Usage based ADSL, the right way

Jeez R190 for a 4Mb connection! Heres a suggestion to telkom: just offer 1Mb dsl for 200 bucks for one week and see what happens..theyll get thousands of orders. Like i said before its also this stupid "line rental" thats stopping broadband penetration in this country.
 
IMO it would be of no use for them to even offer it at R100/month, no line rental with a 10GB cap. Reason: they can't fulfill current orders (as shocking and overpriced as they are) so what's gonna happen when orders quadruple in a week? We are still waiting for installation, 5 months after placing the order, and there are plenty more similar stories. And we are not out in the Bundu either - heart of Sandton CBD.
 
Even Internet cafe's in Vietnam are decent. costs about R2-R4 per hour...if any of u have been there it makes u think twice about our government's initiative of allowing the poor having Internet access. The country is so poor yet u see so many ppl going to internet cafes or have decently priced internet at home.
 
quite simply...

...usage-based is the WRONG way!
 
ssr said:
...usage-based is the WRONG way!
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If its cheap enough it doesnt make a difference. :)
 
ssr said:
...usage-based is the WRONG way!
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Hi SSR

The way it is applied in Vietnam benefits the user. They have a minimum charge which is understandable, and then have a charge for additional usage up to a certain stage. After hat they have a price cap (not usage cap), which means that the rest is free. It therefore benefits the users…

Regards,

RPM
 
Yah price is everything - but 'peak, off-peak' smells like dialup - and defeats the whole purpose of broadband -an always on connection all the time... peak, off peak immediately splits traffic and ways of usage.

It sucks - but please can we have vietnam prices.

Drop the line-fee. Make it cheaper. Bigger pipes, bigger caps - we can dream.
 
You don't pay a car manafacturer for the milage that you drive. In the same way you shouldn't need to pay a wire-puller for the number of electrical pulses you send down thier cable.
 
Daaru said:
You don't pay a car manafacturer for the milage that you drive. In the same way you shouldn't need to pay a wire-puller for the number of electrical pulses you send down thier cable.
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Bad example. Using your metaphor you still need to pay for the petrol.
 
Our 'digital petrol' just costs a sh1tload more than anywhere else in the world.
 
There shoulnt be "Peak" and "Off-Peak" Hours, there shoulnt be a cap at all! We are not Vietnam. Charge for the speed you connect at, not the amount you use!
 
My God. Now we truly are a third world country. If Vietnam kicks our arses with ADSL then it's really getting ridiculous.
 
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