Telkom's broadband plan

What the hell is with 10 MB data on a 10-100 Mbps connection? Congratz on your 8 seconds of internet this month...

And 100 GB may seem like a lot but once you start streaming with 10 Mbps+ it will go fast.
 
MickeyD said:
That's a range, not an average.

Once folks start "Streaming video" there will be many users consuming more than 100GB per month.
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furpile said:
What the hell is with 10 MB data on a 10-100 Mbps connection? Congratz on your 8 seconds of internet this month...

And 100 GB may seem like a lot but once you start streaming with 10 Mbps+ it will go fast.
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I like your lingo, gents. When we get there and not if we get there. I remain optimistic that in my lifetime I shall experience speeds to which you refer.

I think of it like my Bucket List. :)
 
Download is not a big deal for me. I need more upload. I guess I'm in the minority though.
 
Telkom always have a plan, just like Eskom, CoJ etc...............................................

Problem is that it seems like these plans never get implemented properly. Its just plan after plan after plan.....

Guess that is what you get if you pay R1.3bn for consultants. All you will get is plans. Maybe time to pay somebody to implement.
 
Armstrong said that Telkom plans to service over 50% of the market with next generation network (NGN) fixed broadband technologies in 2020.
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Will never get there without naked dsl at an affordable price.
 
What is Telkom up to?

Could this be on Telkom’s agenda?

• I’m of the view that Telkom want to encourage their Home Uncapped clients to switch to capped solutions through the implementation of shaping policies.
• Telkom’s Broadband Plan appear to phase out wired connections of their slower exchanges (<10Mbps) in favour of mobile and LTE solutions which I assume would be more cost effective and easier to maintain/upgrade.
 
LaraC said:
What is Telkom up to?

Could this be on Telkom’s agenda?

• I’m of the view that Telkom want to encourage their Home Uncapped clients to switch to capped solutions through the implementation of shaping policies.
• Telkom’s Broadband Plan appear to phase out wired connections of their slower exchanges (<10Mbps) in favour of mobile and LTE solutions which I assume would be more cost effective and easier to maintain/upgrade.
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Are you sure? Considering they are "legally" the only company with access to the last mile and that they're a government parastatal, how exactly would they benefit by chasing a market (mobile) that MTN and Vodacom seem to dominate (possibly even CellC is ahead of them).

Their bread and butter seems to still be the fixed line, where they have basically been profiting from their monopoly for 15+ years (I assume strongly it is from the higher-end and business markets though - through those "line + ADSL" rentals, etc.)

Perhaps they see no value in nationwide fibre rollout, but the folks in the estates is a valuable fibre market (although I'm not sure how valuable, cause if they're able to afford fibre, they'd probably be smart enough to realize they can use it for a lot more than just internet - VoIP being one that can hurt telkom).
 
LaraC said:
• I’m of the view that Telkom want to encourage their Home Uncapped clients to switch to capped solutions through the implementation of shaping policies.
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This is Telkom Internet related... Most uncapped (shaped/semi-shaped) products available from any ISP in South Africa are "cheap 'n nasty". It's a case of you get what you pay for and not really comparable to any capped, unshaped product in terms of quality.

That being said, no ISP will offer a product that does not make them money! So they have to walk a fine line and one of the considerations is to balance the various products with light and heavy users (or what they like to call the top 3% abusers!)

The advantage for an ISP to push more more capped product users is that they can better plan/provision their bandwidth requirements and save on costs.

A disadvantage for them (if there were only capped products) would be that they could run in network congestion issues during the current peak periods, which coincides with business hours! This could force them to prioritise traffic protocols, meaning it is no longer unshaped, unthrottled, etc.

So it don't think it's a conscious strategy to move customers from uncapped to capped.

• Telkom’s Broadband Plan appear to phase out wired connections of their slower exchanges (<10Mbps) in favour of mobile and LTE solutions which I assume would be more cost effective and easier to maintain/upgrade.
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This is a Telkom Wholesale/Network strategy, which will impact on all ISPs including Telkom Internet.

They will roll out LTE but not necessarily replacing their "slower" exchanges but most definitely their least profitable exchanges!
 
Telkom needs to change their relic of a business plan.

Telkom keeps missing each and every opportunity to change their business practice. Sort of like they have been taking pages out of Steve Ballmers playbook.

They have a lot of things that they should have done to make calls, connectivity, etc. affordable and make more money off ISP's by getting the ISP's to co-locate gear in their exchanges so that ISP's could provision ADSL on their gear and then backhaul it out.

Look at their crazy pricing for connectivity services. Diginet is overpriced still (they still have a lot of the Martis gear around but don't utilise it well). They have forced cellphone networks to self-provision fibre via other vehicles due to excessive pricing.
 
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I really don't know what they are saying. This is nothing new. They have a plan, great. When are they going to DO something with it.

Telkom’s broadband plan includes an assessment of demand...
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Great, that's a 5 year research project that states "the chickens will cross the road"

Telkom’s broadband plan includes ... network alignment ...
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Which is another way of saying, reduce costs, improve profits, make presentations like this that means nothing, and oh, we'll install one location with some new technology nobody can use and call our network nextgen, NXT, theFuture or whatever other *** name they can think up and brand

Telkom’s broadband plan includes ... a go-to-market strategy ...
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Advertising

Telkom’s broadband plan includes ... targeting gated communities ...
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Nothing new. Except, they might just add one more gated community that happens to be right next to one that is already services exclusively.

Telkom’s broadband plan includes ... and improving ISP services.
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Yes. 42.

LTE, 3G, and DSL will be used ...
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I can get 3G and LTE through every other provider. What makes telkom's so special?

... which are not covered by Telkom’s NGN network.
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and WHAM, useless branding right there, calling it their NGN network creates an expectation from me as a consumer that I can actually use these things they bloat about, fact is, I can't. See? Predictable!

If I were to operate my life like Telkom operates their business, then I'd be a clairvoyant, some magical guy who can predict everything that will EVER happen in the future simply because I once got 3 numbers right in the lotto. ONCE.

They have a "plan", lame joke of the day I'd say :D
 
Why is there every few weeks an article about Telkom and there big plans, but back at the range nothing happens, MSAN's are not rolling out, and and and.
 
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