Telkom ADSL pricing surprise

R10 for now....
and R50-100 when the upgrade happens...

telkom wont make a free upgrade,we gonna pay some how..
 
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sybertiger said:
R10 for now....
and R50-100 when the upgrade happens...

telkom wont make a free upgrade,we gonna pay some how..
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When they upped 512Kbps to 1Mbps it was free...

Edit: Anyway R10 isn't all that much for getting a line 2.5 times faster
 
R10 is nothing. Especially when getting 3 times the speed.
 
The problem is that ADSL figures are not growing enough on the one hand and it is not making money on the other hand either so what do you do? Up the price and upgrade the speed!
 
The R8 to R10 figure is for the lines that companies like Imaginet, MWEB and Webafrica give to you and that they manage themselves. The cost is going to the ISP, not to you and not to any TelkomInternet subscribers.
 
NAG - Wesley said:
The R8 to R10 figure is for the lines that companies like Imaginet, MWEB and Webafrica give to you and that they manage themselves. The cost is going to the ISP, not to you and not to any TelkomInternet subscribers.
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^This
 
NAG - Wesley said:
The R8 to R10 figure is for the lines that companies like Imaginet, MWEB and Webafrica give to you and that they manage themselves. The cost is going to the ISP, not to you and not to any TelkomInternet subscribers.
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ISPs are not charities; the cost is ultimately borne by the consumer.
 
This drives me nuts .. another "added value" choice .. what this means, is that we give the consumer no choice but to pay more .. really .. where is my choice not to change speeds if I dont want to pay the 10 rand extra .. Obviously I realise that its only 8 or 10 rand for an extra 2.5 times the speed .. but thats besides the point .. Imagine if people stopped selling entry level hard drives, because 2TB is only 180 rand more that 1.5TB, which is only 120 rand more than 1TB ..

I dont care about "value offerings", give me choice, Ill decide my own value thank you very much.
 
jetlee said:
This drives me nuts .. another "added value" choice .. what this means, is that we give the consumer no choice but to pay more .. really .. where is my choice not to change speeds if I dont want to pay the 10 rand extra .. Obviously I realise that its only 8 or 10 rand for an extra 2.5 times the speed .. but thats besides the point .. Imagine if people stopped selling entry level hard drives, because 2TB is only 180 rand more that 1.5TB, which is only 120 rand more than 1TB ..

I dont care about "value offerings", give me choice, Ill decide my own value thank you very much.
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Better than a price increase without 2.5 times the speed.
 
The incumbent is facing sliding fixed line numbers and voice revenues, and an increase in ADSL pricing will assist the company to boost revenue
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Decreasing pricing will increase the number of subscribers...
Why go ADSL when you can get a mobile stick for R199 with 2GB FULL STOP
This is a tiny increase but a sign that the dream of cheaper entry level for the majority guys on a lower budget has just been squashed, again...
 
Qwikslver said:
R10 is nothing. Especially when getting 3 times the speed.
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Wrong answer.
We are being double billed for ADSL.
There is no justification for the R150 POTS portion and on top of that the ADSL enablement. Then on top of that the ISP costs.

We should have the option of naked ADSL.

So, no the increase is not justified.

Additionally what has Telkom done that justifies the increase? They increased a clock speed.
The ISP has to provide/pay for additional bandwidth - There is no justification for an increase by Telkom.

Then they try to hide it by making the ISP absorb the cost - how devious.

Switch to 8.ta now and save (and make Telkom loose more)
 
Is there any Timeline for when these Upgrades will happen Or is this a just the usual 'wait and see' kinda of thing?
 
So by when will this be implemented or will your line be automatically upgraded to a 1 meg or will we have to manually phone them and ask for the upgrade?
 
Sneaky rat bastards! This just seems devious. If they had full disclosure about the price increase from the start we'd all be cool with it. But they weren't, and it just seems like an afterthought.

I dont necessarily care about the R10 or so, its totally worth it, but I just hope it stays there and doesn't 'grow' to R100 or something.
 
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