R 50 per GB the new ADSL pricing standard

A 40% reduction on R70 is R28, so the new price would be R42!

In reality, a reduction from R70 to R50 is ~28%
 
At least the industry acknowledges that R50 is the benchmark today...

At least they admit it will drop further than R50 in the near future...

Until uncapped, double line billing included, is available at R200-R500 for 384k-4Mbps, we are still paying ridiculous prices...per gig.

Push through LLU and we're halfway there.
 
I was paying R49/Gig two years ago (WA R490/10Gig). A year ago I was paying R47.80/Gig (Openweb R239/5Gig)

Prices have not dropped from R70 to R50 at all. People were paying R70/Gig for prepaid. They are still paying R70/Gig for prepaid.

As for Telkom, they are simply hard capping what they were previously soft capping.

Really and truly not a lot has happened yet. A few shimmies and shakes in the right direction from previously overpriced ISPs... but as The Wolf so aptly stated after the clean up job in Pulp Fiction : Let's not start sucking each other's d**ks quite yet.
 
Gatecrasher said:
I was paying R49/Gig two years ago (WA R490/10Gig). A year ago I was paying R47.80/Gig (Openweb R239/5Gig)

Prices have not dropped from R70 to R50 at all. People were paying R70/Gig for prepaid. They are still paying R70/Gig for prepaid.

As for Telkom, they are simply hard capping what they were previously soft capping.

Really and truly not a lot has happened yet. A few shimmies and shakes in the right direction from previously overpriced ISPs... but as The Wolf so aptly stated after the clean up job in Pulp Fiction : Let's not start sucking each other's d**ks quite yet.
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LoL :D
That made my morning!
Another GateCrashing! :D
 
Not the first time "Staff Reporter" had his calculations wrong either...

So, if these guys can drop their rates by around 28%, why can't the mobile providers too?
 
The reality is that Seacom hasn’t changed all that much, but the landscape will change once true competition arrives via WACS and EASSy
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Yes, and when that doesn't happen we will be lead to believe that the effect that the sun has on moonshine is forcing prices up, rather than down and that we should be lucky we have ADSL at all. Bugger off!
 
“The reality is that Seacom hasn’t changed all that much, but the landscape will change once true competition arrives via WACS and EASSy. The dynamics of pricing are changing completely and the local rates are going to drop dramatically in the near future,” said Tagg.
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I thought all the ISPs were saying that international is only 25% or something of the total cost. So when the new cables come in prices won't drop. I simply don't believe this guy...
 
When you're paying R413 for a 4MB adsl line before you've even bought a single megabyte of data, quite clearly the problem is not only with bandwidth costs, but with the cost of the ADSL circuit (including the ISPs access to this circuit via IPConnect).

Only the arrival of LLU will address this as it will allow ISPs to setup up their own DSLAMs in Telkom's exchanges with their own backhaul links thereby allowing them to bypass Telkom's IPConnect product and setup their own circuit to the customer's premises.

Nobody seems to be paying much attention to this fact. Everybody thinks more cable into South Africa is the answer, when in fact the real problem is between the customers premises and the local exchange, not between South Africa and the rest of the world.
 
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deweyzeph said:
When you're paying R413 for a 4MB adsl line before you've even bought a single megabyte of data, quite clearly the problem is not only with bandwidth costs, but with the cost of the ADSL circuit (including the ISPs access to this circuit via IPConnect).

Only the arrival of LLU will address this as it will allow ISPs to setup up their own DSLAMs in Telkom's exchanges with their own backhaul links thereby allowing them to bypass Telkom's IPConnect product and setup their own circuit to the customer's premises.

Nobody seems to be paying much attention to this fact. Everybody thinks more cable into South Africa is the answer, when in fact the real problem is between the customers premises and the local exchange, not between South Africa and the rest of the world.
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Agreed, the ADSL line lease alone is more than we should be paying for uncapped internet compared to the rest of the industrial world. :mad:
 
deweyzeph said:
When you're paying R413 for a 4MB adsl line before you've even bought a single megabyte of data, quite clearly the problem is not only with bandwidth costs, but with the cost of the ADSL circuit (including the ISPs access to this circuit via IPConnect).
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+1
Telkom line costs remains the one of biggest bottlenecks.

Agree 100% on the uncapped issue as well.
With Seacom now here there are no more excuses as to why more ISP's can not offer uncapped services.
Why we still have to wait for "WACS and EASSy" is beyond me.
There will be other excuses once those are in place.
 
“The reality is that Seacom hasn’t changed all that much, but the landscape will change once true competition arrives via WACS and EASSy.
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You know I give up. I truly believe that most people involved in telecoms in SA must be either morons, believe that we have extremely short memories, or simply don't give two hoots what/how they treat the paying customer.

Yet another excuse why they can continue ripping us off. R 50.00 per gig is still daylight robbery and they know it! Once those cables land then that wont be "true" competition either, then we waiting for continents to merge I guess. I don't give a damn that it has come down a few rand, stop making excuses for ripping us off!

The way are being treated by these guys and the Gov is realy making me ashamed to be an South African. The rest of the world is laughing at us, even worse, they pitty us.
 
Over the last few months many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - including Telkom, G-Connect, Vox Telepreneur and Web Africa – announced significant ADSL data price cuts.
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Here we go again - Telkom.....significant ADSL data price cuts :confused:

The reporter should share some of that weed he's smoking!!
 
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