Icasa e-mails
I believe we should deluge Icasa with e-mails. If anything its bandwidth usage will skyrocket as well. Below is one I sent to [email protected]
Sir
I wish to know what ICASA is intending to do about the exhorbitant pricing increases for high volume ADSL users. I cannot afford to pay R75 per gig and still share my bandwidth with previously disadvantaged persons in the rural area of Brits to empower them in internet usage.
Surely Telkom and its division SAIX is discouraging people in South Africa to use broadband internet which have been shown world-wide as a great enabler of economic growth.
As regulator of the telecommunication industry, I expect of you to actively regulate Telkom to prevent consumers from being taken to the cleaners by these uncalled for price increases.
Telkom will claim that it is the Internet Service Providers overcharging their customers, but it is instigated by Telkom.
Furthermore Telkom will claim that international bandwidth is expensive, but countries such as Australia and New Zealand is in a similar situation as South Africa and they still manage to provide broadband internet access to their consumers at a reasonable price. Telkom is a major shareholder in the underseas cable and it seems that robbing the consumers to pay Telkom to pay Telkom again is its prime business method to ensure exhorbitant profits.
Telkom may claim that it invested R1 billion in the ADSL infrastructure, which it needs to recoup. How does this tie in with an operating profit of R16 billion in the last year? And surely increased broadband penetration would lead to higher skills development and higher turnover and profit to Telkom. India has recently halved its broadband cost to improve broadband penetration in India. We can do the same in South Africa.
I have queried Telkom about its real procurement cost per gig data as I wish to provide Telkom with a fair profit for its service without bankrupting myself, but I still have not received any reply. I think this needs to be investigated as well by Icasa as I suspect that the real cost is much lower than what Telkom proclaims.
Thank you for considering this appeal
and another to [email protected]
Sir
I strongly disagree with the high rates that Telkom charges with effect from 1 November 2005 for ADSL usage.
I feel that Telkom is killing internet access for all South Africans and especially for the low income earners. These people will now have no chance of bettering their lives through education and / or finding better jobs through the internet.
I feel that corporate greed from Telkom is making us South Africans even less competitive with the rest of the world and unemployment will rise as many SMME's will close due to high internet cost.
I think that usage cost per gigabyte is fair as long as the usage cost is set at a cost-efficient level (R10 to R15 per gigabyte) versus Telkom's R75 per gigabyte.
I feel that Telkom is acting directly against the spirit of our president's desire to make internet access more prevalent and affordable and your recommendations in recent hearings.
I believe Telkom's licence to provide telecommunication and internet access in South Africa must be revoked as it is supplying a disservice to the country.
Regards
Keep them coming
I believe we should deluge Icasa with e-mails. If anything its bandwidth usage will skyrocket as well. Below is one I sent to [email protected]
Sir
I wish to know what ICASA is intending to do about the exhorbitant pricing increases for high volume ADSL users. I cannot afford to pay R75 per gig and still share my bandwidth with previously disadvantaged persons in the rural area of Brits to empower them in internet usage.
Surely Telkom and its division SAIX is discouraging people in South Africa to use broadband internet which have been shown world-wide as a great enabler of economic growth.
As regulator of the telecommunication industry, I expect of you to actively regulate Telkom to prevent consumers from being taken to the cleaners by these uncalled for price increases.
Telkom will claim that it is the Internet Service Providers overcharging their customers, but it is instigated by Telkom.
Furthermore Telkom will claim that international bandwidth is expensive, but countries such as Australia and New Zealand is in a similar situation as South Africa and they still manage to provide broadband internet access to their consumers at a reasonable price. Telkom is a major shareholder in the underseas cable and it seems that robbing the consumers to pay Telkom to pay Telkom again is its prime business method to ensure exhorbitant profits.
Telkom may claim that it invested R1 billion in the ADSL infrastructure, which it needs to recoup. How does this tie in with an operating profit of R16 billion in the last year? And surely increased broadband penetration would lead to higher skills development and higher turnover and profit to Telkom. India has recently halved its broadband cost to improve broadband penetration in India. We can do the same in South Africa.
I have queried Telkom about its real procurement cost per gig data as I wish to provide Telkom with a fair profit for its service without bankrupting myself, but I still have not received any reply. I think this needs to be investigated as well by Icasa as I suspect that the real cost is much lower than what Telkom proclaims.
Thank you for considering this appeal
and another to [email protected]
Sir
I strongly disagree with the high rates that Telkom charges with effect from 1 November 2005 for ADSL usage.
I feel that Telkom is killing internet access for all South Africans and especially for the low income earners. These people will now have no chance of bettering their lives through education and / or finding better jobs through the internet.
I feel that corporate greed from Telkom is making us South Africans even less competitive with the rest of the world and unemployment will rise as many SMME's will close due to high internet cost.
I think that usage cost per gigabyte is fair as long as the usage cost is set at a cost-efficient level (R10 to R15 per gigabyte) versus Telkom's R75 per gigabyte.
I feel that Telkom is acting directly against the spirit of our president's desire to make internet access more prevalent and affordable and your recommendations in recent hearings.
I believe Telkom's licence to provide telecommunication and internet access in South Africa must be revoked as it is supplying a disservice to the country.
Regards
Keep them coming
