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Telkom 1Mbps ADSL in June...
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Andre
Expert Member
bb_matt said:
If that's the case then sign me up. I hope that they offer it to residential users too.
He does say that the pricing of 1Meg will not be "linearly" related to the "other offerings".
ie: R599 for 512K and R1198 for 1Meg. So that means 1Meg will be R1197.99. There, that's not linear.
ps: We don't need FASTER dsl just yet, we need more DATA for LESS MONEY. If you already d/l at 50K/sec, why would you want 100K/sec at home specifically. I'd rather have a much bigger cap or no cap at all since 512K can get you 130Gigs a month and that means buying more harddrives (or DVD-R's)
ie: R599 for 512K and R1198 for 1Meg. So that means 1Meg will be R1197.99. There, that's not linear.
ps: We don't need FASTER dsl just yet, we need more DATA for LESS MONEY. If you already d/l at 50K/sec, why would you want 100K/sec at home specifically. I'd rather have a much bigger cap or no cap at all since 512K can get you 130Gigs a month and that means buying more harddrives (or DVD-R's)
kilps
Expert Member
True!
This could go down well with schools - only thing would be a cap (at our school they would reach 3GB in about 5 hours )
This could go down well with schools - only thing would be a cap (at our school they would reach 3GB in about 5 hours
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Vox Populi Vox Dei
High Tory
That's why the school should get uncapped ADSL...
kilps
Expert Member
feverdj said:
someone mention THAT at the hearings
Kalvaer
Expert Member
Just who are they targeting then!
Telkom to debut 1Mbps service in June
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"Steven White, Telkom's executive for new product development, says the offering will be aimed at the small to medium business market, although it could also be opened up to the residential market, if there is interest"
Telkom ADSL ‘not for bandwidth hogs'
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"Roberts told the panel that Telkom's shaped ADSL offering was targeted at small business and the higher end of the residential market with a moderate volume of Internet traffic. The unshaped offering provides a service in which all protocols share the available bandwidth equally. "
Ok so the current 512k service is for the small business and "higher end" Residential... The new 1 meg services is for small to medium business' and maybe residential... I'm confused
Telkom to debut 1Mbps service in June
Quote
"Steven White, Telkom's executive for new product development, says the offering will be aimed at the small to medium business market, although it could also be opened up to the residential market, if there is interest"
Telkom ADSL ‘not for bandwidth hogs'
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"Roberts told the panel that Telkom's shaped ADSL offering was targeted at small business and the higher end of the residential market with a moderate volume of Internet traffic. The unshaped offering provides a service in which all protocols share the available bandwidth equally. "
Ok so the current 512k service is for the small business and "higher end" Residential... The new 1 meg services is for small to medium business' and maybe residential... I'm confused
CrazyMadMan
Senior Member
no no you are not the confused one, Tel*** is
Hong Kong Broadband Launches 1 Gbps Home Service for US$215/month
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=266
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=266
arf9999
MyBroadband Member
$215 = R1300
Hmmm... 200,000% faster than Telkom at 50% higher price.
Hmmm... 200,000% faster than Telkom at 50% higher price.
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Vio said:Well, not realy 50% higher price if you consider uncapped
True.
I wonder how long it would take to break the 3 GB Cap with a 1 GB connection.
How does the formula go?
Would it be 3 Minutes perhaps?
arf9999
MyBroadband Member
8 seconds per GB, therefore to reach 3GB = 24 seconds.
edit: "Right, a new month and a new cap, let's start downloading...oh damn capped!"
edit: "Right, a new month and a new cap, let's start downloading...oh damn capped!"
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That makes telkom look like ****, well anything does really...
Thats a pretty hard hitting fact to put through to Icasa.
Telkom's 512k ADSL costs the customer +-R900pm...
A provider in Hong Kong is offering a service that costs just R400 more yet is 2000x faster (yes, two thousand times) and could reach telkom's 3GB cap in just 24 seconds.
Thanks telkom
Thats a pretty hard hitting fact to put through to Icasa.
Telkom's 512k ADSL costs the customer +-R900pm...
A provider in Hong Kong is offering a service that costs just R400 more yet is 2000x faster (yes, two thousand times) and could reach telkom's 3GB cap in just 24 seconds.
Thanks telkom