Telkom ADSL growth slows

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

The problem is that Telkom can't afford to cut line rental and unbundle voice - thrir earning strategy depends on these fixed charges.

The first thing people will do is abandon their voice line in favour of their cellphones and this will halve their profit per customer. No company is going to do this to potentially attract customers.

We need fixed line competition but that isn't going to happen any time soon.

 

[whipper]

I think that Telkom's customer base is serisouly eroding and that they have adsl technicians standing around with nothing to do. I applied for an ADSL line TWO days ago, asking them to install it on the 6th of Jan 2010 after I have moved into my new house. I got a call a few minutes ago from the technician. He is outside the house and wanting to install the line. I appreciate the speedy service, but I think its speedy cause there are'nt many installations happening

Or maybe their service may have improved a tad bit !!

 

[krycor]

BUT are these strictly ADSL connections or Telkom ADSL only? Keep in mind that nowadays isp's resell adsl lines too(limited to where pots pre-exist) thus the numbers might just be showing the change in who is selling adsl line packages.

 

[SlightlyPeeved]

I tried to get a 4meg line installed, but Telkom says they are not planning on making any provisions for more bandwidth in the area. Umm, helloo. I want to give you some money, helloo, want to do business with you.

 

[vonAtlas]

At the current rate, high dsl access charges (voice line rental and adsl line speed) will always keep me from signing up, no matter how aggressively priced adsl data bundles become.