Caps will increase ten-fold, says Goldstuck

Whoopie, I surf 10Gig in a few days without Dl huge stuff. 30Gig should be minimum!
 
Can't wait. Please only write the next article when we are actually there. I'm tired of reading about when it might happen.
 
In south africa we judge broadband prices by bandwidth caps. I think the whole model will change into solely what speed and latency you get for what you pay.

So, they would raise the caps rather than reducing the costs eg. If you are on a 3gb entry level package it would become 30gb+, and the smaller package will be scrapped.
Not like we would ever pay R20 for a 3gb.

I wonder what will happen with 3g, may become an expensive niche like overseas.
 
Jabberwocky said:
In south africa we judge broadband prices by bandwidth caps. I think the whole model will change into solely what speed and latency you get for what you pay.

So, they would raise the caps rather than reducing the costs eg. If you are on a 3gb entry level package it would become 30gb+, and the smaller package will be scrapped.
Not like we would ever pay R20 for a 3gb.

I wonder what will happen with 3g, may become an expensive niche like overseas.
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That is unlikely to happen in the near future, because Telkom just doesn't have the infrastructure to capitalise on mass ADSL use. That is the same reason why ADSL prices haven't decreased to world competitive prices in the past. They prefer to milk fewer customers, instead of making smaller profits on a larger customer base.
 
I never believe anything emanating from the World Wide Wanx without some corroborating evidence. They either regurgitate the obvious or try to be sensationalist.
 
I don't think that the full benefit of Seacom with be passed through to consumers. Remember that only Neotel has access to it and will only reduce prices a bit, 30% or so, to put a positive spin on things. If they slash price by 70-80% as suggested, they'll just spoil the telecoms market for all providers, meaning that everyone will just make less money. Bad news for consumers.

I think they'll rather increase caps, which won't make much of a difference to them as long as they keep the bandwidth low. < 2 Mbps. They only pay for the bandwidth and not the actual data being transmitted through it.
 
Vleis12 said:
I don't think that the full benefit of Seacom with be passed through to consumers. Remember that only Neotel has access to it and will only reduce prices a bit, 30% or so, to put a positive spin on things.
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From what I understand Neotel will only land the cable in South Africa. Surely the access to the cable must be available to other players in the market? If it is true though that only Neotel will have access to the cable then I honestly will not be impressed. I have no plans on moving to Neotel with their crappy devices etc. I simply want my existing ISP to offer cheaper bandwidth.
Maybe RPM can clear up the open access policy on SEACOM access, assuming one exists.
 
I wonder if shaping will still be imposed on standard packages?
 
... If i can polish 60/80gb in 1 month on my 384k DSL, + it gets throttled to half the speed because of IS Express policies, then 30gig won't be enough, nor will 100gb if you're on a 4meg line!
 
Globetrotter said:
From what I understand Neotel will only land the cable in South Africa. Surely the access to the cable must be available to other players in the market? If it is true though that only Neotel will have access to the cable then I honestly will not be impressed. I have no plans on moving to Neotel with their crappy devices etc. I simply want my existing ISP to offer cheaper bandwidth.
Maybe RPM can clear up the open access policy on SEACOM access, assuming one exists.
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I might be wrong, but how I understand it is that if Neotel lands it then only they can on sell the service to other providers at their rates, i.e. taking a turn between Seacom and the other providers. I see it as similar to the arrangement that Telkom has with SAT3.
 
@Stoke. Local hosting prices will drop because with the increased overseas bandwidth allowances you'll be able to host overseas where its cheap and people will still have enough cap available to visit your overseas hosted sites :/
 
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