed in 4 months.
However, in the meantime, if you want to wholesale either allocated or usage based ADSL then I believe we can give you pretty much the best pricing in the market and the best software to run and manage it. Although I would like to confirm that currently it's only Afrihost, Axxess reseller and our wholesale program that offers true sub R30 per GB or have I forgotten anyone?
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P.S. Good, bad and constructive feedback is why I'm on these boards. I also want to try and dispel a lot of the internet 'myths' that seem to reside here and in the marketplace. So if you want to offer me help and advice or just abuse then I'm very open to it. Also, if you want to ask me 'why' some things are as they are I will also try to be open and honest with what I've learned as well... short of being libel ofc.
