Less for more. TELKOM "Per second billing"??

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Less for more. TELKOM Per second billing. Will TELKOM will again rewrite the "per second billing" concept script as with the broadband "per Gig billing". Another Surprise on the way? Imagine per second billing on top of "per Gig billing" renamed to "Data rate billing" in per second units. Won't be to far fetched in TELKOMS mind, would it?

I mean now, on ADSL, you pay to send an e-mail and your partner pay to receive it (Excluding fixed costs only bandwidth), Free internet data is no more free thanks to TELKOM! so nothing in TELKOMS existence could not be a shocking surprise can it?



http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_05012006.htm
 
pupa said:
Less for more. TELKOM Per second billing. Will TELKOM will again rewrite the "per second billing" concept script as with the broadband "per Gig billing". Another Surprise on the way? Imagine per second billing on top of "per Gig billing" renamed to "Data rate billing" in per second units. Won't be to far fetched in TELKOMS mind, would it?

I mean now, on ADSL, you pay to send an e-mail and your partner pay to receive it (Excluding fixed costs only bandwidth), Free internet data is no more free thanks to TELKOM! so nothing in TELKOMS existence could not be a shocking surprise can it?



http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_05012006.htm
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Link not working -- do you perhaps have the original text?
 
wajason said:
Hi guys , i know this is totally irrelevant but take a look anyway!

Its looks hectic.. ordered it myself.. will save me bucks and i am sure u guys too .. :

http://www.telkom.co.za/athome/services/onerate/index.html
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It is a move in the right direction - but one has to call an awfull lot to make it worth the while.

It is interesting how they exclude internet access for which they want another arm & leg.
 
this plans are absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!

150 internet hours for R150??? WTF

One infiniti call is R9.20 as far as I remember, I was doing four of those per month (over the weekends) each for 60 hours (from 19h on Friday to 7h on Monday), making total of 240 hours for about R36.80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
swordfish1 said:
this plans are absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!

150 internet hours for R150??? WTF

One infiniti call is R9.20 as far as I remember, I was doing four of those per month (over the weekends) each for 60 hours (from 19h on Friday to 7h on Monday), making total of 240 hours for about R36.80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is there anything that originates from Telskum that isn't ridiculous?

While 3rd class citizen's like Rikush1t come up with bright ideas like that you can't expect much can you? People that work for Telskum have their IQ capped at around 60 ... :D
 
How would they know if you are phoning an internet number if say phoning 0113407501 or even better my office line connected to my dial in server
 
You have to register the ISP number with them - most ISP dial up numbers are already registered - I used Surfmore before i got adsl. same principal.
 
I wonder? The Herald news article withdrawn ???

I see the link do not work anymore and the search for the article confirms it have disappeared, Was it withdrawn ?

Here is the google alert

http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_05012006.htm
Telecom tariff cuts foreseen as the market opens even wider
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
... believes consumers' phone bills may fall by up to 30%, but this would require steps such as the adoption of the per-second billing by Telkom, cost-based ...

and a google search
The Herald Online **Business**
Telecom tariff cuts foreseen as the market opens even wider. Johannesburg – While
2005 saw the deregulation and the licensing of the second national ...
www.epherald.co.za/herald/biz/hbiz.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages


Basically it was said that it is expected that a drop of phone bill costs due to the expected restructuring in 2006 and the birth of the SNO. Telkom said that would lead to per second billing............. !!
 
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Thanks Bwana, Your google works better than mine? LoL
 
pupa said:
Thanks Bwana, Your google works better than mine? LoL
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Not that - I just know how their archiving works. That link probably would have been fine the day the article came out. :)
 
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