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Question of the Day: Will you be subscribing to the new Disney+ R49 streaming package?
New AXXESS pricing.
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mikkelz_za
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Especially seeing as that we are a "minority" here.
bb_matt
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bwana v.3 said:
Yep.
Telkom could easily pull the rug from under all of us without giving a damn.
The old statement "nobody needs more than 3gig" could rear its ugly head again and Telkom can stuff the resellers around as much as they want.
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thehideaway said:
I don't think they really care about users like us on this forum they loose to the independents as they have the "free" modem deal which probably 90% of ADSL user sign up for.
And as the providers of ADSL it is very easy for their consultants to upsell their own service as how many people know about the existance of other ISP's selling better packages or this forum ???.
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bb_matt said:
As they "own" SAIX they can basically dictate to the VISP's what they can do.
Remember the strong arm tactics they used recently to stop the "uncapped" accounts ???.
stoke
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* Shotgun at yer head * NOw TAKE THAT BACK !bwana v.3 said:Now now - I'm sure telkom only wants whats best for us
snoopy_inc
IRC Master
Why do we need to keep dealing with such horseshieieieiet from telkom.
it kinda our fault.
If we were to rally and strike until they enforce something to happen then we would get the response we would want. Our problem is that we don't want to show ourselves out and we don't have the time/effort & money to come to the party.
My opinion is this. WE need to go and rally on telkoms doorstep, get high rated lawyers to start against telkom until something results from it.
Lets do what the Unions do and start up something that would hinder them from doing their job and crash there business.
The problem is that this would need to be coordinated with the rest of the country to do it at the same time everywhere.
....................................... the mood and attitude that i have at this moment in time is so bad that all i want to do is do somthing instead of sitting at my desk talking about doing something!!!!
Who feels the same way.?
ITS NOT JUST ME; is it?
.................. think i am losing it........ hmmmm, cant i sue telkom for mental damage or something
it kinda our fault.
If we were to rally and strike until they enforce something to happen then we would get the response we would want. Our problem is that we don't want to show ourselves out and we don't have the time/effort & money to come to the party.
My opinion is this. WE need to go and rally on telkoms doorstep, get high rated lawyers to start against telkom until something results from it.
Lets do what the Unions do and start up something that would hinder them from doing their job and crash there business.
The problem is that this would need to be coordinated with the rest of the country to do it at the same time everywhere.
....................................... the mood and attitude that i have at this moment in time is so bad that all i want to do is do somthing instead of sitting at my desk talking about doing something!!!!
Who feels the same way.?
ITS NOT JUST ME; is it?
.................. think i am losing it........ hmmmm, cant i sue telkom for mental damage or something
LoneGunman
Expert Member
tibby.dude wrote "It is fine to compete on rock bottom prices but then what use if you can't make a decent profit and can't grow your business ???."
the object in business is not always to grow, just create a fully sustainable guaranteed income.
(Look at the few remaining corner cafe's in business - the ones that DID survive the coming of the hypermarkets admittedly - point being, they don't 'grow' - but they make a good consistent living.)
In a freemarket society, there'll be winners and losers - and also those longterm continually and quietly profitable corner-cafe-type businesses who are happy with making a smaller but 'decent' consistent profit.
Not every ISP wants to take over the world or the marketplace, and its bad business sometimes to be artificially straining to DO that, or to be suggesting that's the only way to describe 'success' in business.
Longterm and a little consistent profit, is just as good for some, as massive expansion and excessive profit and bragging rights in the biz community is for others.
I figure the ISP's who dont have the right attitude to their customers needs, will die out, and the other ones will stay - ranging from the quietly consistently profitable guys, through to the over-achievers, through to the big Monopoly players who want to play Dr Evil in the marketplace.
There's room for everyone, I fink - although the ISP's with bad customer service, will die off first
So - nice one axxess, stay being as helpful and friendly with yer customers, and they'll stick with you over the long haul, and we all benefit..
the object in business is not always to grow, just create a fully sustainable guaranteed income.
(Look at the few remaining corner cafe's in business - the ones that DID survive the coming of the hypermarkets admittedly - point being, they don't 'grow' - but they make a good consistent living.)
In a freemarket society, there'll be winners and losers - and also those longterm continually and quietly profitable corner-cafe-type businesses who are happy with making a smaller but 'decent' consistent profit.
Not every ISP wants to take over the world or the marketplace, and its bad business sometimes to be artificially straining to DO that, or to be suggesting that's the only way to describe 'success' in business.
Longterm and a little consistent profit, is just as good for some, as massive expansion and excessive profit and bragging rights in the biz community is for others.
I figure the ISP's who dont have the right attitude to their customers needs, will die out, and the other ones will stay - ranging from the quietly consistently profitable guys, through to the over-achievers, through to the big Monopoly players who want to play Dr Evil in the marketplace.
There's room for everyone, I fink - although the ISP's with bad customer service, will die off first
So - nice one axxess, stay being as helpful and friendly with yer customers, and they'll stick with you over the long haul, and we all benefit..
munwaal
Senior Member
Heh... 30 gigs for less than what I'm paying for 10 now? Suh--weeeeeeet!
I heard that in about 3 months time telkom are going to be billing per gig. So, you need / use 10 gigs, you pay for 10. I only hope the price is comparable to the situation we currently find ourselves in.
I heard that in about 3 months time telkom are going to be billing per gig. So, you need / use 10 gigs, you pay for 10. I only hope the price is comparable to the situation we currently find ourselves in.
HaltAndCatchFire
Senior Member
I think we are all being fooled by an illusion!! think about it in: not so long ago we all were very unhapy about the local uncap/cap comming into play(or rumours there of anyway!) But now we are fooled by the fact that everything is becomming cheaper!! How is this right?
We should focus on what is really happening!! "They" (SAIX TELKOM WHOMEVER) are doing what is refered to as misdirection
(You focus on one thing and forget the other!!
But i am happy about the Axxess price cuts at least for the now! this means more bandwidth!
We should focus on what is really happening!! "They" (SAIX TELKOM WHOMEVER) are doing what is refered to as misdirection
(You focus on one thing and forget the other!! But i am happy about the Axxess price cuts at least for the now! this means more bandwidth!
munwaal
Senior Member
ASS_SAZiN` said:I think we are all being fooled by an illusion!! think about it in: not so long ago we all were very unhapy about the local uncap/cap comming into play(or rumours there of anyway!) But now we are fooled by the fact that everything is becomming cheaper!! How is this right?
We should focus on what is really happening!! "They" (SAIX TELKOM WHOMEVER) are doing what is refered to as misdirection
But i am happy about the Axxess price cuts at least for the now! this means more bandwidth!
When they first announced local capping, the biggest cap you could get was still 3 gig. With bigger caps now available, the local capping doesn't feel as restrictive.
bb_matt
Executive Member
Agree with Munwaal, unlimited local access becomes less of a problem now we can get 30gig for not much more than 3gig - heck, it's R100 more than the standard 3gig account.
Lets not forget, unlimited local is very much a south african "concept" - AFAIK there isn't anywhere else in the world that does this and the majority of international ISP's have caps - Australia for instance has 30gig default caps on most of their accounts.
Lets not forget, unlimited local is very much a south african "concept" - AFAIK there isn't anywhere else in the world that does this and the majority of international ISP's have caps - Australia for instance has 30gig default caps on most of their accounts.
mikkelz_za
Senior Member
And reduce ADSL rental even more!
Nom Chompsky
High Tory
Although a R250 cut for a 30GB offering is a bit suspicious, remember that Telscum is dropping their line rental quite alot (for themselves anyway 
) so obviously the SAIX ISP's will also get discounted price
I'm sure Axxess are not doing this at a loss....
) so obviously the SAIX ISP's will also get discounted priceI'm sure Axxess are not doing this at a loss....