Telkom’s High Bandwidth Plans

This investment can also bring significant savings to consumers, but it is not certain when customers will see the results.
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I am actually annoyed with myself that I even read this article. I should know better.
 
Metro-Ethernet is another technology Telkom is investing in, and this high bandwidth capable technology should satisfy the needs of even the most bandwidth hungry corporate.
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KE?
More info on this technology: http://www.metrobility.com/metro-ethernet.htm
So ... if teklom provides a 1GB/s network cable crossing the road to your sister building ... they can charge you:
1024 = R900 [4 simplicity] so ...
1024 = 1Mb/s
There are 1 000 000 Megs [simplicity] in a Gig.
1Mb/s * 1 000 000 = 1GB/s
So ... R900 * 1 000 000 = R9 000 000 a month.

1GB/s would mean that teklom should charge you roughly R900 million a month.
Bwaaahahahaha. Kinda puts their costs into perspective.
R900 mil a month for a cable crossing a road.

Ludicrous.
 
stoke said:
KE?
More info on this technology: http://www.metrobility.com/metro-ethernet.htm
So ... if teklom provides a 1GB/s network cable crossing the road to your sister building ... they can charge you:
1024 = R900 [4 simplicity] so ...
1024 = 1Mb/s
There are 1 000 000 Megs [simplicity] in a Gig.
1Mb/s * 1 000 000 = 1GB/s
So ... R900 * 1 000 000 = R9 000 000 a month.

1GB/s would mean that teklom should charge you roughly R900 million a month.
Bwaaahahahaha. Kinda puts their costs into perspective.
R900 mil a month for a cable crossing a road.

Ludicrous.
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1024 MB = 1 GB
 
Me thinks he works for Telkom. Particularly the marketing department. They always try fool people as to what reality really is. Either that, or he has spent to much time on hold to Telkom, and has followed Telkoms example of going backwards technologically.
 
/me ignores the 1024 problem.
/me see's that 1GB/s = 1 000 000 000 Bits/second
/me see's that 1000KB/second = 1 000 000 Bits/second.
/me says that 1000KB/s line is 900 bucks a month.
/me says that 1GB/s line is therefore 900 000 bucks a month.
/me is clearer.
 
Another excuse to not drop prices.

"We can't lower tarriffs! We have to recoup costs for all this new equipment. And then we have to recoup it again next month. And the month after that. And so on. Oh and we're going to cripple our old services like ADSL so it is no longer cost effective and you'll be forced to use this new one".
 
I'm so sick and tired with Telkom planning so much for the future and ignoring the problems we face today. They really are not planning to address cost issues are they? They will do anything to keep the prices on the high. This will justify them increasing the prices to pay for their "upgrades" to recover the costs. When are we ever gonna have a break, if at all?
 
Sneeky said:
I am actually annoyed with myself that I even read this article. I should know better.
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THX Sneaky you saved me some time. Though it would prolly be rubish anyway! More BStalk?
 
Marais said that Telkom has experienced a significant increase in bandwidth demand over the past few years, but that the fixed line provider had measures in place to ensure that they will be able to satisfy these demands.
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Yep, extremely low bit caps and shaping the line to carp! Imagine the future demand and future punitive measures by Telkom... :rolleyes:
 
One of Telkom’s main focal areas is high speed broadband provisioning, and technologies like WiMax, ADSL, ADSL2+ and Metro-Ethernet which are all either in the testing or trial phase.
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So ADSL is still in testing phase... <sarcasm>that makes a lot of sense!
 
Telkom upgrading their network is a good thing, but it means nothing for consumers in and of itself, because it will not (and in fact pretty much *cannot*) result in a reduction in prices; ONLY a free market with genuine competition can do that. The fact that they are upgrading their network has effectively no connection to prices - in such a protected and high margin market, actual production costs scarcely need to be considered at all when setting prices, only market conditions need to be considered (supply/demand etc.). As long as they don't have competition they can and will continue to charge "what the market will bear".
 
Peter7 said:
Marais said that Telkom has experienced a significant increase in bandwidth demand over the past few years, but that the fixed line provider had measures in place to ensure that they will be able to satisfy these demands.
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Yep, extremely low bit caps and shaping the line to carp! Imagine the future demand and future punitive measures by Telkom... :rolleyes:
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Maybe just free up some more sat3 bandwidth, pimp up the ADSL speed to 3G and then carry on cheating by saying they "upgraded" the network when they in fact just released some of the bandwidth they are withholding from us.
Remember the sudden jump to 1024 and now to the so called new services to come? Analogous to the fixed line where they now suddenly add call forwarding and other released services slowly over a long period as they "Upgraded" the "technology/ Utter BShiite! and the offer of 200M mail for R315.00/month. They must think we are fools or rather we must be as we still pay for these overpriced services! As much as a car or house per month!
 
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