Broadband Prices: what else needs to be achieved?

if all those points are actioned upon, there's not much left to wish for
 
now i ask the question... if all those points are resolved... what on earth are we going to complain about.... i'm against all of it...

what will we be doing with all the spare time not having to complain on forums like these?
 
Surprised that there was no mention of LLU. IMO that's currently the last (and biggest) hurdle.
 
Hmm, let's talk again in 6 months time or at the end of the year. Still massive shake up in the market to come this year.

For now... just ride the wave! :D
 
# Putting pressure on Telkom to bring down ADSL access (aka ADSL line rental) prices. The combination of ADSL access costs and analogue line rental for a DSL384 connection now exceeds the cost of an uncapped ADSL account.
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If only this can be the 1st to be resolved, there will be much greater demand for ADSL.
 
I've seen too many people complain about speeds with MWEB's uncapped service to bother jumping on board.
 
The ISP costs are great at R200 for uncapped services, but I'm still not going to get it when i have to pay an extra R283 just for access. I Pay MTN R189 for 500 megs and while that doesn't even cover browsing whenever i want tripling it for uncapped services just doesn't seem worth it to me ):
 
Ironic that all 6 points required the co-operation of Telkom. This isn’t going to happen voluntarily unless the ISPs work together and take on Telkom on the issues that need to be resolved - might even require legal intervention. Rudi Jansen could be seen as one of the pioneers of the internet revolution in SA - come on, don't stop now!

Here's looking to the nominated 'Entrepreneur of the Year' to make the big next move :erm:
 
And we thought that Neotel would bring about the broadband revolution, what a joke!! They still haven't done anything about their data pricing & is still the same since they launched.
 
Telkom doesn't really gain anything by scrapping the rental. It's possible that there might be a standard access charge in the future, regardless of line speed, but Telkom will need to recoup its investment in infrastructure in some way.
 
blaaislaai said:
The most important ones are the forced analogue line rental, and the price of the actual ADSL line!
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Nope, the most important one is LLU. Once other ISPs have access to the local loop, then they will drop analogue line rental, and probably reduce or drop ADSL line rental completely. We will then only pay for uncapped packages, or data-only packages - a simple, single price, an all-in-one service.

Telkom will then be forced to compete, by either matching or beating the ISPs on price and service. This will in turn force them into to dropping its voice line rental and reducing/dropping ADSL line rental.

Competition is what is needed. That will be the true catalyst. LLU is the way to bring about competition.
 
Garyvdh said:
Hmm, let's talk again in 6 months time or at the end of the year. Still massive shake up in the market to come this year.

For now... just ride the wave! :D
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I just love how to manage to instill a sense of hope in us on the forum...I cannot wait, it sure is exciting times
 
Encourage open peering between all the ISPs, including large telecoms players like MTN, Vodacom, Telkom and Internet Solutions. Open peering can significantly improve the total cost of bandwidth provisioning and hence wholesale ADSL provisioning to ISPs, and peering should therefore be encouraged or even forced.
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Yea, pretty much only the tyrants like MTN, Internet Solutions and Telkom that don't believe open peering is good for everyone.
 
ToxicWazte said:
Nope, the most important one is LLU. Once other ISPs have access to the local loop, then they will drop analogue line rental, and probably reduce or drop ADSL line rental completely. We will then only pay for uncapped packages, or data-only packages - a simple, single price, an all-in-one service.
Telkom will then be forced to compete, by either matching or beating the ISPs on price and service. This will in turn force them into to dropping its voice line rental and reducing/dropping ADSL line rental.
Competition is what is needed. That will be the true catalyst. LLU is the way to bring about competition.
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I agree 100% ":)
 
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