Telkom fixed-line shocker

[MickeyD]

Silly article. How can this be shocked. You MyBB reported numerous times about their aggressive FTTH strategies.

Show me those numbers together.

Switching off unprofitable exchanges
Migration of customers from copper to 3G/LTE
Global trend to transition from wired to wireless broadband
Providing new areas with 3G/LTE services instead of new copper layouts
Copper theft

PS. FTTx is included in the fixed line numbers

 

[Thor]

Switching off unprofitable exchanges
Migration of customers from copper to 3G/LTE
Global trend to transition from wired to wireless broadband
Providing new areas with 3G/LTE services instead of new copper layouts
Copper theft

PS. FTTx is included in the fixed line numbers

ahhh. sorry bout that. pre-mature rant

 

[Milano]

Does this mean that ADSL line repairs that used to take 3 - 6 months, will soon take 9 - 12 months?

 

[Bern]

I see ISDN lines are included - how many of these "lines" are business lines converted from PRIs to SIP for corporate customers?

 

[redarrow]

I thought this article was gonna be about grabbing the phone wires when someone rings it...

 

[Geoff.D]

I thought this article was gonna be about grabbing the phone wires when someone rings it...

Ah Ha! Wonder how many of the new generation will know why this is funny! :crylaugh:

 

[kilos]

Switching off unprofitable exchanges
Migration of customers from copper to 3G/LTE
Global trend to transition from wired to wireless broadband
Providing new areas with 3G/LTE services instead of new copper layouts
Copper theft

PS. FTTx is included in the fixed line numbers

Telkom also rolling out Fixed Line Look Alike thru WCDMA technology with 7.2 Mbps DL speeds

 

[MickeyD]

Telkom also rolling out Fixed Line Look Alike thru WCDMA technology with 7.2 Mbps DL speeds

Yep, especially in high theft and rural areas.