Telkom blasts MWEB’s transit cut decision

Kinda an obvious response, but I reckon MWeb has made a bold move, and whilst it might hurt customers at first indeed - but perhaps a necessary evil. Hopefully we all win at the end of the day!
 
It's so simple, all Telkom and MTN have to do is setup a link to JINX and problem solved.
 
. Peering, however, is not meant to amount to free provisioning of network infrastructure by one party to another since someone has to cover the capital expenditure of the network.”
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Dear telscum. You already bumrape your clients, that is where you get the money to buy an extra port for your router. Mweb has to buy a port for their own router out of their own pocket. You can split the cost for the Cat5 cable 50/50. Given that both the routers are in the same datacenter, eg Jinx or Cinx, it should not be that great of a capital expenditure.

We do, however, understand that you would rather lease a line to Mweb at a cost greater than that of a line to London, rather than to buy yourself a new router.

#$%#$@% monkeys.
 
“MWEB’s unilateral measure is not in the spirit of the Internet community,” said Telkom.
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When I first read that line i could swear that it was going to say ".. in the spirit of Ubuntu" :D
 
Telkom says MWEB’s decision to unilaterally cut of transit links “is not in the spirit of the Internet community”
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Well Telkom, charging customers exhorbitant line rental costs and forcing me to have a voice line when I don't want one "is not in the spirit of the Internet community" either.

I'm backing MWEB 100%
 
“The policy requirements are applied uniformly. MWEB’s invitation to peer was considered against these principles as would any request for peering with Telkom. Peering, however, is not meant to amount to free provisioning of network infrastructure by one party to another since someone has to cover the capital expenditure of the network.”
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They obviously have no idea what peering means. The only network infrastructure each provider has to pay for is the cost of their link to Jinx or Cinx.
 
To Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, the tide is slowly turning against you ... you've been raping the wallets of SA consumers for so long due to protected cartel positions that you now apparently believe you're entitled to keep doing so. We're not fooled by the rhetoric about "international benchmarks" and blatant lies that this is in the best interest of SA consumers. You explain to us how you can justify charging more for local transit than international routing. Times are changing, slowly but they are nonetheless, so either catch a wake-up and get with the program, or become dinosaurs. Your chickens will come home to roost, if not today, soon. People, vote with your wallets.
 
"not in the spirit of the internet community"? Since when has Telkom EVER done anything in "the spirit of the internet community"?
 
I hope to see the day when telkom's chickens come home. Hate the farkers
 
“MWEB’s unilateral measure is not in the spirit of the Internet community,” said Telkom.
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Haha that has to win the ASS QUOTE OF THE YEAR AWARD.

Telkom, you Sirs don't even know what an Internet Community is, hell you don't even know what Internet is, let alone a community...

Well Telkom, charging customers exhorbitant line rental costs and forcing me to have a voice line when I don't want one "is not in the spirit of the Internet community" either.
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+1


I'd be interested to know how much of the "paying" Telkom base will move over to Mweb...
 
Yea Telkom, making me pay for line rental AND voice rental is most definitely NOT "in the spirit of the internet community" . So go fly a kite Telkom.

bunch of bloody hypocrites.
 
Tick said:
To Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, the tide is slowly turning against you ... you've been raping the wallets of SA consumers for so long due to protected cartel positions that you now apparently believe you're entitled to keep doing so. We're not fooled by the rhetoric about "international benchmarks" and blatant lies that this is in the best interest of SA consumers. You explain to us how you can justify charging more for local transit than international routing. Times are changing, slowly but they are nonetheless, so either catch a wake-up and get with the program, or become dinosaurs. Your chickens will come home to roost, if not today, soon. People, vote with your wallets.
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+1,000,000
"vote with your wallets"
 
"not in the spirit of the Internet community"

Isn't that Telkom's Motto?
 
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