If I was a Telkom boss...

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desraid

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I will lower ADSL prices and get nearly 100% broadband market share in SA!

Their current strategy is profit based, but I think market share is more important then current profit.
 
Hmmm.. lets not share our ideas here cos then Telkom could use them and that wouldnt be good for the sno ;)
 
Yes, i agree. Let Telkom shoot themselves in the foot, repeatedly. Eventually they might learn.
 
desraid said:
I will lower ADSL prices and get nearly 100% broadband market share in SA!
Their current strategy is profit based, but I think market share is more important then current profit.
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Um - nope - if teklom do get 100% broadband market share, then governmint will have to step in to stop them monopolising their strong position, so - it's not in teklom's interests to do that.
 
Well I made my decision. Come the 1st of August, cancel telkom ISP, signup axxess ISP. I pay R100 more for 10x the ammout of data and I save R90 from my 384k line because of the price reductions. So in effect I’m going to pay R10 extra p/m for x10 more. You would be mad not to.
 
stoke said:
Um - nope - if teklom do get 100% broadband market share, then governmint will have to step in to stop them monopolising their strong position, so - it's not in teklom's interests to do that.
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Well, our government didn't interfere with Telkom business for how many years before?
Unlike the other countries, we still only have 1 fixed line operator.
At least SNO is on its way, but the question is, could SNO compete effectively with Telkom...
 
desraid said:
Well, our government didn't interfere with Telkom business for how many years before?
Unlike the other countries, we still only have 1 fixed line operator.
At least SNO is on its way, but the question is, could SNO compete effectively with Telkom...
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SNO is governmint's intervention to the teklomopoly. Will it compete effectively ? Has anything the Department of Communications done worked properly ? Lemme just say that - IMHO - SNO and Teklom will just be another MTN/VODA/CELLC collation.
 
stoke said:
SNO is governmint's intervention to the teklomopoly. Will it compete effectively ? Has anything the Department of Communications done worked properly ? Lemme just say that - IMHO - SNO and Teklom will just be another MTN/VODA/CELLC collation.
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That's bad news.
As you said, MTN and CELL C failed to compete with Vodacom.
I get the simillar picture now. ;(
 
desraid said:
That's bad news.
As you said, MTN and CELL C failed to compete with Vodacom.
I get the simillar picture now. ;(
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Have no fear - MYADSL + ANTITRUST + HELLKOM are alive and well and kicking .... WE WILL GET WHAT THIS COUNTRY DESERVES.
 
If I were Telkom, I would do the same PLUS start a massive advertising campaign telling your average working south african why they should get broadband and why they should be excited about it.

Lets face it, the market for broadband is very small because most people in this country have no idea what broadband is or what it can do.

The UK faced the same problem with broadband adoption initially and had to educate people about the benefits.

One of the biggest drawcards is simply speed - people are so used to websites taking 5 minutes to load, they are quite literally bowled over when they see one load in 5 seconds.
 
Yeah - and growing like crazy.

sure, they have a market easily 10 times bigger than ours, due to a larger bulk of the population being able to afford it, but we can see a similar smaller uptake happening here if the local loop gets unbundled.

As soon as ISP's can get their hands dirty in the exchanges, the uptake will be massive in south african terms
 
desraid said:
Well, our government didn't interfere with Telkom business for how many years before?
Unlike the other countries, we still only have 1 fixed line operator.
At least SNO is on its way, but the question is, could SNO compete effectively with Telkom...
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As long as the governement has their noses in this stuff - approving licenses for other cell providers and alternative national operators, including putting the brakes on, the prices will not drop to the levels they need to be. They will drop a little, but not where they need to be.
 
A massive campaign to get people on broadband? How about a massive campaign to first give people telephone lines so they can get broadband.
 
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