Telkom: Prices will come down

"Obviously we would prefer that our customers stick with us and only use Seacom as a backup. We think our pricing is very competitive.
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Phew. I haven't laughed that loud in ages.
 
you guys keep missing the point.

telkom is wholesaling bandwidth for the same price as seacom. the ISPS are holding back savings. not telkom...

for once telkom isnt too blame
 
hehe.... and I strongly suspect that Telkom is planning some big moves before the end of the year! ;)
 
Edduck said:
Hmmm backup?

SAT-3 = drinking straw

Seacom = Vaal dam flood gates

. . .
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What is the current capacity of Seacom vs SAT3/SAFE ?

/take some time to search this forum for the answer....
 
moggie said:
What is the current capacity of Seacom vs SAT3/SAFE ?

/take some time to search this forum for the answer....
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SAT-3 = 120 Gigabits/second
SAFE = 130 Gigaits/second

SEACOM = 1.28 Terbits/second i.e ~1310 Gigabits/second
 
"From time to time Telkom buys capacity for redundancy purposes from various submarine capacity suppliers"

Its almost like there isn't just one supplier , and that telkom doesn't completely dominate it.

:eek:
 
MacRobert said prices will gradually start to come down, but there will not be massive reductions before other undersea cables arrive.
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Oh gee - what a surprise. Now we have to wait for another cable! :mad:
 
gregmcc said:
Oh gee - what a surprise. Now we have to wait for another cable! :mad:
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Exactly.

Reading this okes commentary is just sickening.
How many cables do you want ffs?

International connectivity is part of the equation - the biggest issue surely is the unbundling of the local loop, the handing out of spectrum and interconnect rates in this country.

Break up Telkom and force it to be competitive! :mad:
 
Can anyone get the new pricing from SAIX Sales at 0800 222 772 for Diginet 1Mb/s, 2Mb/s for Gold & Silver class ?

Is this the product that Telkom reduced pricing on monthsn again in anticipation of the Seacom ?
 
Besides the fact that it is all so very very sad, it is also quite funny. First (before the cable was done) we saw articles bosting how cheap internet access will become when the cable lands. Then the cable lands and now we've seen a load of articles saying that, yes indeed it should be cheap, but it is not cheap, because of "inserst crappy reason here".

So what are we to believe now? Better yet, why should we believe any of these articles, or at least any of the many spindoctors doing their spinning in the articles? So one or two ISPs have lowered their price with 1 / 2 rand, that is hardly anything close to the predicted 90% saving made some months back. It apparently has now become quite acceptable for spokesman to go out in public and blatantly lie, whilst journalists are too happy to publish the drivel, never holding the "sources" accountable for their spin...
 
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