IS & uncapped local

[eremos]

The ADSL regs say local must be uncapped, but IS still have to pay IPConnect fees to Telkom to get the ADSL users onto their network.

Will ICASA force ISDSL out of business because Telkom prevents them from complying with that regulation?

Or do I have the pricing structure of IPConnect all wrong and in fact they pay per line, not per amount of data that flows through it?

Perhaps Openweb peeps could shed some light?

 

[Roman4604]

IPConnect = fixed monthly cost depending on pipe size, with no charge for traffic.

 

[linkinpark]

Doesnt Neotel now offer IPConnect or an equivalent?

 

[Syndyre]

Doubt it, its essentially a connection to Telkom's network so they couldn't.

 

[asmith]

IPConnect = fixed monthly cost depending on pipe size, with no charge for traffic.

Yes but the cost is such that if you have a 4meg line, IS does not buy 4meg of IPConnect bandwidth from Telkom in order to provide you with a service. So the more bandwidth you use, the more you cost IS because the contention ratio drops.

 

[Roman4604]

Yes but the cost is such that if you have a 4meg line, IS does not buy 4meg of IPConnect bandwidth from Telkom in order to provide you with a service. So the more bandwidth you use, the more you cost IS because the contention ratio drops.

Not 100% sure what you mean.

The original question was, are there any traffic charges involved in the purchase of IPC services from Telkom, to which I relpied no, its a fixed cost.

For example, IS pay Telkom a fixed monthly amount for the IPC capacity they have chosen to purchase. How IS manage the contention of this bw is their own perogative (i.e. how much they purchase from Telkom in relation to how much customer capacity they've sold) and does not affect the price they buy it for (excl. volume discounts).

 

[eremos]

Thank you, that clears things up nicely.