Telkom slashes international bandwidth prices

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Telkom slashes international bandwidth prices

Fixed-line operator Telkom has cut its retail price of international bandwidth to all destinations by 30%, with effect (retrospectively) from May 1.

Speaking exclusively to Moneyweb earlier today, Steven Hayward, managing executive for retail marketing, said the new rates, especially on the lower speed connections, now “compare favourably” with pricing of bandwidth globally.

Comapre favourable my hat! Only 'low speed' connections compare favourably IF they drop another 30% off the price and drop the caps. High speed ( 512kbps/1Mbps which is not even considered high speed globally) is still ridiculously expensive.

No doubt they're doing this before Ivy's speech on Thursday. "We've dropped prices already!".

 

[sparklehorse]

LOL. All destinations? PR morons.

 

[AntiThesis]

Interesting certainly.

I wonder if/when there'll be any gain to consumers.

 

[saintm]

“You’ve got to back yourself to get the volumes,” he says. Hayward adds that small margins plus high growth can create scale and that this scenario won’t have a “negative impact” on profits.

Did someone actually pick up an Economics I book?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

*blink*

Is this April yet?

IBIWISI - but 30% is better than a piddly 1%...

 

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saintm: They knew that all along, they've just been ripping us all off while they still could.

 

[GavinMannion]

Good but can do better....

How about dropping ADSL line rental charges one day... I pay for the copper already...

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

So when do we see anything from this?

If it was since 1 May you would have expected them to announce it already, or at least to see pricing change by next month?

If this is true and iBurst take no notice once again....

 

[The_Unbeliever]

So when do we see anything from this?

If it was since 1 May you would have expected them to announce it already, or at least to see pricing change by next month?

If this is true and iBurst take no notice once again....

I hope really soon... and not imminent

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Waitaminnit...

R62000 div 12 = R5167.00

R186000 div 12 = R15500.00

is this Telkom-maths©®™ again? something does not feel right here...

 

[supersunbird]

I dont get how this will benefit lowly old ADSL user like me... will it?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

@ SSB - I'm smelling something fishy here... dunno if it's only me... but something just doesn't "feel" right here...

 

[Random717]

i'm sure this is for leased lines for businesses... not going to affect us much unless ISP's route some of their traffic over these lines?

 

[Gadget Man]

Guys ... look at the bigger picture. Do you think that Telkom has been forced into this as a result of their SAT3 monopoly ending? Is there something bigger happening that we don't know about.

Anyone know what happened to SAT3 agreement which ended on 30 April?

Is this a co-incidence?

 

[Tanarri]

I dont get how this will benefit lowly old ADSL user like me... will it?

If I understand correctly, one should save about R20-R40 on something like a 3GB shaped ISP account. WWOOWW!!!

EDIT: Sorry forgot the link: Something like this. http://www.hellkom.co.za/images/telkom-5-percent-discount.gif

 

[kifoth]

Guys ... look at the bigger picture. Do you think that Telkom has been forced into this as a result of their SAT3 monopoly ending? Is there something bigger happening that we don't know about.

Anyone know what happened to SAT3 agreement which ended on 30 April?

Is this a co-incidence?

And why is this being done retroactively? Normally Telskum waste no opportunity to tell everyone that they're doing something about high prices. This seems really hasty...

No doubt they're doing this before Ivy's speech on Thursday. "We've dropped prices already!".

Or something like that. If I had to guess, I'd say they're trying to head something off...

 

[Gatecrasher]

This is for diginet leased lines.

It has no direct affect on ADSL per gig pricing.

This is not Telkom reducing its prices for ADSL.

 

[AntiThesis]

Guys ... look at the bigger picture. Do you think that Telkom has been forced into this as a result of their SAT3 monopoly ending? Is there something bigger happening that we don't know about.

Anyone know what happened to SAT3 agreement which ended on 30 April?

Is this a co-incidence?

I spoke to ICASA on Friday and they said they didn't quite know what was happening with Telkom's SAT3 deal but maybe the DOC would know something.
Still waiting to hear back from the dear old DOC though

edit: what gatecrasher said.

 

[ldmelsa]

I spoke to ICASA on Friday...

Good for you, Anti!

Still got hope, hey?

 

[Jonny Two Shoes]

Guys ... look at the bigger picture. Do you think that Telkom has been forced into this as a result of their SAT3 monopoly ending? Is there something bigger happening that we don't know about.

Anyone know what happened to SAT3 agreement which ended on 30 April?

Is this a co-incidence?

Yes it must have been my complaint to the JSE

Now all I gotta do is look out for supicious looking characters who look like they wanna break my kneecaps

Lol I wish it was that