Telkom must die!

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My letter to The Star, for tomorrow:

As encouraging Papi's words are, I somehow failed to buy into his sentiments. After some thought I finally realised why. It's because of his unapologetic attitude. It's because he tries to take the moral higher ground when defending Telkom:

No, I don't think our prices are too high.
We posted great profits, but it's because of good management.

I can't help but wonder what Papi thought about Telkom before he actually became the CEO. Has he always thought Telkom's pricing was fair? Has he always thought Telkom had the best interests of the South African people at heart? Or has he always had stars in his eyes whenever the news reported the enormous salaries and bonusses that Telkom executives earn, even if they do so at the expense of the South African people?

I admit I'm bitter. I am malaria-tablet, gall-bitter. How DARE they? How can they sit there with their smug beatific faces and tell us that they haven't enjoyed the benefits of being a monopoly first and foremost. How can they continue to refuse to admit that they have been screwing the South African public over for YEARS?

Telkom's belief in its own virtue borders on the psychotic. In this carefully constructed schizophrenic fantasy of theirs, they are the Dudley Doright of South African telecommunications. The injustice of their unrepentant attitude drives me into a blind rage. They act like a benevolent despot: while people are dying in the streets.

I'm thinking guns. I'm thinking bombs. I'm thinking Telkom deserves to die.

You're day will come, Telkom. In fact, your day comes today.

Goodbye Telkom! Hello, the Second National Operator! Viva! In the words of William Wallace in Braveheart: "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOM!!!!"
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Juice
 
I loved it, might want to change you're to your if you're going to send it to another publication.
 
Juice ... very nice, with a great ending .... THEY MUST DIE


If the ******* are so sure that they are doing a great job, why not nominate an independent company to to a survey in the streets of various cities to see if the public is happy with the prices and with the service?

This survey should be live on TV and radio stations, no editing.

The survey should also be in the different languages of South Africa.

Do it Telkom, do it, show that you do have the people of South Africa at heart. *cough*

If we, the public, can decide who the President of the coutry is, why cant we also vote for a better South Africa in the telecommunications field .. being the only telecommunications comppany, the Government of South Africa should grant us at least the freedom to express our disatisfaction and rectify whatever we, as citizens, are unhappy with.

So, South African government allow the public to talk.

Remember, everything has a limit and Telkom have reached that limit.
 
Perhaps instead of screwing maybe something like pillaging? This country is so stuffy that more people might be offended by the word and ignore the message behind it.
 
Heh. You should have seen my previous alternative for 'screwing'...

Too late now, but really, I meant screwing, not pillaging... ;)

Juice
 
Juice said:
Heh. You should have seen my previous alternative for 'screwing'...

Too late now, but really, I meant screwing, not pillaging... ;)

Juice
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Are you sure? Screwing can be consensual. ;) Raping or pillaging never is.
 
Are you sure? Screwing can be consensual. Raping or pillaging never is.
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Well strictly speaking we are giving them consent through continued use of their service. Sure none of us enjoy it - but with no other options yet available...

I suppose it's similar to having sex with the same person for 40 years - the 1st 5years are awesome - after that it just becomes work.:)
 
bwana v.6 said:
Are you sure? Screwing can be consensual. ;) Raping or pillaging never is.
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I dunno, I was consensually pillaged only last week. Lovely man he was, had a badge and everything. Even took me out to dinner afterwards :) (sorry feeling silly today)
 
Was the letter published? I can't get the Star here...

Anyway, I think the best way to show how we not appreciate Telkom is to give full support to SNO. Can't myADSL form some sort of partnership with the SNO to expedite the rollout of Broadband services? It will be sad if we have to wait a year or 3 before we can start reaping benefits from the telekoms competition.
 
Nice Juice. If The Star does not publish it (give them til Tuesday), then send it to another paper. The Star generally seems to shy away from publishing anti-Telkom sentiment- they once interviewed me for a good half hour, then the editor refused to run it. Some of the other iol papers are quite good at this stuff though- Natal mercury (they published a short letter from me a week or two ago); cape Argus and Cape Times (think these are both IOL). The Citzen and the Natal Witness are also good at publishing anti-Telkom sentiment.

They might edit out some of the more 'crude' words - heh, I have yet to get the term 'economic rape' in print, it ALWAYS gets edited out!

Also remember not to send the letter to more than one publication at a time, this is generally the policy of all papers not to publish anything that has been sent to multiple papers (although often there are lettters that slip through the cracks). And don't forget to give them an address. :)

Nice work! More people need to do this.
 
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