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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2008/0805131038.asp?A=BRO&S=Broadband&O=FPLEAD

Neotel chief technical officer Angus Hay says cheaper international broadband wholesale prices will not necessarily drive down end-user prices as a variety of other factors are at work, including telco dominance of the ‘last mile'.
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MTN spokesperson Rochelle van der Ross says the Seacom cable, which will be available from June next year, two months ahead of Uhurunet, will help satisfy the “increasing demand for bandwidth… ensuring we have the bandwidth to satisfy our clients' requirements”.

However, Van der Ross says she agrees with Hay that the impact on pricing will be small. “International bandwidth represents a relatively small component of the local pricing structure, so we cannot forecast what, if any, significant impact this will have on pricing.”
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The excuses are starting to come in already :(
 
profiteering :D

Although if they had to increase caps significantly (i'm thinking in the order of at least 10x), then it might all be worthwhile.
 
However, Van der Ross says she agrees with Hay that the impact on pricing will be small. “International bandwidth represents a relatively small component of the local pricing structure, so we cannot forecast what, if any, significant impact this will have on pricing.”
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in direct opposition to what everybody has been saying with regard to SAT3 for the last x years :rolleyes:
 
Hay adds that, as underlying international and local costs “become more in line with global costs, you will see more competition and better prices”, saying that even Telkom, which has long had a stranglehold on broadband, has dropped end-user prices.
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Where? When? :(

<censored>!!! :mad:
 
Let's ask ET (not Terreblanch, but the one in a flying saucer) whether they're interested in providing us with a good high-speed internet connection :D

So we pay them, they provide the cheap connection, and we're all happy - except the fat cats who doesn't get any of our money :D
 
Now they will blame the high costs of laying fibre. When that cost drops they will blame the price of cell towers. If those prices drop by 80% they will blame International bandwidth costs. These guys think that we are stupid...
 
ShaunSA said:
The excuses are starting to come in already :(
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I can see where Neotel is coming from in terms of costs but what is MTN's excuse? They already have the towers etc and are already making a massive profit. Now their costs are going to come down significantly and they are only going to cut back a little in terms of price. The real proof comes in the form of IS ADSL accounts. They give 30GB local bandwidth free with the 3GB international accounts. If the local access was most of the cost then they would not be able to do that.
 
Well what this means though is that a ISP like any ISP like Verizon, IS etc may be able to procure international bandwith directly Seacom atleast driving down ADSL bandwith costs. Although there may not be enough competition on the physical layer ie. last mile we should see bigger caps coming our way.

To further explain my point. Look at the pricing of 30g local only products from IS. Those all ready take into account all local costs they have to pay to Telkom to gain access to the ADSL network. While I doubt we'll see huge reductions in the fixed cost per month I predict we will see huge increases in (International) Caps.
 
ShaunSA said:
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2008/0805131038.asp?A=BRO&S=Broadband&O=FPLEAD

Quote:
Neotel chief technical officer Angus Hay says cheaper international broadband wholesale prices will not necessarily drive down end-user prices as a variety of other factors are at work, including telco dominance of the ‘last mile'.

Quote:
MTN spokesperson Rochelle van der Ross says the Seacom cable, which will be available from June next year, two months ahead of Uhurunet, will help satisfy the “increasing demand for bandwidth… ensuring we have the bandwidth to satisfy our clients' requirements”.

However, Van der Ross says she agrees with Hay that the impact on pricing will be small. “International bandwidth represents a relatively small component of the local pricing structure, so we cannot forecast what, if any, significant impact this will have on pricing.”
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The excuses are starting to come in already :(
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Neotel have bypassed the last mile with wireless and have their own fiber optic backbone. What on earth are they talking about??
 
Not an acceptable excuse.

They have been saying international bandwidth prices have been the cause for our inflated costs... now we get something much cheaper.. we expect end user prices to come down dramatically.. anything less than that is not acceptable in my opinion.
 
Why is it that South African corporates have to recover their capital costs in full in the first 24 hours of their existence and thereafter they need to up prices in case the sky falls.
 
bekdik said:
Why is it that South African corporates have to recover their capital costs in full in the first 24 hours of their existence and thereafter they need to up prices in case the sky falls.
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because der fat cat needs to keep on buying der latest and newest in cars and houses :sick:
 
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