Telkom slams broadband report

[nOhIwAy]

As long as the FOCUS - public and press remains on broadband - for now, TELKOM will be happy.

They could not care much about winning or losing the broadband debate and they are hoping the debate remains in this sphere.
So far they have been successful.

Telkom cannot afford the debate to switch to TELEPHONY and maybe, just maybe, ICASA won't be so co-operative here either.

Use the same ICASA logic on telephony, then you will see the Telkom big guns come out blazing.

Historically south africans have grown accustomed to HUGE variable cost telephony which shuts out about 90% of the people.

So expect some shifts in Telkom broadband pricing, as we have already seen,
but don't expect Telkom to budge on their cash cow - telephony, as we have already seen.

You want a fight ? - take on telephony

 

[TheRoDent]

Oh! Yeah? Why then is South Africa the only country in the entire world that requires a ADSL line rental?? Is there something unique about South Africa that requires a different business model??

Line rental exists in every other country too. In most of them, it's just hidden as part of the money you pay to the ISP. The Telco then recovers the line rental from the ISP. Line rental cannot be done away with. It can however, be drastically reduced, and this is what Telkom will have to prove: What is the cost of maintaining a DSL line...

 

[SlimJim]

i agree that the report is somewhat broad and if implemented could potentially cause more grief. but having said that there is no doubt that telkom has to be regulated in some way.
if you look at what is happening in the uk, BT is coming under constant pressure from the reguator there. and things are changing.
i realise its a slightly different market (open), but the underlying issue remains the same.
telkom monopolises the infrstructure and thats where the regulation has to start. pricing models are irrelevant if there's only one fixed line provider.
ICASA is doing this arse about face and are probably going to loose credibilty.

 

[LoneGunman]

SOMETHING WHICH NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT TO THE MEDIA

"Telkom does not believe that public hearings are the most appropriate way to get information. Using public platforms for information results in misunderstandings.”

So Court Cases using a jury, are not 'appropriate', to Telkom's thinking? (That's a public platform for the sharing and analysis of information.)
So the entire concept of Congressional Hearings (in the US) Parliamentary Debates, Official Goverment Inquiries etc etc - are not good ways to obtain information?

Can someone in the Media please ask the Telkom representative to explain how Governments, Parliaments and Courts worldwide, all manage quite well, to gather information, analyse it, and determine the truth of it - based on the presented facts, in public hearings - but Telkom thinks this is 'wrong'?

Telkom is clearly advocating Fascism.

 

[kifoth]

From an IT Web article last month...

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2005/0507151115.asp?S=Cellular&A=CEL&O=H

"She did, however, acknowledge there are services in the company's bouquet, such as ADSL, with high prices and that telecoms pricing affected the cost of doing business in SA."

- Telkom's chief sales and marketing officer, Pinki Moholi

Vapi and Pinki should sit down and have a chat about staying on message...