Yep, i do see the new button when i log into my month to month account
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Telkom integrated data wallet launched
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The only mobile business they are going to kill is the competition. Telkom has shown many, many times in the past they really don't give a damn about cannibalizing their own.
As for pricing, well that is just greed on the mobile operators side. Just be glad that mobile pricing is finally dropping.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Voda/MTN going down in flames.
I just can't see this new deal (the way its being presently currently) being feasible for Telkom.
Yes, mobile data costs are higher than they should be, but they're not as low as the cost of ADSL data (not even remotely I would think).
Hoping the final details of this offer are made clear sooner rather than later. If we're lucky, maybe it won't be too far off what this article is implying.
ld13
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Back in the day Sainet had a package like this afaik with data (wallet) being shared between 3G usage and ADSL usage. Had the same option with international and local usage on their ADSL products. The ADSL:3G ratio was something like 1.5GB:250MB though.
Cannot wait to see this in action. For now I'm cautiously optimistic. Go Telkom.
Cannot wait to see this in action. For now I'm cautiously optimistic. Go Telkom.
I would hope that mobile data delivery is as cheap or cheaper than fixed delivery these days, will see if there is something I can google that might support that.
As it stands I'm not sure of the costs involved, but I'd much rather have a tower that I run a single fibre connection to that serves a lot of people than have to manage that same amount of people using old copper fixed lines. The tower just "feels" like a cheaper option.
I phoned 10210 about 6 times. Spone to new services both residential and business and Mobile but no one know what I'm talking about. I then asked them to log into the usage tracker and read it but they said they are not allowed to know my password and can't do that they can only check the usage via their own system which does not look the same.
As usual with Telkom the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
As usual with Telkom the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
MickeyD
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I think the new web functionality was accidentally activated before the products were officially launched!
Turgon
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Hehe, replace 'ATM' with 'ADSL':
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ATM-s-gone?p=15973860&viewfull=1#post15973860
Maybe because no one knows nothing.....
Mike Hoxbig
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Why should it be higher though? Other than being told that it is. There is no physical infrastructure required to get mobile data to a customer's premises...
MickeyD
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That would not be possible. The product would have been developed a while ago and plenty of other folks in the loop would know about it. Remember that the call centres no longer belong to Telkom. They will only know about this product after Telkom sends them the information and scripts.
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This is just off the top of my head, got no real data to back it up.
Mobile 1GB:
This would be the cost of the actual data plus a cost for the connection (tower, etc)
ADSL 1GB:
This is the cost of the data only. The connection is a separate cost (ie phone line + ADSL "line")
Essentially, the mobile data is a final cost. Mobile networks don't charge to for access to their cell towers, while Telkom has 2 separate charges in order to get ADSL.
If you want 1GB from Telkom Mobile all you need to purchase is the 1GB of data.
If you want 1GB of ASDL, you need to get a Telkom phone line, get it ADSL activated then after that purchase data.
That's why I'd say that mobile data is more expensive than ADSL data, as it includes the "connection cost".
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Mobile data is a last mile solution. Fundamentally, data once in a network's core/DC is data. It's how it gets to the end user or how an end user requests it and how it is managed by the network that dictates price, but primarily it's the last mile that costs the most.
In the case of mobile data, there is absolutely physical infrastructure in place to facilitate this, and it absolutely costs far more as a last mile solution (en-mass) than an existing fixed line last mile network. Especially on a national scale. The fact is that mobile data costs more than existing fixed line national last mile networks cost, especially on an operational basis, and especially in a scenario where spectrum isn't easily accessible and is in a state of artificial scarcity...
ranger
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The 1:1 is the promotional aspect. The final ratio will be determined during the promotion, but 1:2 or 1:3 may be achieveable.
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No, tsume guessed it:
(My personal TI account is a 4Mbps uncapped account, and I have the mobile service working on this account).
At present, due to limitations on the Mobile side, you can't have voice on the SIM used for the Telkom Internet mobile data.
It works well as a data sim on a tablet, failover on an ADSL modem, or on a dual-sim smart phone.
The prices were last adjusted almost a year ago, and will be adjusted soon (I think within less than a month).
Please tell us how to get it because 10210 is clueless and the website is not very informative too.
ranger
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Contrary to the article, it hasn't launched. The info on the tracker is a teaser ...
At present, yes (for softcap people, for ADSL uncapped accounts, there is a limit on mobile night surfer)
For a few months, yes.
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There has been some training to the call centre in the past, but this specific promotion has not yet reached the call centre, as it hasn't launched yet.
WOOT unlimited night surfer. Please tell me it will stay like that or atleast be something good. Ohh and when is the launch of this super awesome game changer?
ranger
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We're tired of Telkom Mobile trying to under-cut ADSL
.You will notice that this is a promotion. The promotional part is the 1:1. The final ratio hasn't been decided, but values of e.g. 1:3 may be feasible. We want to have it at such a point that:
- We don't lose too much money on it
- We don't motivate people to ditch ADSL, but rather be a complementary service
- Provide more value than competitors (both ADSL and Mobile)
- Give customers a better solution with fewer headaches/worries about going out-of-bundle, having data they can't use when on holiday etc.
We're tired of Telkom Mobile trying to under-cut ADSL
You will notice that this is a promotion. The promotional part is the 1:1. The final ratio hasn't been decided, but values of e.g. 1:3 may be feasible. We want to have it at such a point that:
- We don't lose too much money on it
- We don't motivate people to ditch ADSL, but rather be a complementary service
- Provide more value than competitors (both ADSL and Mobile)
- Give customers a better solution with fewer headaches/worries about going out-of-bundle, having data they can't use when on holiday etc.
Interesting.