JustinHarrison
Active Member
Look you will excuse this rant and rave session, but there are certain things that just get my goat, none more than a recent statement by Telkom's Russell Achterberg.
But before I get to grips with this post, allow me to introduce myself. I am a writer & a proudly South African Internet entrepreneur (although Telkom makes this an impossible profession) who has moved to Mexico to exercise my activism in a non restricted internet environment – but that’s a story for another day.
I have been quietly monitoring several sites including this one since their inception without so much as posting, but the article I just read over at IT web and syndicated here at myadsl HAS MY BLOOD BOILING!
Who is this intellectually challenged idiot who made the statement that and I quote…. (and that’s not a trick question)
“Telkom's view that Internet bandwidth connectivity has to be managed is correct even though it has been criticised for its stance. Several countries are now placing some sort of cap on their Internet connectivity after having left it unmanaged for several years. We have been heavily criticised for doing this from the start, but I think we have been vindicated."
Firstly the only entity that can possibly “vindicate” Telkom is the consumer, and if they think that we have accepted the “cap” on our internet, they had better prepare for a S$#$@#@ storm.
I cannot believe the arrogance of these guys, are they really that conceited that they believe they can “bundle” a “new service” (4 triple play) and resell to us separately what we should already have and then on top of it justify the current cap on our internet.
I am sorry as a South African I am tired of bending over and having Telkom ram their high priced, restricted service up my %$# and having the audacity to tell me that its reasonable.
Have we all lost the plot or what?
But before I get to grips with this post, allow me to introduce myself. I am a writer & a proudly South African Internet entrepreneur (although Telkom makes this an impossible profession) who has moved to Mexico to exercise my activism in a non restricted internet environment – but that’s a story for another day.
I have been quietly monitoring several sites including this one since their inception without so much as posting, but the article I just read over at IT web and syndicated here at myadsl HAS MY BLOOD BOILING!
Who is this intellectually challenged idiot who made the statement that and I quote…. (and that’s not a trick question)
“Telkom's view that Internet bandwidth connectivity has to be managed is correct even though it has been criticised for its stance. Several countries are now placing some sort of cap on their Internet connectivity after having left it unmanaged for several years. We have been heavily criticised for doing this from the start, but I think we have been vindicated."
Firstly the only entity that can possibly “vindicate” Telkom is the consumer, and if they think that we have accepted the “cap” on our internet, they had better prepare for a S$#$@#@ storm.
I cannot believe the arrogance of these guys, are they really that conceited that they believe they can “bundle” a “new service” (4 triple play) and resell to us separately what we should already have and then on top of it justify the current cap on our internet.
I am sorry as a South African I am tired of bending over and having Telkom ram their high priced, restricted service up my %$# and having the audacity to tell me that its reasonable.
Have we all lost the plot or what?
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i need a good read to get my blood boiling again.
) And have the same problem as jcorreia, namely, can't open the files. Any ideas Justin?