Comments on: Q&A with Afrihost CEO Gian Visser http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/ South Africa's technology news leader Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/comment-page-1/#comment-5335 Robert Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:34:21 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13551#comment-5335 It may be a hosepipe but its still and expensive hosepipe. It may be a hosepipe but its still and expensive hosepipe.

]]> By: McT http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/comment-page-1/#comment-5174 McT Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13551#comment-5174 Nice article and all the best to AfriHost! The big question, then, is how will Telkom be forced to give up its monopoly in respect of the local IP connect and the local loop. Fair enough, they might have paid for it in the first place, but those costs have been rewarded countless times over. Time for government to step in and take communications in SA to the next level, if it has the will for this? Nice article and all the best to AfriHost!

The big question, then, is how will Telkom be forced to give up its monopoly in respect of the local IP connect and the local loop. Fair enough, they might have paid for it in the first place, but those costs have been rewarded countless times over.

Time for government to step in and take communications in SA to the next level, if it has the will for this?

]]> By: Wogan http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 Wogan Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:39:20 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13551#comment-5165 Telkom's dropped the price of their prepaid packages before - bundling line rental and minutes. I don't see a reason why they can't bundle voice and data into cheaper packages in the same way. And while home users might not see the benefit of an unused voice channel (except for, you know, emergency phone calls when the adsl acts up - work-from-home people like me appreciate that), people still rely on fax machines in SA, and that entails having a voice line. Maybe the most fair would be a true pay-as-you-use structure, with Telkom charging an absolute minimum (like R20/mo), but then increasing phone call fees. Which is fine if you never use the phone. At least that'd be a step in the right direction. Nevertheless, ADSL prices just tanked, and we have a lot to be thankful for there. I'm also incredibly impressed that IS and Mweb were able to bring SEACOM bandwidth to market in force, in less than 8 months since the launch. I think that's a tremendous achievement, regardless of the rest of the industry. ~ Wogan Telkom’s dropped the price of their prepaid packages before – bundling line rental and minutes. I don’t see a reason why they can’t bundle voice and data into cheaper packages in the same way. And while home users might not see the benefit of an unused voice channel (except for, you know, emergency phone calls when the adsl acts up – work-from-home people like me appreciate that), people still rely on fax machines in SA, and that entails having a voice line.

Maybe the most fair would be a true pay-as-you-use structure, with Telkom charging an absolute minimum (like R20/mo), but then increasing phone call fees. Which is fine if you never use the phone. At least that’d be a step in the right direction.

Nevertheless, ADSL prices just tanked, and we have a lot to be thankful for there. I’m also incredibly impressed that IS and Mweb were able to bring SEACOM bandwidth to market in force, in less than 8 months since the launch. I think that’s a tremendous achievement, regardless of the rest of the industry.

~ Wogan

]]> By: PsyM0nkey http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/comment-page-1/#comment-5156 PsyM0nkey Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:34:41 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13551#comment-5156 Telkom needs to step up here and start offering reduced line rentals. Like Gian said, when almost 80% of your monthly bill is just for the connection, before data, there is something wrong. When the line rental comes down, only THEN big change will come... till then, the normal consumer cant afford the luxury of fast ADSL... :( Telkom needs to step up here and start offering reduced line rentals. Like Gian said, when almost 80% of your monthly bill is just for the connection, before data, there is something wrong.

When the line rental comes down, only THEN big change will come… till then, the normal consumer cant afford the luxury of fast ADSL… :(

]]> By: Nictron http://www.techcentral.co.za/qa-with-afrihost-ceo-gian-visser/13551/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 Nictron Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:56:57 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13551#comment-5155 Very good article. I agree completely with Gian and all the points he made. Lets get onto Telkom's and ICASA's backs so that they sort out the line rentals! Very good article.

I agree completely with Gian and all the points he made.

Lets get onto Telkom’s and ICASA’s backs so that they sort out the line rentals!

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