Seacom will not mean a massive drop in prices

er....dont use their 2GB? that because we CANT..it's uselessly slow if you go over, if not downright unusable. and we dont often go over because we are so careful with what we do online, that half the time we avoid streaming content and rich media....oh wait...because....the CAP IS TOO LOW....catch a wake up.
 
If your service provider is currently charging you R499 for 2GB of data per month, why would they suddenly start charging you R399 or even R299?
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It's nice to see the truth reported at last. Like every other industry in South Africa, the telecoms companies are in no hurry to pass savings on to the consumer.

I always thought a 90% reductions was unlikely. A 30%-50% reduction for high bandwidth accounts (>10GB/month) was what I was expecting.
 
Finally I little bit of truth. As much as it hurts I think everyone knows that Seacom won't be the holey grail at the end of the month.

Maybe when the next cable lands we might see a difference but for now. Keep the lube handy and don't make a fuss.
 
Think for a second: why would an operator cut its base price immediately?

If your service provider is currently charging you R499 for 2GB of data per month, why would they suddenly start charging you R399 or even R299?
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Because they know if we dont pay it tough luck for you where else are you going to go, we are suckers for punishment
 
bottom line: first non-greedy company that drops prices will get a massive client increase
 
only 1 ISP needed to drop prices to prove all the BSers wrong.
 
There are overheads per "account" in providing service.

My guess is that about 80% of entry level packages goes to admin, support, user provisioning etc. and only 20% goes to actual bandwith costs.

It would be unrealistic to expect 50% drops in entry level product costs. But it would be realistic to expect increases in bandwidth allowances.

Voda is already leading the pack with their "free" additional bandwidth promo... got 25MB "freebie" on my 20MB bolt on for my cellphone :-)

I reckon that this is indicative of where they are pitching most expensive bandwidth in bundle bandwidth costs. No more 20MB bundles, but a 45MB bundle for the price of 20MB.

Guess what: I don't think I''l use the 45MB pm month in the near future... primary internet access is ADSL and iBurst.
 
There was all this hype about seacom, but when the news of another pipe coming nothing happened, how many cables will it take for some reduction.

or am i still living in denial, hoping that we will see something good
 
Fair enough - markets & industries don't work like that. It's unheard of and pretty stupid to just slash prices by those type of percentages.

However, price should not necessarily be about cost in Rand, but more about value for money - so it's true what they say... except the "no change to the actual R2 per MB" is indeed a royal f**k unto the consumer.

I'm not worried, there will be someone that'll start offering much cheaper packages of what we want & need without the "and all & all & all" - then we'll see who's still willing to bend over for the R2 per MB "deal".

It might take time, but don't eat the bulls**t they're trying to feed us - I think those big monopoly & price-fixing boys are more worried than us, and are just trying to protect their 10 Mercs, BMs & 4 estates.
 
Pox said:
bottom line: first non-greedy company that drops prices will get a massive client increase
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+1

someone will drop their prices, and as soon as that happens, all hell will break loose
 
boswald said:
Maybe when the next cable lands we might see a difference but for now. Keep the lube handy and don't make a fuss.
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I doubt that, there'll always be an excuse. This time 'round, they say wait for more cables. Once that's done, they'll blame the cost of provisioning local infrastructure for keeping prices high. After that they'll find another excuse.
 
No surprises here, headline should read "Telecoms companies not scared to finger consumer, once again"
 
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O No, we are still going the get screwed by all... i thought seacom would save us all

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anyway, i know this point has been raised, but for years everyone has told us "It because of the high price of international bandwith" as the reason we are paying so much,

NOW IT IS NOT !?!?!?!?
 
I'll be happy to keep on paying what I am paying at the moment for double the bandwith. That is really nothing major to ask! I only got a 2GB cap at the moment so to double that to a 4GB cap after seacom is available shouldn't be too much to ask...
 
orin76 said:
I doubt that, there'll always be an excuse. This time 'round, they say wait for more cables. Once that's done, they'll blame the cost of provisioning local infrastructure for keeping prices high. After that they'll find another excuse.
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My thoughts exactly
 
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