Uncapped is Pathetic

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Thank you, I have just sent my cancellation form to MWEB as I want to use 2mb uncapped, and theirs is throttled.

I see Telkom's got a 2mb uncapped for only R10 more than Web Africa, who I was going to try. Anyone have experience with Telkom's uncapped, I don't want to get throttled and my usage is on average 100gigs per month.

You know they have 2meg premium as well right?

It's funny how people that complain about uncapped are always those on the cheapest options.

 

[plugger123]

AUP's, endless threads about getting throttled on an uncapped connection.

It's really pathetic.

If you want to give us uncapped, please make it more than a bloody gimmick.

UNCAPPED 10mbs but if you use more than X amount then we will throttle you BITCH so BEWARE of our AUP...


Come on ISPs you are really pulling some crap tactics here. 'Business' uncapped and 'Home' uncapped; Gold Silver and Bronze uncapped? REALLY? Next thing we will be getting dirt and poop uncapped...

Uncapped uncapped uncapped I am tired of all this crap.

Give us a straight answer; transparent info on what we are getting and stop being so bloody vague about all your special offerings dammit!

Most ISP's are probably doing a great job under the circumstances. The main problem here is that Telkom has a monopoly on IPC and this is the most expensive part of bandwidth provisioning for ADSL ... This article explains it really well:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/102945-uncapped-adsl-why-throttle.html

If you think a bit about what is highlighted in this Article then it becomes evident that South Africa's big problem when it comes to fixed line broadband is Telkom. They are inflating the price of bandwidth when it comes to fixed line broadband. On-top of that they have their mindless forced line rental and really expensive ADSL access charges.

One would reason that the International bandwidth would be the most expensive part in broadband provision but it is actually a couple of times cheaper than Telkom's high priced IPC.

Pity not many people are noticing this or understands this. Telkom is an inneficient monstrosoty of a company and will probably milk consumers for many years to come... It would be awesome if there was some competition to break Telkom's stranglehold on fixed line broadband. Maybe fibre to the home will bring better days?

If you look at the graph in the article it would also be easy to reason that Telkom Internet could totally undercut all other ISP's when it comes to ADSL bandwidth due to them being part of Telkom. (They could price out all other ADSL ISPs and put them out of business and once again have total control and dominance over ADSL and keep on inflating their crazy expensive pricings) -

The current stranglehold Telkom has over IPC with Telkom Internet in the mix could classify Telkom once again as being anti-competitive?

 

[Paul Hjul]

Telkom Internet are just as adversely affected by the IPC pricing issue as any other ISP

 

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Most ISP's are probably doing a great job under the circumstances. The main problem here is that Telkom has a monopoly on IPC and this is the most expensive part of bandwidth provisioning for ADSL ... This article explains it really well:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/102945-uncapped-adsl-why-throttle.html

If you think a bit about what is highlighted in this Article then it becomes evident that South Africa's big problem when it comes to fixed line broadband is Telkom. They are inflating the price of bandwidth when it comes to fixed line broadband. On-top of that they have their mindless forced line rental and really expensive ADSL access charges.

One would reason that the International bandwidth would be the most expensive part in broadband provision but it is actually a couple of times cheaper than Telkom's high priced IPC.

Pity not many people are noticing this or understands this. Telkom is an inneficient monstrosoty of a company and will probably milk consumers for many years to come... It would be awesome if there was some competition to break Telkom's stranglehold on fixed line broadband. Maybe fibre to the home will bring better days?

If you look at the graph in the article it would also be easy to reason that Telkom Internet could totally undercut all other ISP's when it comes to ADSL bandwidth due to them being part of Telkom. (They could price out all other ADSL ISPs and put them out of business and once again have total control and dominance over ADSL and keep on inflating their crazy expensive pricings) -

The current stranglehold Telkom has over IPC with Telkom Internet in the mix could classify Telkom once again as being anti-competitive?

You blaming Telkom for the ISPs crap product?

No one said the ISPs must release crap products. Problem is the people want cheap uncapped, so the ISPs make it cheap. Blame the ISP for sacrificing quality to reach a price point. Then blame the consumer for thinking he can get uncapped for dirt cheap.

Now we have to all get business accounts because consumers are forcing ISPs to compete on price and not quality.