Price war!

So exactly how will the wireless latency issue be sorted? Are technologies like WiMax, 4G significantly better to provide much lower pings in the same weather conditions? Is it more resistant to outside interference? I wonder if those things can be sorted out completely, over things that just include increased speed.
 
VJB 449 said:
Be glad you can afford the 4Mb line. Most people in this country can't afford the entry level ADSL offerings, that is the issue here.
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So true. I wish more of my friends could get adsl or any other decent 24/7 connection.

PS: some folks in the UK have started a petition because they want residential fibre offerings at their homes because their uncapped 10Mb connections just ain't enough...and I bet they're are paying less for those uncapped connections @ 10Mb than a 3GB 384K package here...
 
TheREV said:
Honestly. Get a life. Yes, tillskim is expensive, yes, the cap is a small issue, but the reality is I, like most people I know would gladly live with these minor issues if skimtel could actually provide a real broadband service.

I have a so-called "4Mb" line, but the only place to actually get "4Mb" is from the useless telscum "speed" test. Real-world speed is closer to around 300Kb. Unless and until that is improved, our narrowband Internet access in SA will continue to hamper real growth.

All Neotel has to do is offer genuine speed and they will get my business - irrespective of price.
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Were u answering my post (?)
I think the cap is everything. Without a cap at least you can download a lot to compensate for high charges. It was like that for a while, but now there is a cap and the charges are high (not to mention all the extras).

Speed is an issue with all networks. One was caught with their pants down making unrealistic claims.
[http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=68129].

I don't see honesty as a trait we can pin on any network, but with the availability of all manner of measurement sites and devices, why do it in such a brazen fashion? It's a case of marketing not matching technology - and I don't see Telkom adjusting their own claims either. We just have to inform, inform, inform so that nobody has unrealistic expectations.
 
I'm not a Telkom fanboy by any definitition, but it occurred to me that their latest announcement regarding 10Mbps linespeed by 2011 and disregarding of caps / pricing in the short-term could very well be a clever tactic on their part.

Think about it. For years Telkom has been trampling on customer service, quality of provision, cost of service, delays in installation and repair, purportedly neglecting infrastructure maintenance and enhancements, etc. Today Telkom has one of the worst public reputations around from a consumer perspective. No matter what Telkom claims regarding improvements the majority of consumers will simply not believe them. I think that is the key the marketing guys (and perhaps management team) have finally stumbled upon to reverse their negative publicity.

IF (and that's a very big IF) Telkom fools 'competitors' into disregarding Telkom from the equation and to compete only among themselves, Telkom will have an opportunity to quietly improve their network and product offerings in the background. Nobody will suspect them of doing so because they've 'announced' they won't!

So when everyone has driven their business models to the finest edge in terms of what they can offer and the lowest prices they're prepared to charge ... Telkom will be able to 'suddenly' come out with guns blazing offering faster connections, large caps, SLIGHTLY better prices than all other competitors and overnight become the 'darlings' of the SA ICT industry by "beating their own previous targets". The fact they'll drive competitors into the dirt as a consequence will be overlooked by the (finally) lower prices, accessibility for the masses and improved quailty of service everyone is looking for!

Strategically, this clever ploy could work but it requires a complete change of attitude from Telkom regarding customer centricity and disregarding total focus on shareholder returns in the short-term to make all the fixes that are required.

It's the only way I can foresee Telkom keeping me as a customer in the future once competition arrives in force and legislation and market forces work hand-in-hand to make broadband the necessary utility it should be and not the 'luxury' current high prices dictate they are.

If on the otherhand, this sort of vision and planning is still beyond Telkom's capabilities, then Telkom will simply go the way of the dinosaurs. Either way, a good thing for consumers in the long-run :D
 
Yeah, this stuff is hellishly overpriced here in SA, same as electronic goods (phones, pc's, TV's, etc). Basically, everything electronic and related to anything electronic is OVERPRICED
 
Skeptik said:
It would be easy for Telkom to compete. They just need to increase the cap slightly. The wireless networks have modelled their offerings on measuring every bit that comes into your PC, so they would have to run fast to catch up.
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Telkom measure traffic the same way, who doesn't?
 
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