FTTH price hikes expected in 2025

Bottom line here is that as long as the competition board allows the anti-competitive habit of companies owning an entire area's network, they will remain exploitative, it's not as if you can move to another supplier no one else will trench in those areas anyway.
 
Thank goodness for my local wireless provider. (ConnectedSpace)
R499 for 50/50.
If you're a gamer, then ok, not the best due to latency, otherwise, works great.
Dropped my fibre connection middle of last year and saved myself R400 a month for the same service.
 
Do you really think I am going to expose financial data on these forums?

Honestly, do you even think before you post? I am asking because I am genuinely interested in this "double dipping" concept.
knew it. just hot air like all the other shills.
 
knew it. just hot air like all the other shills.

I am totally going to expose my company's information to some randos on a forum because they are complaining about paying a few hundred Rands for their broadband connection.

:rolleyes:
 
Thank goodness for my local wireless provider. (ConnectedSpace)
R499 for 50/50.
If you're a gamer, then ok, not the best due to latency, otherwise, works great.
Dropped my fibre connection middle of last year and saved myself R400 a month for the same service.

But everyone here is saying fibre has no competitors?
 
Do you really think I am going to expose financial data on these forums?

Honestly, do you even think before you post? I am asking because I am genuinely interested in this "double dipping" concept.
Sure bud sure, everyone sees what you are.
 
I am totally going to expose my company's information to some randos on a forum because they are complaining about paying a few hundred Rands for their broadband connection.

:rolleyes:
This just shows the disdain companies have for customers. Always treating them like the enemy and not people that want to do business.
 
But everyone here is saying fibre has no competitors?
Suppose that depends on where you're located.
If you're in an area with solid cellular connectivity and wireless providers, then you may have options.
Else you are stuck with basically whatever your provider dishes out to you.
 
Sure bud sure, everyone sees what you are.

As usual, you cannot answer a single simple question. Complete and utter clown show. You make an assertion that FNOs are double dipping but can't back up a single statement? This was your single chance to prove me wrong, and you STILL cannot.

You also have zero critical thinking capability, just like some of your cheerleaders.

I went and looked at the latest info around South Africa's broadband pricing and lo and behold you are talking absolute and utter **** (not unsurprising).

  • Fixed-line broadband packages are slightly more affordable in South Africa than the standard around the world
  • SA is also in the middle of the pack when it comes to value for money
 
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This just shows the disdain companies have for customers. Always treating them like the enemy and not people that want to do business.

Just you, Swa. You have whinged and whined for months about these prices without being able to apply your thinking critically and then you go and make accusations against these companies without any proof. Then you want to cry victim?

Still open to be proven wrong on this "double dipping" and "inflation" of costs. A business has to increase its prices to keep up with inflation, but it has to do in a sustainable way. Do you think the people who invest billions into their own networks will not consider the implications on consumers (and how they will react) when making these decisions? These are for profit businesses. These businesses do not owe you a fibre line. Nor is your money owed to these businesses.

Here is an easy question for you. How much do you think you should be paying for your fibre line? I want to see what the expectation gap is.
 
Bottom line here is that as long as the competition board allows the anti-competitive habit of companies owning an entire area's network, they will remain exploitative, it's not as if you can move to another supplier no one else will trench in those areas anyway.
I don't think they allow it.

FNO's leave each other alone only because it actually does not make financial sense to setup in an area already covered, especially when there are areas out there not covered. You will find in the years to come, they will start moving in on each other as "new business" starts drying up or where density makes financial sense.

The fact my area has access to openserve or vuma just confirms this.
 
I don't think they allow it.

FNO's leave each other alone only because it actually does not make financial sense to setup in an area already covered, especially when there are areas out there not covered. You will find in the years to come, they will start moving in on each other as "new business" starts drying up or where density makes financial sense.

The fact my area has access to openserve or vuma just confirms this.
This is true. Competition is not prohibited, but it's not worth it. So no competition. That's great.
 
Bottom line here is that as long as the competition board allows the anti-competitive habit of companies owning an entire area's network, they will remain exploitative, it's not as if you can move to another supplier no one else will trench in those areas anyway.

Are you advocating forcing companies to build in areas when it does not make financial sense?
 
Thank goodness for my local wireless provider. (ConnectedSpace)
R499 for 50/50.
If you're a gamer, then ok, not the best due to latency, otherwise, works great.
Dropped my fibre connection middle of last year and saved myself R400 a month for the same service.

Mweb offers the same package for R619 per month on OpenServ. Considering the value proposition of both wireless and fibre, OpenServ's pricing seems reasonable.
 
Bottom line here is that as long as the competition board allows the anti-competitive habit of companies owning an entire area's network, they will remain exploitative, it's not as if you can move to another supplier no one else will trench in those areas anyway.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? The competition boards 'allows' fibre providers not to rollout out to an area??

I can guarantee you if that if there was a rule that all providers had to rollout to a neighbourhood, no one here would have a fibre line. We would all be on 4Mb ADSL.

Maybe some examples will show how stupid this statement is:
  • You cannot start a plumbing business unless you offer the service in every town, city and street in the country.
  • You cannot build a supermarket unless you build one in every suburb in the country.
 
As usual, you cannot answer a single simple question. Complete and utter clown show. You make an assertion that FNOs are double dipping but can't back up a single statement? This was your single chance to prove me wrong, and you STILL cannot.

You also have zero critical thinking capability, just like some of your cheerleaders.

I went and looked at the latest info around South Africa's broadband pricing and lo and behold you are talking absolute and utter **** (not unsurprising).

Sure mate sure, everyone here believes you. You never provide any facts claiming privileged info. When given facts you ignore them and move on. Shilling at its finest.

Consumers are tired of being treated like the enemy. Why some communities have gone and did it themselves providing access and literally charging a fraction of what these providers do having to still make an ROI from day one as they don't have any capital. Yet these providers want us to believe it takes them decades with the exorbitant prices they charge. Pull the other one.

The number one thing holding back affordable access is lack of competition and it's solely the fault of government policy.

As for your "comparison", there's more than one way to skin a cat. When it comes to affordability and entry costs we are at the bottom and even some of our African counterparts beat us.
 
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