End predicted for ‘telecoms rip-off’

The debut of new operator Neotel had triggered a 40% drop in Telkom’s fees for international bandwidth, said Neotel’s head of strategy, Angus Hay.
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When did this happen and have the end consumers felt the effect of this decrease?
 
Amazingly enuff "the end" has been predicted for several years now. Unfortunately like all other "the end" predictions this one wont come true either.
 
I don't think Telkom's time will ever be up until other players have access to the Sat-3 or if it ever comes about the EASSy cables. We need competition across the board.
 
DataPro CEO Doug Reed said it was unrealistic for users to expect to pay R200 a month for high-speed access when service providers paid R100000 for the line.
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Can't say I agree with this though.
I really have no idea what Mr Reed and other CEOs do behind the scenes in the effort to bring down broadband costs as a group or as an individual company, and this may or may not be significant, but perhaps more focus in this direction is needed putting more pressure on the government and exposing this rip-off for what it is, rather than telling consumers they are being 'unrealistic' to expect to pay reasonable rates.

Some of these firms spend big on advertising the products that they resell, why not support the TAG campaign for instance and let the public know which side of the fence they are standing on.

It is perfectly realistic for the user to expect to pay R200 per month for high speed internet.
 
DataPro CEO Doug Reed said it was unrealistic for users to expect to pay R200 a month for high-speed access when service providers paid R100000 for the line.
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After a statement like that, I'd like this answered:-

Sneeky said:
Can't say I agree with this though.
I really have no idea what Mr Reed and other CEOs do behind the scenes in the effort to bring down broadband costs as a group or as an individual company, and this may or may not be significant, but perhaps more focus in this direction is needed putting more pressure on the government and exposing this rip-off for what it is, rather than telling consumers they are being 'unrealistic' to expect to pay reasonable rates..
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and this,

Sneeky said:
why not support the TAG campaign for instance and let the public know which side of the fence they are standing on.
It is perfectly realistic for the user to expect to pay R200 per month for high speed internet.
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The fat lady, i mean ivy has not sung yet. I'm guessing until the gov reposition themselves as providers to the nation. u just know thats the way things are moving, we will wait and suffer under Telkom.
 
krycor said:
The fat lady, i mean ivy has not sung yet. I'm guessing until the gov reposition themselves as providers to the nation. u just know thats the way things are moving, we will wait and suffer under Telkom.
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I honestly think it has more to do with incompetence than deliberately not improving.

They... the fat woman, amongst 'them', just dont have it. So in that regard, there is absolutely no hope. Period.

Our only salvation lies in Neotel. That's what i believe anyway.
 
henno said:
I honestly think it has more to do with incompetence than deliberately not improving.

They... the fat woman, amongst 'them', just dont have it. So in that regard, there is absolutely no hope. Period.

Our only salvation lies in Neotel. That's what i believe anyway.
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Incompetence can explain why ivy doesn't do a thing, but it can't explain why she is still in her position, along with many other non-performers.
 
Who's up for a running bet on when Telkom will finally be called to order? :D

We could start the thread now with predictions and see who hits it on the head.

I truly look forward to the day this happens.

@icyrus: Unfortunately, incompetence can explain all these things. It simply means that the incompetence isn't limited to Her Royal Ivyness
 
But Reed did not blame Telkom for capitalising on its cushy monopoly. “It’s nothing to do with Telkom,” he said. “Sat-3 is government regulated, and this whole thing has come about through bad telecoms policies and very weak foresight in those policies.”
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“Telkom has to be scared — it’s time is up,” Diedericks said.
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Poof. And then I woke up.

Sat3 is government regulated??! Last time I looked government sold them the cable. (So what is all the talk of declaring it an essential resource?)

And yes, still telkom applying the vaseline. What are they talking about!?!
 
Telkom owns capacity on the cable but the government regulates landing rights, which they gave Telkom an exclusive deal on till April next year. Once that deal expires local telco operators will be able to buy bandwidth from any of the other companies that own capacity (BT, VSNL etc).
 
Skip said:
Telkom owns capacity on the cable but the government regulates landing rights, which they gave Telkom an exclusive deal on till April next year. Once that deal expires local telco operators will be able to buy bandwidth from any of the other companies that own capacity (BT, VSNL etc).
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Ah please bring it on.

Telkom will still have us by the balls re: line rental

(thanks Skip)
 
Skip said:
Telkom owns capacity on the cable but the government regulates landing rights, which they gave Telkom an exclusive deal on till April next year. Once that deal expires local telco operators will be able to buy bandwidth from any of the other companies that own capacity (BT, VSNL etc).
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Is this set in stone or still to be confirmed by the DoC?
 
AntiThesis said:
@icyrus: Unfortunately, incompetence can explain all these things. It simply means that the incompetence isn't limited to Her Royal Ivyness
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Incompetence could be the reason, but by saying that it means that the president and everyone below him are all incompetent. That may be the case and there is the saying: "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."

Personally I don't believe it is just incompetence holding SA telecoms back.
 
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