New offering from Neotel

[rpm]

New offering from Neotel

Neotel and Samsung Networking bring SME offering to market – promises to cut costs

 

[psst]

promises, promises

 

[Surv0]

my mommy always told me never to promise something i cant follow through on...

 

[ConsiderThis]

anyone have an idea of how many customers neotel has at this stage? heard the uptake is very slow...

 

[MielieSpoor]

heard the uptake is very slow...

well with the speed their coverage is expanding its no wonders. My mom lives 1km outside of coverage and they don't want to give her services and they can't even tell her when she will be able to get services from them. She don't want to go the ADSL route and the cellphone signal is very bad.

 

[cookiemonster]

oh yay.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

I'm taking the number approach, mine is prefix 2390 so I reckon with a offset on the sequence about 1500 in Cape Town. I know that last month their where claims that they only had 6'000 residential users.

But once their prime coverage improves, then take up will sky rocket. In Somerset West they are only covering the CBD.

 

[lilGr]

Bleh bleh bleh Cheaper ADSL and Bandwidth is all I care about

 

[warwickw]

Yup been watching that orange blob get closer and closer to me in Somerset West, but its useless to me anyway as they don't have a unit that supports LAN, and I will never support a networking product that only has USB connectivity.

 

[Nod]

Why do they only cover the Pretoria CBD? The people that want their service are sitting in the neighbourhoods.

 

[Wyzak]

In addition, as this service can be used anywhere in Neotel’s coverage area

So basically nowhere....

 

[KampfGherkin]

This offering, which is currently pending ICASA approval, has been launched...

Yep. That's your problem right there...*wipes oil off hands with a dirty cloth*

I hate government meddling in the economy.

 

[sunsoffun]

Yep. That's your problem right there...*wipes oil off hands with a dirty cloth*

LOL!

Any news about the pricing structure yet?

 

[marine1]

Samsung and Neotel will now run fiber directly into your business if you have a PRI with Telkom. We have been told about it where I work

 

[NeoFan]

Yup been watching that orange blob get closer and closer to me in Somerset West, but its useless to me anyway as they don't have a unit that supports LAN, and I will never support a networking product that only has USB connectivity.

Give it a couple of days mate

 

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In addition, as this service can be used anywhere in Neotel’s coverage area, SME’s can open new offices and relocate existing offices in a quick and hassle free manner without having to wait for new phone lines to be installed.” says Mukul Sharma, Head of the Consumer Business Unit at Neotel.

Ok so that would actually read 'almost nowhere' once Neoghost's spin has been removed?

 

[rpm]

Any news about the pricing structure yet?

We asked, but until ICASA approved it Neotel can not comment on the matter - understandable. We will publish the pricing as soon as we get it.

 

[Tns]

i want it but noooo ,less talk more service please.

 

[supersunbird]

Why do they only cover the Pretoria CBD? The people that want their service are sitting in the neighbourhoods.

Yeah, especially PTA East and Centurion, lots of people with some money to spend.

 

[orange]

Samsung and Neotel will now run fiber directly into your business if you have a PRI with Telkom. We have been told about it where I work

That division (doing the fiber) is as useless - actually no - more useless than telkom.

They don't meet deadlines, are incapable of getting permissions needed, can't equate a map with the real world, don't return phone calls, can't give technical answers (or are un-interested in doing so), send bills before the service is activated, ignore your querying of these bills....

In short, I'm not surprised telkom is not worried by this orange incompetence.....