Telkom Simple ADSL package: ASA complaint (27 May 2011)

[jes]

Telkom Simple ADSL package: ASA complaint

Telkom Simple promises free calls. Are these claims misleading?

 

[theJonster]

Telkom Simple ADSL package: ASA complaint

Telkom Simple promises free calls. Are these claims misleading?

nothing is free from telkom...

 

[phoneJunky]

8 minutes into a 10 minute infomercial, that is quite long. Do people watch infomercials for that long?

 

[ievei]

Who in their right mind would sit through a 10-minute informercial from Telkom?

 

[mRsKu11]

I find this more misleading then the Vodacom advert or is it just me?

 

[frailwings]

I think only people in hospital would watch it.

 

[thijei]

Telkom has money to blow I see...

Why would someone complain without having seen the whole ad?

 

[malier]

I think only people in hospital would watch it.

A Captive Audience, just like in the movie theatres.

 

[inferno]

Thats a pretty good deal.

 

[psivius]

What about the "FAST Internet" bit? Especially since it's their slowest offering available.

 

[mfumbesi]

What about the "Fast Internet" part.
Surely thats rubbish, this is a 384k ADSL after all.

 

[mfumbesi]

Darn it we posted at the exact same time........great minds.

 

[ads]

It looks like ASA screwed up again...

Here's what the product info on the website says:

"FREE CALLS

Free calls to Telkom numbers, local and long-distance, up to an hour per call. Applicable 7pm to 7am Monday to Friday and all weekend."

THAT'S NOT ALL LANDLINES!!! CALLS TO NEOTEL LANDLINES (CURRENTLY ABOUT 5% OF ALL LANDLINES) FROM TELKOM ARE NEVER FREE.

Who wants to submit this to the ASA again?

 

[CeeBee]

yaa, I was also supposed to get 'free' calls on my ADSL line... of course there are terms and conditions that I only found out too late.... only myself to blame

 

[CeeBee]

I think only people in hospital would watch it.

and guys in jail... nowhere to go

 

[Pixual]

What fücking bullshît!

And if the commercial is three hours long and the caveat is only mentioned once in that time does it make it OK for them to say "free landline calls" throughout the rest of the commercial? Do the ASA not see how WRONG this is and how WRONG they are?

Must be affirmative actions in control there too now.

 

[CeeBee]

What fücking bullshît!
.

heeeeyyy .... u managed to get the F-word out quite nicely... usually when we want to use choice descriptive word, it gets blocked out

 

[Pixual]

heeeeyyy .... u managed to get the F-word out quite nicely... usually when we want to use choice descriptive word, it gets blocked out

Macs rule.

 

[BBSA]

It looks like ASA screwed up again...

Here's what the product info on the website says:

"FREE CALLS

Free calls to Telkom numbers, local and long-distance, up to an hour per call. Applicable 7pm to 7am Monday to Friday and all weekend."

THAT'S NOT ALL LANDLINES!!! CALLS TO NEOTEL LANDLINES (CURRENTLY ABOUT 5% OF ALL LANDLINES) FROM TELKOM ARE NEVER FREE.

Who wants to submit this to the ASA again?

Neotel has landlines?

 

[Creag]

8 minutes into a 10 minute infomercial, that is quite long. Do people watch infomercials for that long?

I never watch infomercials. And with PVR, I seldom watch any ads any more.

That said, not a lot is simple with Telkom.