Telkoms ruthless control

[alex]

The problem with all of this is that there is no one to control Telkom, they do what they like , they are part of the government and like the government they Wright they own laws ,as they please ,and will introduce new ones as it suits them when it suits them .
just tomorrow they might decide , to decrease the cap to 2 gigs and make it R300 , and there is no one to say no to them or stop them , what can be done against this ?

 

[desraid]

monopoly sux.. [V]

 

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The less we resist the more they persist

 

[Flash]

Telkom owns and control International Bandwidth. My opinion is that it is easier for them to sell their International Bandwidth to the rest of Africa than to distribute it to subscribers in country. What this means is that the growth of business for the whole of South Africa are negatively affected. I wonder what Alex Erwin's comments would be? What this also means is that the education system is negatively affected. I wonder what Cader Asmal's comments would be?

 

[alex]

the problem is i dont think any of them realy care what we have to say here , i fear that this MR white carector is a nobody , i mean think about it , would a telkom executive in a high postion bothere answering any of our problems we are the minority and as long as we are nothing will change unless competion comes in

 

[Peapod]

Flash, in all seriousness, write to Cader Asmal and ask him. It's our tax that pays his salary - he (or his office) is obligated to respond.

 

[ASF]

I agree -&gt; the polititians in this country have had it too easy. They ARE accountable to US -&gt; the electorate.

The unbearable Telkom situation in this country is ultimately a political one. We may be able to annoy Telkom and get short term wins for a small telecommunications user community (i.e. us ADSL users) by putting pressure on them, lodging compliants with ICASA, press coverage and the like but at the end of the day in order for real and meaningfull change to occur we need a deregulated telco industry; and deregulation is unfortunately in the hands of the politicians.