Increase in Telkom ADSL growth

[MickeyD]

except that if the scrap all copper related charges and keep IPC at the applicable carriage through price they would have the usual gang complaining to the competition commission
AND in order to make the copper charge argument work Telkom would have to retain "inflated" prices at IPC - so no transparent pricing

The alternative would be to unbundle the local loop with an appropriate transparent costs model and for an intermediary revenue division to offer "free copper" (so it pays to wholesale for copper rental) with traffic being obligated to go through its IPC mechanism

Amend the IPC calculation to include costs up to the "jack"... and then scrap rental charges!

 

[Paul Hjul]

Amend the IPC calculation to include costs up to the "jack"... and then scrap rental charges!

That would be my approach ....

But not really worth going into a full set out when Telkom seem on a course towards stupidity right now

 

[siraman]

If they listened 10 years ago, then I'm sure there'd be well over a million ADSL subscribers by now.

Drop or, God forbid, scrap your rental charges and then see how many more folks will move over to DSL!! You'll make back some, maybe even all, of that revenue loss via the increased demand for IPC or other data/traffic revenue streams.

Adapt or die.

Couldn't agree more and I'd very much welcome drastic price drops on the POTS rental side. The signature below says it all.

 

[Lupus]

Same problem here, they asked for a large deposit on an ADSL line, paid it, and still no ports available for the past 2 months

2 months is a cake walk, try four years

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

ADSL's success comes from having so many innovative resellers, as well as the 'uncapped' products that are a natural result of this competition. I'm looking forward to seeing a vibrant market develop around the 'open access' fibre installations which should be the hallmark of 2015

 

[MickeyD]

ADSL's success comes from having so many innovative resellers, as well as the 'uncapped' products that are a natural result of this competition. I'm looking forward to seeing a vibrant market develop around the 'open access' fibre installations which should be the hallmark of 2015

Resellers?

If you look at the September year-on-year comparisons released yesterday, you'll see that TelkomInternet still holds 57.9% (558 903 of 965 046) of the ISP market, slightly up from 57.0% last year.

In numbers:
- The ADSL market grew by 66 843 subscribers of which 46 609 (70%) took out TelkomInternet contracts.
- All the other ISPs combined have 406 144 subscribers (20 234 up from last year).

 

[Inevitability]

Resellers?
If you look at the September year-on-year comparisons released yesterday, you'll see that TelkomInternet still holds 57.9% (558 903 of 965 046) of the ISP market, slightly up from 57.0% last year.
In numbers:
- The ADSL market grew by 66 843 subscribers of which 46 609 (70%) took out TelkomInternet contracts.
- All the other ISPs combined have 406 144 subscribers (20 234 up from last year).

I myself moved ISP from <other ISP name> to Telkom cos of their value... the new SmartHome bundle saves me about 25% of my previous bill... plus I now have a faster line and Mobile minutes and Mobile data, effectively free.
The recurring point of this thread is: If Telkom lowers the cost, we would have more people signing up for ADSL, and I'm one of those people that's almost not using ADSL cos of the cost, so for me the value is actually more important than the quality of the service (and while <other ISP name> was definitely better with their service, Telkom is not terrible at all).

TL;DR: I chose Telkom ISP cos of price. I suspect many more do the same

 

[MickeyD]

The recurring point of this thread is: If Telkom lowers the cost, we would have more people signing up for ADSL

Agreed. Big problem, though.... if Telkom keep lowering their prices they will be dragged before ICASA, Competition Commission, High Court, ASA, "pick an acronym and insert here", etc. etc. etc. by certain other "big" ISPs and network operators who will complain that they are abusing their market position.