penelope Wrote:You see what's happened to me :haha:

Curio Wrote:Perhaps I should just stay with the dial up then.
:haha:

Curio Wrote:Don't think I want ADSL anymore.

Think I will stick to "dial up".

Quote:Johannesburg - South Africa's fixed-line monopoly Telkom (TKG) will, with effect from August 1, cut ADSL and data prices - with the entry-level internet access product down to R270 a month, the dual-listed telecommunications giant announced on Thursday.

In addition, tariffs for International Private Leased Circuits via submarine cable and satellite will be reduced by 28%.

The company, with less than 70 000 broadband subscribers, said the price reductions form part of its plan to manage speedy internet services costs down to ensure that access barriers are lowered.

This will also help Telkom compete aggressively on the global traffic front, it added.

Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri last month noted that the pace of uptake of broadband had been relatively slow in the county. She cited potential investment as one of the upsides yielded by the technology.

Since launching the service in 2002, ADSL's subscriber penetration level still remains below the 1% mark in a country where tele-density is estimated at 10% or more than 4.5 million landlines while the number of lines is set to continue decelerating and hence threatening ADSL user base growth.

Earlier this year, Telkom launched the HomeDSL 192 entry-level solution for residential customers at R329 while reducing tariffs of its other offerings.

The HomeDSL 192 tariff are expected to fall 18% to R270 a month - flat rate.

HomeDSL 384, middle-level solution for residential customers, is set to be reduced to a flat rate of R359 a month from R449.

The super-fast products HomeDSL 512 and BusinessDSL 512 will fall from R600 a month and R700 a month respectively to R477 a month.

"Reducing the cost of all our ADSL products will pave the way for our existing customers to migrate to more speedy internet access options.

"Equally, this will encourage those who have not yet entered the high-speed internet space to take advantage of our low-access, yet high-speed HomeDSL 192 broadband solution," Telkom chief sales and marketing officer Nombulelo Moholi said.

The company's ADSL Self-Install trials are nearing completion and are expected to assist customers set up their broadband connections fast.

Meanwhile, Telkom is awaiting the regulator's ruling on its broadband offering following public hearings in which telecommunications players derided the company's tariffs as hefty and uncompetitive.

They also called for lower tariffs in line with global trends and called for an improvement in Telkom's quality of service.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, currently busy designing the new ADSL tariff guidelines, is hopeful that a new framework will be in place in the near future.

Curio Wrote:Have changed to ADSL.
Hope I made the right choice.