We hate Telkom

[rpm]

A letter in Business Day:

"Lulu Letpale of Telkom, in her letter, Telkom register (November 28), seems to be very impressed by Telkom’s latest results.
I cannot share her enthusiasm and admiration.

Telkom operates in a monopoly, and charges us the world’s highest rates for telecommunications.

Against this backdrop, one would have expected their results to be a lot better than what they achieved. It’s this kind of arrogance that makes Telkom the most hated corporation in the country."

 

[arni1954]

Viva

 

[bwana]

Succinct and to the point. Although someone will have to translate it into double-speek for telkom to understand it.

 

[MaD]

Many a true word spoken in jest. It's a pity they have done what they have to their customers, they have a lot of ground to cover to improve their image and regain people's trust. It's easy for them to be what they should have been a long time ago but as the general mentality goes there will be a long wait before any kind of attempts at winning over the public.

Until then the 'most hated corporation in SA' will unfortunately ring very true for them.

 

[PeekNPoke]

Hear hear !

 

[sunsoffun]

Lets see what the SNO brings? Maybe their attitude will change when thousands of customers leave them out of pure spite alone.

 

[armitage]

RPM. can you maybe make a poll re this?

Which of the following companies do you hate the most?
Telkom
Sentech
WBS-Iburst
Vodacom 3g
MTN
CellC
Wireless Operators
None of the above.(just in case you have no opinion)

 

[Moederloos]

Is Telkom officially the most hated company (in other words, was a poll done)?

Would be interesting, since in a few (biased and loaded) polls, they were the most loved?

 

[dominic]

/sings

i don't dislike telkom
oh no
i hate them

/that's the chorus btw - c'mon SA we all know the words....lets sing along

[dominic has been on telkomhold for 17 minutes and counting]

 

[Daaru]

Poll was done(sort of), see Hellopeter.

 

[Moederloos]

Poll was done(sort of), see Hellopeter.

Yeah, I saw that - not that relevant though, since only people with access to the internet will have been able to contribute (and we all know what a staggering high preportion of RSA that is!)

Would love to have a "Raspberry Award" type thing where the "winner" of WORST COMPANY EVER is Telkom. In fact, they may well be the only company that needs to send a representative to collect, as they will leave other companies with nothing to collect.

 

[Freshy-ZN]

Rasberry Award? How quaint. How about "W@nkers of the Decade" award?

 

[rsd]

One thing that just occurred to me... the SNO are going to need to get a lot of people with experience it telecommunications to work for them when their doors open properly.

Would you rather work for the most hated company in the country, or a company that gives people a [tiiiiiny] shred of hope?

I hope all the people how have a clue at Telkom jump ship and take their skills over to the SNO

 

[sunsoffun]

One thing that just occurred to me... the SNO are going to need to get a lot of people with experience it telecommunications to work for them when their doors open properly.

Would you rather work for the most hated company in the country, or a company that gives people a [tiiiiiny] shred of hope?

I hope all the people how have a clue at Telkom jump ship and take their skills over to the SNO

I think alot of that is going to happen. Maybe Telkom would increase the staff salaries ten fold, but some how I seriously doubt it. It is going to be very interesting to see what happens when the SNO starts up.

 

[Moederloos]

I think alot of that is going to happen. Maybe Telkom would increase the staff salaries ten fold, but some how I seriously doubt it. It is going to be very interesting to see what happens when the SNO starts up.

They probably have some ridicolous non-disclosure, "cannot work for someone in the same industry" type contract. Would not surprise me.

 

[FaaQ]

Rikus and steve and lulu must stay with telkom.

 

[Juice]

Lets see what the SNO brings? Maybe their attitude will change when thousands of customers leave them out of pure spite alone.

I no longer care. I don't care about helping Telkom improve their service. I don't care about helping them do better. I want off this ship NOW and I am happy to sit with an alternative provider and point and laugh and the mess that is Telkom. I hope they NEVER recover. I hope they NEVER get better. Die, Telkom, DIE!!

Juice

 

[Moederloos]

Lets see what the SNO brings? Maybe their attitude will change when thousands of customers leave them out of pure spite alone.

Changing attitude as a survival mechanism is not going to swing it for me.
Telkom can take their business and shove it as soon as I have an alternative.

 

[sunsoffun]

Changing attitude as a survival mechanism is not going to swing it for me.
Telkom can take their business and shove it as soon as I have an alternative.

I am one one them. I will always be cancelling my Vodacom contract as soon as its up and moving over to another provider. I want nothing to do with a company that is linked to Telkom in anyway. Its a pitty though, Vodacom support has been realy good, but as the say it the west... **** happens.

 

[FaaQ]

Luckily I'm already with CellC. For my internet connection that will change as soon as the new operator is avialible.