Telkom’s dubious broadband pricing claims

In a recent presentation Telkom’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Godfrey Ntoele, claimed that Telkom’s Do Broadband Level 1 offering is of the most affordable in the world.
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WTF? :confused: LOL :D

And those graphs? What does the horizontal axis on the 2nd graph represent?

Piss poor analysis..
 
feo said:
And those graphs? What does the horizontal axis on the 2nd graph represent?
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Second one represents Cost/Mbps/GB... I changed the graphs for more clarity...should show in about 10 mins...
 
feo said:
Piss poor analysis..
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I meant the African institute analysis here, these guys never seem to take the speed or cap into account. :confused: I guess Telkom pays them to put spin on it.

rpm said:
Second one represents Cost/Mbps/GB... I changed the graphs for more clarity...should show in about 10 mins...
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:D Thanks. I notice Cost/Mbps/GB is a common measure to compare in global broadband comparisons nowadays.
 
African analysis=Telkom arithmetic.
Steve took a sabatical to African Analysis for the duration of their analysis
 
Do Broadband Level 1 offering is of the most affordable in the world.
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My God!! This guy should be arrested for dealing in illegal substances. Its the only explanation as to why he thinks its affordable - he's on crack!!
 
Teleskommel!

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Claims to be more affordable than countries like Chile, India and Morocco are also dubious at best.

In Chile the price for a 10 Mbps service with a 5 GB usage limit is around R 500-00, far less than Telkom’s 4 Mbps ADSL offerings. Chileans also have the option of a more affordable flat rated 128 Kbps offering for R183-00.

Morocco is even more affordable. Menara, the country’s largest ADSL ISP, has recently slashed the price of their unlimited ADSL 128 Kbps offering to a mere R 41-00 per month. The price for their unlimited 256 Kbps offering is just under R 130-00 per month.

Indians also have it far better than Telkom’s customers. India’s BSNL offers a 2 Mbit/s service with a 2.5 GB monthly usage limit for a mere R 68-00 per month. According to WikiPedia an unlimited 256 Kbps offering is priced at R 151-00 per month, far less than Telkom’s entry level offerings which all carry restrictive usage limits.

“The international bench marking was done independently by Africa Analysis"
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Right now according to Whom again is Telkom better? :confused:

Lulu Letlape you are a I D I O T !

Telkom pointed out that a company called Africa Analysis did the research. - :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Always "SHIFT" the blame!!

and I though paying R295 for 64k Uncapped was alot!

I reccon if you had 256k uncapped for about R200 a/mo you would hear running noises...
 
I can't make up my mind if these Telkom people are just plain STUPID or if they think we are stupid enough to believe this absolute cr@p!

Just when I thought I'd heard it all, they spew more lies. I'm flabbergasted!
 
Claims to be more affordable than countries like Chile, India and Morocco are also dubious at best.
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This is the one that really surprised me ... almost common knowledge by now that Morocco is kicking dust in our eyes and India's deal for R100pm for a bottom of the range PC with Internet access is pretty affordable.
 
XCentricdave said:
And a Citi Golf is exactly the same a Merc CL55

If you only compare the number of wheels...:rolleyes:
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Broadband = cars again:D But seriously, this is a good comparison.

When Telkom can't match other countires, they just "fix" the criteria used:mad:

According to the second graph we are over 5 times more expensive the any of the other countries that were a part of the benchmarking:rolleyes:
 
rpm
Who was the audience at this presentation or what was the occasion as such?
 
Glordit said:
Right now according to Whom again is Telkom better? :confused:

Lulu Letlape you are a I D I O T !

Telkom pointed out that a company called Africa Analysis did the research. - :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Always "SHIFT" the blame!!

and I though paying R295 for 64k Uncapped was alot!

I reccon if you had 256k uncapped for about R200 a/mo you would hear running noises...
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I agree 100%
 
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