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Cheaper Internet access is coming soon
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Please don't post your negativity anymore!
I want to make an appeal to you guys not to post your negativity anymore, but rather to use your posts to demand change. I am fearful that all of the IBIWISI posts and "This is South Africa" and "it will never happen" are all going to hijack our lower prices!
The operators will turn around and use your negativity to justify their pricing structures.
Instead of posting "things will never change"... from now on I want you to post "we demand change".
Instead of posting "prices will not come down" ... post "We demand that prices come down"
There is no more excuse for poor service or inflated prices. If being negative makes you satisfied, then you deserve the high prices.
I for one am sick of them and I demand lower prices. Seacom is in a position to give that to us... no more excuses!!!
If you agree, then please quote this entire post!
I want to make an appeal to you guys not to post your negativity anymore, but rather to use your posts to demand change. I am fearful that all of the IBIWISI posts and "This is South Africa" and "it will never happen" are all going to hijack our lower prices!
The operators will turn around and use your negativity to justify their pricing structures.
Instead of posting "things will never change"... from now on I want you to post "we demand change".
Instead of posting "prices will not come down" ... post "We demand that prices come down"
There is no more excuse for poor service or inflated prices. If being negative makes you satisfied, then you deserve the high prices.
I for one am sick of them and I demand lower prices. Seacom is in a position to give that to us... no more excuses!!!
If you agree, then please quote this entire post!
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Vrotappel
Bulls fan
Well if prices don't start to come down, and caps don't start to increase exponentially, I will stop demanding and start to take militant action!
Be scared big telco’s be very scared!
Be scared big telco’s be very scared!
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Draft letter to your ISP
Draft Letter to your Internet Service Provider....
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Dear Internet Service Provider:
As you are probably aware by now, the construction of the Seacom undersea cable is complete and is the cable is now in the testing phase. The Seacom cable is scheduled to go live on June 27, 2009. Seacom's aggressive pricing structure promises that South Africans will enjoy benefits of cheaper international Internet access within the next few months. Savings of at least 30 to 40% or more are expected on international connectivity since Seacom's wholesale pricing undercuts current providers by as a much as two-thirds.
I anticipate that you are in the process of preparing to connect to Seacom through your top tier providers here in South Africa and would like to ask you the following questions.
1) How have you as an ISP prepared for Seacom? What preparations or inquiries have you made to date?
2) When do you anticipate connecting to Seacom? or through to Seacom using top tier providers?
3) What pricing models and products are you looking at or proposing for the next few months?
4) How are you educating your customers about the coming benefits of Internet Access through the Seacom cable?
5) What logistical problems do you foresee in connecting to Seacom and providing access through to Seacom?
I assure you, that I as a customer an keenly interested in the answers to these questions and I intend to vote with my Rands as soon as Seacom access becomes commercially available. I would love it if you can provide me with the cheaper access I need. We in South Africa have been forced to pay inflated prices for far too long now and we demand cheap, affordable internet access. Let me specify my expectations for you.
1) I expect that prices will decrease in the next three months.
2) I expect that my internet cap will increase in the next three months.
3) I expect that latency and bandwidth throughput will be improved in the next three months.
I look forward to hearing from you regarding your plans. And I look forward to doing business with you.
Yours Faithfully.
A. Consumer
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Send to....
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Draft Letter to your Internet Service Provider....
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Dear Internet Service Provider:
As you are probably aware by now, the construction of the Seacom undersea cable is complete and is the cable is now in the testing phase. The Seacom cable is scheduled to go live on June 27, 2009. Seacom's aggressive pricing structure promises that South Africans will enjoy benefits of cheaper international Internet access within the next few months. Savings of at least 30 to 40% or more are expected on international connectivity since Seacom's wholesale pricing undercuts current providers by as a much as two-thirds.
I anticipate that you are in the process of preparing to connect to Seacom through your top tier providers here in South Africa and would like to ask you the following questions.
1) How have you as an ISP prepared for Seacom? What preparations or inquiries have you made to date?
2) When do you anticipate connecting to Seacom? or through to Seacom using top tier providers?
3) What pricing models and products are you looking at or proposing for the next few months?
4) How are you educating your customers about the coming benefits of Internet Access through the Seacom cable?
5) What logistical problems do you foresee in connecting to Seacom and providing access through to Seacom?
I assure you, that I as a customer an keenly interested in the answers to these questions and I intend to vote with my Rands as soon as Seacom access becomes commercially available. I would love it if you can provide me with the cheaper access I need. We in South Africa have been forced to pay inflated prices for far too long now and we demand cheap, affordable internet access. Let me specify my expectations for you.
1) I expect that prices will decrease in the next three months.
2) I expect that my internet cap will increase in the next three months.
3) I expect that latency and bandwidth throughput will be improved in the next three months.
I look forward to hearing from you regarding your plans. And I look forward to doing business with you.
Yours Faithfully.
A. Consumer
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Send to....
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Burny1
Well-Known Member
Spoken like a true south african - lotsa noise, but really little action ;-)
APoc184
Honorary Master
I am very positive about SEACOM. Change will happen. Maybe not overnight but I am very postitive that we will have decent caps/pricing before the end of this year.
Next is the East Coast cable. So we will see even more reductions by the end of 2010.
I only requires one ISP to offer "more" in terms of bandwith, line speed and/or pricing and we will see a domino effect with competition hotting up, if this does not happen soon, then we must assume that there is collusion in the marketpalace and start flooding the competition commission with complaints....
Shake&Bake
Party Liaison
Well said Gary. It's time we get what we want. Excuses won't do!!
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Reply so far from WebAfrica:
Vrotappel
Bulls fan
I'll petition Malema, Cosatu, ANCYL, YCL, NUMSA, NEHAWU, POPCRU, MK Veterans, etc.
Seems to work for everything else.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Reply from OpenWeb:
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Hey Gary
Thank you so much for your email and questions.
1) How have you as an ISP prepared for Seacom? What preparations or
inquiries have you made to date? Absolutely. We will be launching some lower priced packages soon as a Pre-Seacom launch offer. However, once Seacom launches, I believe most of our packages will either come down in price, or increase in cap. Let's see what happens.
2) When do you anticipate connecting to Seacom? or through to Seacom
using top tier providers? When Seacom are ready, we'll be ready.
3) What pricing models and products are you looking at or proposing
for the next few months? We will announce them on MyADSL as soon as they are ready.
4) How are you educating your customers about the coming benefits of
Internet Access through the Seacom cable? We will educate them by providing them with more spending money, as I feel that Seacom will truly help South Africa reach the goal of having affordable bandwidth, thus, leaving you, our client, with more money in the bank
5) What logistical problems do you foresee in connecting to Seacom and
providing access through to Seacom? None that I can predict at this time.
Kind Regards
*********
Founder
OpenWeb.co.za
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Hey Gary
Thank you so much for your email and questions.
1) How have you as an ISP prepared for Seacom? What preparations or
inquiries have you made to date? Absolutely. We will be launching some lower priced packages soon as a Pre-Seacom launch offer. However, once Seacom launches, I believe most of our packages will either come down in price, or increase in cap. Let's see what happens.
2) When do you anticipate connecting to Seacom? or through to Seacom
using top tier providers? When Seacom are ready, we'll be ready.
3) What pricing models and products are you looking at or proposing
for the next few months? We will announce them on MyADSL as soon as they are ready.
4) How are you educating your customers about the coming benefits of
Internet Access through the Seacom cable? We will educate them by providing them with more spending money, as I feel that Seacom will truly help South Africa reach the goal of having affordable bandwidth, thus, leaving you, our client, with more money in the bank
5) What logistical problems do you foresee in connecting to Seacom and
providing access through to Seacom? None that I can predict at this time.
Kind Regards
*********
Founder
OpenWeb.co.za
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JasonH
Senior Member
OpenWeb comes to the rescue again
We demand that
We demand that
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
+1 To the OP... I agree 100% !
Going to send that letter to Cybersmart.
Going to send that letter to Cybersmart.
Empiricism Philosopher
Expert Member
I say we use petrol bombs mixed with plastics to make napalm and blow the isps up that rips us off? They leech off our lively hoods so i say we ends theirs. All we want is fairness and if not met casatu will own you with burning rubber in your face.
viva anc! Viva! Amangla! Aaaaaamangla! Intiniwa!
viva anc! Viva! Amangla! Aaaaaamangla! Intiniwa!
That kinda amounts to a threat of violence?
You have a choice, no one is forcing you to buy their product.
ldmelsa
Executive Member
Ekhaatvensters
Executive Member
Thanks Garyvdh, seeing the replies from ISP's is interesting.
Keep reposting them and sending mails please, I actually can't wait to be able to move to which ever ISP starts giving higher caps. The only problem is that the first ISP to do so might not have the best deal after a month or two.
Keep reposting them and sending mails please, I actually can't wait to be able to move to which ever ISP starts giving higher caps.
The only problem is that the first ISP to do so might not have the best deal after a month or two.
Nonetheless, it was a jolly post!
I say we use petrol bombs mixed with plastics to make napalm and blow the isps up that rips us off? They leech off our lively hoods so i say we ends theirs. All we want is fairness and if not met casatu will own you with burning rubber in your face.
viva anc! Viva! Amangla! Aaaaaamangla! Intiniwa!
I mean no, really!! ROFLMAO!
