Idiotic Free Bandwidth Campaign a SCAM!

Roman4604 said:
Most of your questions can be answered by reading this thread ... http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=75471 , including that Telkom will be complying with the unmetered local ADSL bw regulation by Nov 2007. If this Dr. Sharon Horton of Telkom is to be believed, then there is no need from the clueless campaign or load test.
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That's June, July, August, September, and October still to go and then by what day in November? Meanwhile every business in SA is scraping by on the bottom of the bandwidth toilet known as SA.
 
bwana said:
Of course it would require some redesign but we're already 9 months into the regulations and they're stalling for even more and they're getting away with it.
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As I said before, this is the real hard part.

I full understand what is required at a technical level to comply with 3.4 and that if you dont do it properly you could be heading for another e-Natis scenario, but one will never know what Telkom's ability to perform the changes are.

On the one hand they could be very meticulously designing & prototype the new network architecture so that it is rock solid at launch, on the other hand they could just be kicking back and showing us all a fat toffie.
 
Tommygun, why do you think Jubie Matlou (ICAS's spokesperson) is quoted as saying that they have not received any complaints in the ITWeb article even when you have a complaint reference number CA/WC854/06. Is the ICASA complaints procedures broken? Have you taken this up with the author at ITWeb? If the complaints procedure is really broken and if ICASA can be quoted as saying that they have not received any complaints (even though you have a reference number) I won't hold my breath that something is going to happen any time soon. I'll support your complaint though and do my duty and send of an email to Obakeng Tlhabi at ICASA.

I agree with you about getting the 3.4 regulation implemented NOW.
 
There are a few ideas that spring to mind thinking why Jubiie Matlou thought that ICASA had not recieved any complaints but its probably best not to go into them. The complaints proceedure certainly does not proceed in the fashion laid out in COMPLAINTS HANDLING PROCEDURES.doc (on ICASA web site) but if you hussle long enough (and I mean long and persistent) and treat them like humans then you can get a listening and intelligent ear. They also apear to be sympathetic to the consumer however it really does remain to be seen if they will walk the talk...ICASA, its time to stand up and be counted and to make one meaningful policy decision. Look out for the people you are meant to look out for.
 
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@ Tommygun I have already sent the e-mail supporting your complaint :D just fyi

@ Roman4604, sorry for being so adamant but why can they not simply account for traffic going to anything other than a .co.za or .org.za and so on. If they can restrict my local account from going to a .com then why can't they measure that?? They are able to tell that im accessing a .com or .net or .co.uk etc but they can't tell how much I use it. I don't think it's that difficult dude :)

Even by using IP's it may even be easier. Look Im just saying this as it seems to make most sense, although I will admit I know a bit about networking but not enough to understand that "point" you are talking about. Although why don't they just use another "point" further up the cable that only travels outside SA, even if your IP and account remains the same the only traffic that is going to travel through that point will be International. Then you need not measure local because it's only International that will pass through anyway :/
 
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Roman4604 said:
As I said before, this is the real hard part.

I full understand what is required at a technical level to comply with 3.4 and that if you dont do it properly you could be heading for another e-Natis scenario, but one will never know what Telkom's ability to perform the changes are.

On the one hand they could be very meticulously designing & prototype the new network architecture so that it is rock solid at launch, on the other hand they could just be kicking back and showing us all a fat toffie.
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And my point is that I don't care how it is done Telkom had over a year since uncapped local access was in the pipeline and didn't put up a fight at that time. So for a whole year they simply did nothing and now have it planned for November. What they did do was cap local access when there was talk about making it uncapped. So the only logical conclusion is that they changed the system in order not to comply with the regulations.

If they can not comply with it they can at least make it like it was even if local counts towards your cap it is still uncapped after reaching your cap or alternatively don't cap at all. They are breaking the law no matter what the reasons are and must provide uncapped local access and I don't care how they do it.
 
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