They might "develop a new product to address this urgent need" as they have done for people that had a problem with the port shaping restrictions.
Expect an announcement as early as July 2006. At Telkom central, developing a new product to address an urgent need takes about two years of market research done by "professional market consultants(1)" over long periods of time, sampling every possible market for the product.
Since the invention of ISDN technology in the early 1980s, Telkom have been conducting in-depth research into the technology and in 1999, only 18 odd years after the technology was invented, Telkom managed to develop a line of ISDN solutions on their network.
Telkom have also managed to introduce call waiting, caller ID and voice and fax answering services only about 20 years after these technologies first became available to operators for implementation.
As another incredible triumph, through its partners Marconi and 2C Telecoms, Telkom have finally managed to introduce branded analogue cordless telephones, about 30 years after the technology was first used commercially. Incredibly, it only took Telkom and its partners 10 years after its invention to develop and market a DECT cordless phone.
As yet, there are no Telkom branded fax machines. We have it on good authority that since the invention of early fax technology in the mid 1970s, Telkom's dedicated research and development team have been looking into designing and building a fax system. Telkom's alliance partners are also helping with the project, they believe that a lead time of only 35 years may be required and should have a branded fax solution ready by 2010.
Telkom management are immensely proud of their research and development team for implementing ADSL service on their infrastructure, only six years after the technology first became available to operators. They are even more impressed by the fact that the TelkomInternet research team have cut the time required to develop a new product from several decades to just over two years. This is an enormous achievement in market research efficiency.
After extensive market research has been completed, another short delay may also occur as Telkom, its American parent company and share holders perform complex arithmetic calculations to determine the price range at which the product will generate the absolute maximum possible proffits for the companies.
NOTES:
1) Professional Market Consultants:
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Unemployed friends or family of Telkom top management who write one page reports indicating wether a product might work in the South African market, after driving around the country in luxury vehicles provided by Telkom, staying in the premiere hotels that our tourism industry has to offer and sampling the local, uh, public, all ours of the day and night. At the end of the research period, the consultant is payed a large amount of money as gratification for their invaluable service to the company.
Willie Viljoen
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Adaptive Web Development
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