ISPs' responses to Afrihost's opening salvo?

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Has anybody heard a peep out of any of the ISPs regarding Afrihost's game-changing pricing?
I know that I have just moved a few grands worth of clients across to Afrihost, and I am not the only one. I am really looking forward to the first answering shot from Axxess, WA, etc... They must be sweating.
 
Yes, I have seen responses from both Social Flu Internet and WebAfrica.

CyberSmart have indicated that they have some price cuts coming on 1 October.

Nothing from the other's yet.
 
hmm, I don't mean to be a party pooper, but I thought the Afrihost prices are a "limited offer" trial run? That means the prices should revert, and this doesn't stand as a long-term threat for the other ISP's ? It's like saying "Webafrica is giving away 10GB accounts for free, all ISP's should follow suit" - not quite, they've given a LIMITED number of 7000 accounts, and the episode will end after about two weeks - again, not much of a long term threat to the other ISPs. However, it is a sort of warning sign that proper/official lower bandwidth costs ARE coming - and most likely to these ISP's first
 
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It's locked in at R29 per gig forever.

Giving away 10 gigs or selling at a low price, for a limited time, without the price remaining as when ordered, is different.

This is limited only in the total amount of gigs for sale, at R29 per gig, if you order while it is still available.

This is a proper, sustained, as in permanent, forever, always the same price, never gonna change, price drop.

It is the real deal. Not the b******t others try to dress up with a bunch of voodoo wording and obfuscation.

Buy now. R29 per gig. Locked in. Forever.
 
fragtion_ said:
hmm, I don't mean to be a party pooper, but I thought the Afrihost prices are a "limited offer" trial run? That means the prices should revert, and this doesn't stand as a long-term threat for the other ISP's ? It's like saying "Webafrica is giving away 10GB accounts for free, all ISP's should follow suit" - not quite, they've given a LIMITED number of 7000 accounts, and the episode will end after about two weeks - again, not much of a long term threat to the other ISPs. However, it is a sort of warning sign that proper/official lower bandwidth costs ARE coming - and most likely to these ISP's first
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you thought wrong, the savings on the ADSL subscriptions are permanent as long as you remain an Afrihost customer. The only cost that may change are the top-up Gigs, but they will never go above R49. :)

so until someone else comes along with a better offer on the 20 Gig bundle, I stay with Afrihost.
 
Yes, it's actually no loss to Afrihost as people migrate to better prices, as they become available. Afrihost can then sell the released gigs at a cost or cost+ price again.

They will have created a great boost to their other services by then.

I will release my 2x5gig accounts when an uncapped 384k account comes in at R300-R400. Unless the NPO ISP launches it 1st.

I will however keep my sig promoting Afrihost. It's a part of SA history now. They deserve the title and recognition as the undisputed 1st ISP to force down prices to an ultra low level in SA.
 
fragtion_ said:
However, it is a sort of warning sign that proper/official lower bandwidth costs ARE coming - and most likely to these ISP's first
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More than just a warning, the great thing that the Afrihost offer, and more specifically the response of the consumer, has done is hopefully made ISPs etc realise how price conscience the broadband consumer is. There is no loyalty.

It would be difficult to calculate I am sure but it would also be great if they were also able to see how many new users switched to broadband as a result of this offer. It is the old economic principle - you can sell 10 items at 10 profit or 20 times at 6 profit... we need more broadband penetration in this country.
 
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