Bye bye Starlink

[tec0]

Well i doubt that one of the most successful businesses in the world will bite for this. But it is scary to see how things really work.

ICASA recently published new regulations which require all telecoms licensees in the country – including ISPs – to have black owners.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX must have black ownership to launch Starlink in South Africa – ICASA


So much for getting good internet...

[adrianh]

Elon Musk is a TWAT - I have a very serious problem with global companies just doing whatever the F they want wherever they want.

Not that I am pro the whole black ownership thing - I just dislike the God-Of-Musk-Fandom!

Look at the latest idiot nonsense with his stupid car.

https://jalopnik.com/consumer-reports-shows-how-easy-it-is-to-use-tesla-auto-1846739330

[tec0]

Elon Musk is a TWAT - I have a very serious problem with global companies just doing whatever the F they want wherever they want.

Not that I am pro the whole black ownership thing - I just dislike the God-Of-Musk-Fandom!

Look at the latest idiot nonsense with his stupid car.

https://jalopnik.com/consumer-report...uto-1846739330

In all seriousness, i just want good internet, mine sucks!!! That said personally i don't know the man nor do i follow the trends. For me it thought "finally good internet yey" now not so much...

[adrianh]

In all seriousness, i just want good internet, mine sucks!!! That said personally i don't know the man nor do i follow the trends. For me it thought "finally good internet yey" now not so much...

Fair enough - I have 100up 100down fiber so I am spoilt :-)

[tec0]

Fair enough - I have 100up 100down fiber so I am spoilt :-)

Lucky you yea right now these "WIFI wanbe ISP providers" wants R1k for 20down, 5up i think and they want 4k for the installation and if i recall R300 for insurance against lighting that puts them at higher cost then well almost anything else and is why i am LTE contract 40mb down and 5mb up

[Blurock]

Lucky you yea right now these "WIFI wanbe ISP providers" wants R1k for 20down, 5up i think and they want 4k for the installation and if i recall R300 for insurance against lighting that puts them at higher cost then well almost anything else and is why i am LTE contract 40mb down and 5mb up

In spite of all the negativity, I have stuck with Telkom who is giving me a very good service. (just don't try talking to a call centre)
Connectivity is good and I have had maybe 98% uptime in the more than 20 years that I've been with Telkom. Yes, and Telkom to Telkom calls are free!

I have recently been able to convert my LTE contract (after only 3 months) from 20 + 20 GB to 40 + 40 GB at a 50% discount on their latest offering.
With the private guys this would not have been possible as you are locked in for 24 months.
I have had such problems with the international cell companies and in particular with MTN with whom I will never do business again.
MTN makes it virtually impossible to cancel a contract after expiry and keeps charging on a month to month fee while you go from pillar to post to cancel the subscription. This was in spite of them being informed before the expiry date that I do not want to renew my contract.

[adrianh]

I have Mweb 100 up 100 down for R1.4k - The service is fair....not wonderful. I have all the cellphones on Telkom though - The service is ....OK or totally CRAP

[tec0]

In spite of all the negativity, I have stuck with Telkom who is giving me a very good service. (just don't try talking to a call centre)
Connectivity is good and I have had maybe 98% uptime in the more than 20 years that I've been with Telkom. Yes, and Telkom to Telkom calls are free!

I have recently been able to convert my LTE contract (after only 3 months) from 20 + 20 GB to 40 + 40 GB at a 50% discount on their latest offering.
With the private guys this would not have been possible as you are locked in for 24 months.
I have had such problems with the international cell companies and in particular with MTN with whom I will never do business again.
MTN makes it virtually impossible to cancel a contract after expiry and keeps charging on a month to month fee while you go from pillar to post to cancel the subscription. This was in spite of them being informed before the expiry date that I do not want to renew my contract.

If only Telkom wanted to upgrade their service in my area but no... they just had to wait for the competition well the competition is now here so lets see.

[tec0]

I have Mweb 100 up 100 down for R1.4k - The service is fair....not wonderful. I have all the cellphones on Telkom though - The service is ....OK or totally CRAP

i have been with Vodacom from the very start... Then i got a Cell C, Telkom, MTN thinking that one of them should work eventually XD

[ians]

In spite of all the negativity, I have stuck with Telkom who is giving me a very good service. (just don't try talking to a call centre)
Connectivity is good and I have had maybe 98% uptime in the more than 20 years that I've been with Telkom. Yes, and Telkom to Telkom calls are free!

I have recently been able to convert my LTE contract (after only 3 months) from 20 + 20 GB to 40 + 40 GB at a 50% discount on their latest offering.
With the private guys this would not have been possible as you are locked in for 24 months.
I have had such problems with the international cell companies and in particular with MTN with whom I will never do business again.
MTN makes it virtually impossible to cancel a contract after expiry and keeps charging on a month to month fee while you go from pillar to post to cancel the subscription. This was in spite of them being informed before the expiry date that I do not want to renew my contract.

Ther ehas been an improvement in the past couple months ... since the thieves have found there is better reward hitting courier services than telkom scooby wire ... less down time for us ADSL users.

I asume you dont read your telephone account ... thos days of "free" calls is no longer such a budget consideration ... due to ported calls ... I got a R300 bill the other day for calling telkom numbers ... apparently it is up to you the customer to call call each number to verify the number is free or ported to another service.

With regards to contracts ... Telkom are the leaders in running debit orders for years not just months after a contract has expired and I gave notice.

I decided to load a data package on my telkom prepaid sim (which I use for calls I know are going to take a while) ... what a joke ... now I remembr why I cancealed it ... if you move around a lot like I do ... ther eare so many "dead spots" where telkom still dont have coverage and the most annoying message will keep popping up ... your bundle has expired ...blah blah blah.

I dont have a contract with anyone anymore ... once burnt twice shy ... they all as bad as each other ... only prepaid ... MTN still has the best coverage.

[adrianh]

i have been with Vodacom from the very start... Then i got a Cell C, Telkom, MTN thinking that one of them should work eventually XD

Vodacom double billed my wife a couple of years back and no matter what we did we couldn't get the money refunded - they are also a bunch of clowns

[Blurock]

I asume you dont read your telephone account ... thos days of "free" calls is no longer such a budget consideration ... due to ported calls ... I got a R300 bill the other day for calling telkom numbers ... apparently it is up to you the customer to call call each number to verify the number is free or ported to another service.

Obviously most of the old landline numbers have been ported to other service providers, so you have to check. However, phoning family and friends on Telkom is a pleasure as one does not have to check the duration. (some elderly people can repeat themselves 100 times and thus the conversation lasts forever. Maybe its their way of staying in contact for longer.)

[adrianh]

Obviously most of the old landline numbers have been ported to other service providers, so you have to check. However, phoning family and friends on Telkom is a pleasure as one does not have to check the duration. (some elderly people can repeat themselves 100 times and thus the conversation lasts forever. Maybe its their way of staying in contact for longer.)

My entire family uses Telkom cellphones and we pay nothing to call one another.

[ians]

My entire family uses Telkom cellphones and we pay nothing to call one another.

Lucky you dont move around like I do ... "your service has been paused .........." this message popps up 10 times aday after I loaded 5 gig of data and some airtime to my telkom prepaid ... what a waste money.