Per GB calc's

[DGremlin]

The caculations per Gig that we generally do has been missing one big part of the cost -> LINE RENTAL ...
Its not R80+ per gig, depending on your line and how many Gigs per month you use its way beyong R80+ per Gig !!

Assume R80 per Gig
Assume Min DSL Line ( 192 K line )
min example :
192 DSL (R275) + 2GB (R 160) = R445 Per GB - > R217.50
192 DSL (R275) + 5GB (R 400) = R625 Per GB - > R135
192 DSL (R275) + 10GB (R 800) = R445 Per GB - > R107.50

and yet Telkom compares their service to BT's ( Britich Telecoms ) DSL service, which for 2GB will cost you R180, no more.
Then BT also has 40GB available for R400, with FREE wireless modem/router...

GRREat value ... Telkom you still suck, no matter how you justify it ...

 

[micang]

Correct, they comparing apples with pears.

 

[SuperAntMD]

Correct, they comparing apples with pears.

No, they are comparing broadband with ***

 

[cyberbob]

No, they are comparing broadband with ***

rotflol ... sad, but true

 

[MrGray]

And quoted elsewhere it's suggested that Telkom's wholesale price per gb might be as low as R6.50! Somewhere along the line that translates into a 9500% profit margin if you include line rental for 5GB on a 192kbps connection. I can well believe that the cost per local gb is that low as local would be on Telkom's own infrastructure (no international lines, etc). Since they have effectively priced local and international the same by hardcapping and selling both domestic and international connectivity at the same price, what is their true margin per gb?

Even at the incremental charge to ISP's of about R60 per gb that still translates into over 800% profit margin if that gb is used for local bandwidth only. Surely this is an unfair business practise and makes a mockery of all the talk about Telkom having to operate fairly and in national interests.

Also, if they are seriously only applying the hard cap to other ISP's and not Telkominternet, surely this is flagrantly anticompetitive behaviour?

PS - What's with Mweb's new "monobrow" ad campaign where they advertise "surf as much as you like" on a 192kbps connection for R145pm. Surely this is misleading advertising as you cannot "surf as much as you like" after you hit the hard cap?