Seacom switch-on hailed by industry

Drop prices? sorry thats not a South African tradition. Nope, its doubtful we will see any improvement in caps, gigs and sukke goed.
 
Help me out here ! - how do they get 160 gig per sec ?

I am no tech guru, but doesn't 1.28 T mean 1,0280 gig per second ?

What is the difference between Tera bytes and Tera bits ?

What other factors influence the speed on this cable ?
 
The Seacom team expects consumers to enjoy cheaper internet access almost immediately as more capacity becomes available at much lower prices.

Until now most international voice and data traffic has been carried on the Sat3 cable on Africa’s west coast. But that is controlled by a cabal of operators including Telkom , which kept the access fees exorbitantly high.

Originally, Herlihy expected to slash SA’s bandwidth fees 80%, but the mere threat of its arrival prompted Telkom to drop its fees up to 90% ahead of the fierce competition. Other operators and internet service providers (ISPs) have not passed all savings on to consumers.
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I've seen it mentioned over and over again that Telkom has already dropped their prices by up to 90% :confused:

For the love of Internet, can some journalist PLEASE write an investigative report on this?

When did Telkom lower the price, and for what type of service? (voice, data, etc)

Was this alleged price cut passed onto resellers, ISPs or consumers?

Who's continuing to rip us off?

In specifically ADSL and local web hosting I've not seen any significant price reductions. (as end-user)

PS: Can we not expect immediate lower ADSL packages from those ISPs who also offer IS ADSL (since IS already bought capacity in Seacom), or how does that work?
 
Donsy said:
Help me out here ! - how do they get 160 gig per sec ?

I am no tech guru, but doesn't 1.28 T mean 1,0280 gig per second ?

What is the difference between Tera bytes and Tera bits ?

What other factors influence the speed on this cable ?
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Bit < Byte
8 bits = 1 byte so,
1.28/8
0.16 TeraBYTE /s which equals 160 GB/s
 
The pressure is all on Neotel.
What they decide to do now will affect us all in the short term.
I pray they wont be like helkom and milk the already dehydrating cows.
 
Cloud said:
Yes, and those ISPs did not know about Seacom being almost complete when they signed it /end sarcasm

The ISPs who planned ahead for this event and drop prices deserve to reap the rewards. Those who were dumb enough to throw all their eggs in the Telkom basket must face the consequences.

Bring on the internet revolution.
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Because of it's monopoly Telkom demanded at least a 24 month contract if you wanted a decent fibre SAIX line connected to your NNOC.
 
demon angel said:
The pressure is all on Neotel.
What they decide to do now will affect us all in the short term.
I pray they wont be like helkom and milk the already dehydrating cows.
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did you see this bit?
As it stands, only Neotel is in any position to reduce prices - and it doesn't have to, because no one else can. .
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And, finally, the South African consumer is to blame for expressing some of the worst apathy in the world. We are ripped off for a number of things in South Africa - branded clothing, electronics, cars - and, yes, bandwidth. But instead of rising up against ridiculous prices, South Africans sit back and take it.
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...Says it all. :rolleyes:
 
hailed by what industry???? ISPs???? wow, what a surprise!!! they are not passing on savings????? shame on them.

"allow us to compete gloabally like never before"...... blah blah blah, I am still paying the same high prices for my same sh*tting cap.
 
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