Broadband in SA set to double

Not with pricing as it is now, more likely broadband users will halve after November 1.
 
Good news. Hopefully 2006 will see even more price cuts
 
pimal3 said:
Not with pricing as it is now, more likely broadband users will halve after November 1.
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The mistake in the article is referring to Telkom's ADSL packages as "broadband", when in fact they are more like dial-up in terms of prices and pricing structure. More people might use ADSL *lines*, but we won't have any corresponding increase in the number of "broadband users".
 
Telkom's ADSL and Broadband are not synonomous

I agree with The mistake in the article is referring to Telkom's ADSL packages as "broadband. Telkom's ADSL and Broadband are not synonomous, especially the HomeDSL192. If there subscribers are excluded the figures are far more sobering
 
Most of the new adsl users will be uninformed people that think the adsl offering from telkom is "great". Maybe they must read more and then they will see it is a bad offer from telkom and it is very expensive.
 
It is better than dial-up. But your point is taken
 
The report strikes a sobering note with regard to the digital divide, warning that broadband is not the solution that will bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
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It certainly wont if 200 unedrpriviledged kids have to share a 3 gig Telkomsa account at school.

Goldstruck is trying to walk a fine line between punting the standard Telkom BS and maintaining credibilty.

Anyone else think that maybe hes leaning a bit heavily towards Telkoms crap heap? Maybe theres a fat wad of filthy cash in his back pocket thats got him a bit unbalanced.
 
I'm in Abu Dhabi. These poor bastards only got digital exchanges the other day (in relative terms), but guess how much standard dial-up is: R3.50 per hour.....
A 512 DSL line is R400, with no cap.
The internet penetration here is around 70% of fixed line customers, and fixed line here is around 75% of potential, so around 50% of all citizens are Internet-aware and connected. These guys are switched on.
 
IanC said:
You're right, it is better than dial-up, but only because you aren't being billed at Telkoms exorbitant call rates.
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Hmm ... OK, assume a business or personal user who wants to use ADSL for voice services. If we take Telkom's cheapest ADSL option, a 2GB shaped account at 192Kbits/s (R469 p/m excluding basic line rental), you can probably make about a day's worth of VOIP phone calls on that, maybe a little more, if you don't use the line for much else, and if you have few quality/shaping problems (ha ha). If you make one day's worth of local phone calls on an ordinary Telkom voice line in standard time, you're paying about R475.20 (also exclusing basic line rental) in call charges - so the costs in fact work out to be very similar. Next year Telkom will introduce their "pay-as-you-go ADSL" (sic), which will make the cost-per-GB even more proportional - I'm betting that the costs are going to work out to be remarkably similar for basic voice services. Sorry, doesn't look much better to me at all.
 
I would be surprised if it didn't grow. with the introduction of VOIP, It would be silly not to go adsl (Pricing dependent)
 
Turtle said:
Hmm ... OK, assume a business or personal user who wants to use ADSL for voice services. If we take Telkom's cheapest ADSL option, a 2GB shaped account at 192Kbits/s (R469 p/m excluding basic line rental), you can probably make about a day's worth of VOIP phone calls on that, maybe a little more, if you don't use the line for much else, and if you have few quality/shaping problems (ha ha). If you make one day's worth of local phone calls on an ordinary Telkom voice line in standard time, you're paying about R475.20 (also exclusing basic line rental) in call charges - so the costs in fact work out to be very similar. Next year Telkom will introduce their "pay-as-you-go ADSL" (sic), which will make the cost-per-GB even more proportional - I'm betting that the costs are going to work out to be remarkably similar for basic voice services. Sorry, doesn't look much better to me at all.
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Hmm yes ... I think I could have been a little clearer in what I was getting at. I was only thinking in terms of a comparison between dial-up internet and using ADSL for accessing the internet. This is what I was talking about:

Example 1: 2 hours per day in Callmore time costs approx. R20.00 (Source: My Telkom bill). In a 30 day month that would be R600.00 in call costs alone.

OR

Example 2: If you were a (VERY :) ) frugal business user who just checked your email 10x a day for 10 minutes Mon-Fri the cost would be a whopping R773.00 (Source: Hellkom.co.za)

So using your example of a 2GB shaped account at 192Kbits/s for R469 p/m in Example 1 I would be R131.00 better off per month and in Example 2 I would be R304.00 per month better off. The monthly cost of ADSL being (and remaining) flat (hopefully :rolleyes: )

Don't get me wrong, I still think Telkom employees should be wearing black masks and going around with bags marked SWAG.
 
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The report - "Broadband in South Africa 2005" - highlights Telkom's much-criticised ADSL service as the biggest success story of broadband.
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My word! I can see Telkom abusing that line there out of context! :eek:
 
Can I order a leatherbound copy of the "Fraudband Report in South Africa"?
 
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