Telkom and ADSL theft
This is just my 2c worth
1. There are some people here who have / still are using these accounts that are going around, they are not legit as some people say, just tell them that you heard that someone got arrested for adsl account theft and then ask them where they got those accounts. See how quickly they change their tune.
2. I had a client who was being charged for 3 adsl accounts every month, now I know their statement each month said so, but they did not check and were only using 2 of them each month because for some reason they thought that is all they had. I have heard of someone else saying that they were paying for 2 accounts and only realised it months down the line, so I ask you, who is the thief now ? I am sure these 2 business are not the only 2 in the whole of SA that this is being done to.
3. I did an installation recently on a Draytek router for a client, WOW. Because there is so much talk about account theft, I did what you can do on any of the local routers, I viewed the source, where the password is is ***** and the password is encrypted. Wonder how long it is going to be before that starts here?
4. Because adsl is so expensive in SA does not make it right to steal accounts, it would be nice however to get permanent adsl uncapped at a reasonable price that everyone can afford.