Why choose Neotel?

I would most certainly move to Neotel strictly out of principal and would even be prepared to pay a premium for the service.

It would be very interesting to get a poll up to see what percentage of folks would be making the move..
 
SwaziSeedless said:
I would most certainly move to Neotel strictly out of principal and would even be prepared to pay a premium for the service.

It would be very interesting to get a poll up to see what percentage of folks would be making the move..
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Yup, a small price to pay to be rid of the beast,,,,, puff puff pass;)
 
SwaziSeedless said:
I would most certainly move to Neotel strictly out of principal and would even be prepared to pay a premium for the service.

It would be very interesting to get a poll up to see what percentage of folks would be making the move..
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I'm only interested in moving for a better value for money more reliable service.

IOW - no cap, faster speed for less money.
 
I think Neotel will score BIG if LLU is implemented and they get up and start installing DSLAMs where there is a need, but Telkom refuses to install. Then put that together with better service and pricing structures and they will be off and away. There are soo many people waiting for Telkom to install DSLAM boxes in their neighbourhood, they would jump at Neotel if they get this done. I think also a lot of wireless providers will also have to shape up or ship out, provided Neotel is willing to go the extra mile (no pun intended :))
 
"Both Neotel and Telkom have said that they are not keen to engage in a price war, but just the hint of competition alone should serve to drive prices down."

What does this mean exactly??? Same as when MTN came in as the SECOND OPERATOR... Cell C THIRD OPERATOR.... whats the difference in their PRICING?? Certainly not enough to entice EVERYONE to change for a few cents cheaper... even AFTER Number portability...

Why would NEOTEL be stupid enough to offer services at WAY cheaper prices and stab themselves in the foot and not earn HUGE profits like Telkom? Afterall they're not a NON-PROFIT organisation... they also have BMW's and MERCS to pay for...
 
Could not agree with you more, but Neotel themselves have said they would compete on products and services and not primarily price, but then any company starting out would say that.
It is going to be hard to beat Telkom's incompetence and apathy towards the consumer so they should be a safer bet, albeit even with equal pricing.
 
The only way for a price war to happen is if either Telkom or Neotel do really badly...i.e. so badly that their share prices drop by 50% along with their net profit. Otherwise there is absolutely no incentive for Neotel or Telkom to engage in a price war. So maybe everyone shouldn't switch to Neotel initially, and once they are forced to lower their prices, we migrate wholesale.
 
Syndyre said:
Hopefully Neotel'll at least be more reliable!
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Just this month my ADSL was down for a full week, and it was virtually impossible to get Telkom to bother to do anything at all about it, or to even try give me an idea *when* they might consider fixing it, all I got was lies and stonewalling. They still operate like the mafia, so right now I'll move to Neotel even if they're only more reliable, I can't afford that kind of downtime.
 
Well my take is that right now the market is pretty saturated for landlines (all the ppl that can afford it have it) so unless they can entice new users or get Telcon users to switch to them they not gonna grow very quickly and to recover the initial capital outlay I think they will want to grow rapidly. So they have to come in under Telcon pricing and offer a better service otherwise it wont be viable doing bussiness in the country.
Remember that MTN and later Cell C came in to the Cellular game in the early stages of the uptake in SA so they still had a newish market to harvest. Neotel will have to work damn hard to get business.
Only problem is Telcon control the gateway to the world so unless they got a cost effective way of getting international bandwidth I really dnt see a price war unless they sell at cost and make money off calls. Until they get access to SAT3 or lay there own damn cable (hint hint) Telcon is still in control of broadband pricing.
 
Telkom mirrors Government

There is no such thing as a good political party or company that has a huge majority or monopoly.

They will only deliver (or alternatively suppress you) more when they are under threat from another entity.

I would always vote for the minority in an attempt to even up the opposition.

Neotel will not be more expensive than Telkom.

I will move over to them out of principal. Only once an increasing number of people think this way will prices start to reduce.

Unfortunately in Africa politics is purely tribal (biggest clan will always win) and the domino theory (I do not know of a minister in the ruling party excluding the 3 M's who isn't either incompetent, a thief, or under investigation) is proving true. But hell let's enjoy the sunshine whilst we can. Let Ivy take her award, Africa's favorite son Idi Armin bedecked himself with many medals.
 
Gunny said:
Only problem is Telcon control the gateway to the world so unless they got a cost effective way of getting international bandwidth I really dnt see a price war unless they sell at cost and make money off calls. Until they get access to SAT3 or lay there own damn cable (hint hint) Telcon is still in control of broadband pricing.
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Am I correct in saying that they gain access to SAT3 in April 2007, when Telkom's landing rights/exclusive access to SAT3 expires.
 
ryan411 said:
Am I correct in saying that they gain access to SAT3 in April 2007, when Telkom's landing rights/exclusive access to SAT3 expires.
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Um no. This has still to be negotiated (notice the scramble to clarify this, not). Telkom has exclusive right to "their" landing station and until legislation changes or a change of tone from telkom then neotel will have no landing rights. It will probably make a difference to bandwidth pricing on the cable but bringing it ashore (will not happen with the current status que.)

This thread is of interest.
 
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