Telkom warns against online gaming, P2P on ADSL

Im currently running internal tests regarding online gaming and P2P on ADSL. I will give you the run around for 2 years before I comply to the rules. Its the norm in South Africa.
Thank you.
 
Im not sure if I really understood that article.
Very strange.
 
Blah said:
Im not sure if I really understood that article.
Very strange.
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It basically sums up the ADSL Terms and Conditions, and then argues that these terms and conditions may be against the law (ADSL Regulations).
 
alf101 said:
Blah said:
Im not sure if I really understood that article.
Very strange.
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Same here:confused::confused::confused:
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They're basically saying that you're not allowed to use your connection to download using P2P applications, or for online gaming. i.e. they're being their usual conceited selves in telling you what you may or may not do with the data that you've paid for. If you breach this, they will take action against you, usually by shaping your connection that uses these forbidden protocols (forbidden according to them at least).

RPM then turns around and says screw you, the ICASA ADSL regulations state that you may not differentiate data by shaping certain protocols.

edit: regulations and everything else aside, an acceptable use policy is usually only enforced if you're provided with an uncapped account, not if you've paid for a fixed amount of data. They can take their policy and shove it.
 
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rpm said:
It basically sums up the ADSL Terms and Conditions, and then argues that these terms and conditions may be against the law (ADSL Regulations).
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Pay for internet, but don't use it.
do Broadband - South Africa's portal to music, movies, games and more - Powered by Telkom
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That's what i'm paying for...
 
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complain less - do more

Its REALLY easy to complain, moan and generally - do nothing, so do something really good today - GIVE your ADSL wifi access away for free, buy a FON.com router and screw telkom - do it in with your whole block get all your friends to do it too and hopefully telkom can then get truly stuffed as by making sure you create a stir, oooops no wait...... I have a better idea be clever and get your local council to give away free adsl access, think of something but to just moan and complain??

Go and see your local MP, create a letter writing campaign we all know that the free unfettered access to the web is the only way RSA is going to make any real money and by empowering ordinary people to do so cheaply you can help yourself too, create an awareness that the 'old' TELKOM is still with us and has not changed, its PR people and you have the tools, don't just whinge, write letters to editors and make this issue matter to politicians too.

BETTER YET, get a new 100gigabyte cable system installed and cut TELKOM completely out of the LOOP and force it to unbundle - it makes great business sense! But noooo its too easy just to sit on your big )&)(*&(*^ assses and complain..... yup you're right I should just give up and join you and complain, its easier than instigating change.
 
webslave said:
Its REALLY easy to complain, moan and generally - do nothing, so do something really good today - GIVE your ADSL wifi access away for free, buy a FON.com router and screw telkom - do it in with your whole block get all your friends to do it too and hopefully telkom can then get truly stuffed as by making sure you create a stir, oooops no wait...... I have a better idea be clever and get your local council to give away free adsl access, think of something but to just moan and complain??

Go and see your local MP, create a letter writing campaign we all know that the free unfettered access to the web is the only way RSA is going to make any real money and by empowering ordinary people to do so cheaply you can help yourself too, create an awareness that the 'old' TELKOM is still with us and has not changed, its PR people and you have the tools, don't just whinge, write letters to editors and make this issue matter to politicians too.

BETTER YET, get a new 100gigabyte cable system installed and cut TELKOM completely out of the LOOP and force it to unbundle - it makes great business sense! But noooo its too easy just to sit on your big )&)(*&(*^ assses and complain..... yup you're right I should just give up and join you and complain, its easier than instigating change.
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Do u have some sort of point?
 
If Telkom is going enforce this t&c then it needs to specify the exact amount of data it considers abuse. I do not see how anyone could comply with rules as stated and I doubt that they could stand up in a court of law as stated in the article. If I buy 3GB can use 3GB provided I do it in accordance with the laws of the land.

Is this in anticipation of uncapped local? This is the only way such a statement could make sense as Telkom, were it to provide uncapped access would feel threatened that its inadequately maintained backbone will fall over.
 
I didn't think anything Telkom does would surprise me anymore. But this one has me flabbergasted!

Should we not then make a complaint that Telkom stop advertising their ADSL products as broadband?
 
VQuest said:
I didn't think anything Telkom does would surprise me anymore. But this one has me flabbergasted!

Should we not then make a complaint that Telkom stop advertising their ADSL products as broadband?
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Good point, Demand Telkom withdraw all Broadband claims, Do Music/Movies/Games. Take them to the ASA!.

Its no longer a Broadband service, its merely a complimentary service to your phoneline for checking email (with no large attachments), and reading the news online!.

If telkom is so Serious about these, why don't they block access to all the p2p sites & video sites like YouTube!? Wile they're at it, they should not be allowed to trade mp3's online, hell, they should shut down their gaming service immediately as its against their own rules!...

Bloody twats!.
 
bekdik said:
Is this in anticipation of uncapped local? This is the only way such a statement could make sense as Telkom, were it to provide uncapped access would feel threatened that its inadequately maintained backbone will fall over.
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Might be. On a prepaid system you would think that they would want people to use more bandwidth because then they can get more cash. They must be raking the profit in at R70 a gig! It must be to limit local bandwidth usage. I can imagine that they don't want some oke to download a terabyte of data a month...

Just an aside none of the online games that I have played have used much bandwidth. I play UT2004 on an unshaped account and I can play for hours and only use a couple of megs of data. So they are talking crap...
 
When are they going to make this formal, most probably by means of a letter? But really, this is ridiculous, if i can't do P2P, or gaming, i might as well just cancel my whole telephone line, and live in the dark age until Neotel finally wakes up. :mad::mad::mad::eek::eek::(:(:sick:
 
OK? DoMusic DoGames wyf? DoNothng is more like it argh another bump on telkoms crappy service
 
Oh my god, wtf... Is telscum just stupid or are they just trying to be funny.

Its basicaly saying you cant you adsl for anything.

Grow the F88k up telscum - I pay for my bloody Bandwidth and the line rental and i will use it any f88king way i wish to use it - even if it mean im only downloading porn.

I think its time we flood the telkom network, and see if its really such a big issue download p2p and ****.
 
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