Telkom/Carte Blanche

sburrell

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Its been a while since i posted on these forums, make that nearly 1 month to be exact, but i have always continued to vistit the site everyday as I like to keep current and upto date. After visiting helkom, I found a link to recently published article by the Guardian. Already unhappy about 1 november this artical really brought out the hate and anger that I have for Telkom, and all of their lapdogs.

I then considered a few ways in which i could tell other ppl about this artical which i had just read (link is below), so I emailed it to a few friends and ppl I know, but then thought this was not really enough. Then thought I about the forum posting a few months ago, where we were trying to get Carte Blanch to do a show on these very issue, and this made me think that an issue this important, and has yet to be aired on carte blanche??, surely there must be a mistake?.., i then started brain storming, why they would not have made a show. Needless to say i came up with a few points, which you can read in the mail i submitted to then (which i think is short and too the point).

Submitted Mail:

"I am still astonished and dismayed that Carte Blanch has yet to produce a story on how Telkom is desimating the local economy and costing S.A thosands of jobs, and International Investment.

Please Read a resently published artical by the Guardian:

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=255417&area=/insight/insight__columnists/

I do not know why you havn't produced a show on this yet, perhaps Carte Blanch is not producing one because you are lapdog of Telkom, or you do not want to oppose their new pricing policies which aim to rape our economy, as it inadvertintably lets Mweb get greater profits.

Please by all means prove me wrong of my line of thinking.

Awaiting a response,

Steven Burrell"

You may think I may have been a bit harsh, which I thought i was a bit, but my blood pressure hasnt been the same since i moved back here from England, and looking at the phone bill we receive every month from "helkom".

Ste.
 
Mnet/DSTV/Carte Blanche have a lot of sponsorships from Telkom, makes me wonder as well...
 
donaldza said:
Mnet/DSTV/Carte Blanche have a lot of sponsorships from Telkom, makes me wonder as well...

The two are like peas in a pod. Telkom has the monopoly to the Telecommunications Infrastructure and Multichoice the monopoly to satellite television.

Lets not forget their impending tie- up with regards to braodband over satellite via the Multichoice services.
 
C'mon people.

Do you forget so quickly that MWEB was also fighting Telkom at the ADSL hearings ?
 
they may have at the orignal trial etc, but they seem to have embraced the new policies with openarms.
 
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I also sent an email to carte Blanche a week or so ago - still waiting for a response ........
 
Rofl
Im not Telkoms biggest fan that for sure, but I do have a lot of faith in the Carte Blanche team, no matter who they work for.
Their track record so far since 19voetsak is excellent.
 
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