{"id":548232,"date":"2006-03-14T06:46:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T06:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548232-telkominternet-confirms-new-adsl-capping-policy.html"},"modified":"2006-03-14T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2006-03-14T06:46:17","slug":"telkominternet-confirms-new-adsl-capping-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548232-telkominternet-confirms-new-adsl-capping-policy.html","title":{"rendered":"TelkomInternet confirms new ADSL capping policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">But many TelkomInternet clients are in the dark as to exactly what this new policy encompasses.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">TelkomInternet cleared up some uncertainty regarding their new capping policy, specifically when it comes to their 2 GB and 4 GB unshaped options.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Many TelkomInternet 3 GB ADSL customers have enjoyed the freedom of surpassing their usage limit without being capped immediately, but some doubt prevailed regarding their 2 GB and Unshaped offerings.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Rikus Matthyser, head of marketing for TelkomInternet, said that all their products, including their 2 GB and 4 GB Unshaped ADSL accounts, are capped using a monthly threshold system. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">According to Matthyser this system allows TelkomInternet to \u2018pass on\u2019 unused bandwidth to their high-end customers.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom has recently come under fire for possible uncompetitive behaviour in the ADSL arena, but Matthyser disputed this point. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">He said that, as a large ISP, they have the advantage of managing a large \u2018bandwidth pool\u2019 which gives them the freedom to create a more flexible capping policy.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Others are less convinced, and Internet Solutions\u2019 CEO Angus MacRobert has recently called for a split of Telkom\u2019s wholesale and retail divisions. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">ISPA has also made its feelings known regarding this contentious issue, saying that \u201cTelkom is using its dominant market position to take business away from other ISPs.\u201d<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Currently TelkomInternet is dominating the ADSL retail market, and smaller ISP\u2019s will find it hard to compete with them considering their more relaxed capping policies.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=39321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font size=\"2\">Discuss this article<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TelkomInternet have recently instituted a new more relaxed capping policy which has left many high end users euphoric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}