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Welcome to antitrust.co.za
"Telkom does not have customers, it has hostages"
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 | News: TAG |
 Please follow the latest news and events happening at the Telecommunications Action Group. http://www.tag.org.za .
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Posted by antitrust on Saturday, March 29 @ 17:37:12 CDT (2020 reads)
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| News: Knell of death sounds for Telkom CEO |
 Papi Molotsane is gone, and most of the serious commentators speculate
that he was pushed by government (who, by the way, control 6/10 seats
on Telkom's board). In the week before Molotsane's sudden and immediate
departure, Telkom had twice come under fire from government (indeed it
was all a bit like the pot calling the kettle black, we think).
First Mbeki was steered by a British journalist into admitting that Telkom was 'profiteering'.
Second, ITWeb reported that the Director-General of Communications,
Lyndall Shope-Mafole, was saying nasty things about Telkom because they
had entered an undersea cable agreement, the terms of which were
against government's wishes.
Now Molotsane's short reign of 18 months has ended. For consumers, the
good thing about Papi's arrival at Telkom was, of course, Sizwe
Nxasana's departure. Reflecting on Papi's time at the helm, a few
things stick out for me:
*Papi supposedly firing 3 senior Telkom execs (cheers Pinky!)
*Seeing Papi being 'ordered' by the chairperson not to speak in reply to a question I had put to him
*Papi telling me that he had "never failed at anything, and won't fail at this" (his new job)
*The November 2005 ADSL price increases
*Following a report in Business Day about Telkom's still elusive shareholder's registry, Telkom issuing reassuring words in a SENS announcement (sore point, Telkom?)
*Telkom dropping the case against Hellkom, paying costs of all parties (this after Hellkom applied for a court date)
*Telkom dancing around the government's wimpy requests for the SAT-3 shareholder's agreement
*Papi saying that he "doesn't get this issue around Telkom's prices"
*Papi not providing a representative to the MyADSL|MyBroadband forums, despite promises
*The ADSL price decreases, followed closely by the "Chinese Maths" comments from Steve Hayward
*Growing investor dis-ease with Papi (what, R30billion of our money?)
Well Mr Molotsane, thanks for playing, but you've been voted the
weakest link. I bet your 210 days in solitary confinement were nothing
compared to your 18 months at Telkom.
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Posted by antitrust on Saturday, April 28 @ 15:04:29 CDT (2929 reads)
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| News: Contact antitrust.co.za via Skype |
There have been a lot of email requests from people wanting to get
in direct contact with us for opinion and comment. Anyone wanting to
contact antitrust can get hold of us on our skype username which is:
newz.co.za
Please note, all calls are recorded for quality control ;-)
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 15:20:54 CST (3373 reads)
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| News: A poem by Juice |
I hope Juice will not mind me posting a poem he wrote on the MyBroadband forums, but it is really great.
Imagine there's no Telkom
It's hard I know, but try
The DoC behind us
No Ivy to make you cry
Imagine all the people
Downloading gigs by day
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And tomorrow will truly come
Source: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=835224&postcount=31
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 13:27:47 CST (3228 reads)
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| News: Telkom responds to Telecoms Action Group campaign |
Well, as predicted, Telkom responded with bull. The advert is not even out yet, and Telkom are already lying. Wow, it did not take them long. Kudos to Alistar Otter from TAG on SABC news last night telling people how it is. Well done!
Now back to Telkom. In the "Read More" section we have included the MyADSL article on their response.
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 10:59:17 CST (3494 reads)
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| News: Telecoms Action Group to release full page ad in Mail & Guardian on Friday |
TAG is to release a full page advert exposing Telkom for what it really
is. Telkom is likely to respond with "No we really care about you, and
are doing our best to bring down the prices". Take those type of
statements from whence they come.
The truth is that Telkom does
NOT care about you, and Telkom does NOT want to bring the prices down.
The
people of South
Africa need to understand that as long as they allow Telkom to continue
doing this to them, it will. 85% of our population can not afford a
basic telephone... not to mention the enormous costs that businesses
have to put up with because it's not like they have a choice! Do you
have any idea how this is screwing up our economic development?
Please purchase Fridays M&G, and make sure all your friends get a copy as well.
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 10:52:39 CST (3120 reads)
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| News: TELKOM - AN EXPERIENCE FROM HELL....and still ongoing |
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Anonymous writes "I derive my income from being on line and have an ADSL connection....."
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 10:39:47 CST (3615 reads)
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| News: Reuters refuses to invest more in South Africa thanks to Telkom |
Well here's a suprise. Yet ANOTHER company refusing to invest in South
Africa due to Telkom's insane pricing. According to stats from the DTI
in 2003, at least 32 international companies have withdrawn their
investment from SA because of telecoms costs. Some reports say at least
100 000 call center
jobs (which would lift 1 million South Africans out of abject poverty)
have never materialised because, despite an otherwise excellent
environment, Telkom's costs are simply too high.
In
a protest we held at Rosebank mall about 18 months ago, we met a chap
who was doing
research on behalf of the Japanese government. His job was to see
whether the Japanese government should invest in South Africa. He
had to go back to them and tell them that due to our absurb telcoms
prices, Japan should NOT invest in South Africa. They took his advice.
Telkom
seems intent on destroying the South African economy. Please read more in this article by the
Business Day.
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Posted by antitrust on Wednesday, January 17 @ 10:37:32 CST (4823 reads)
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| Choosing an ISP |
 Are you happy with your ADSL Internet Service Provider (ISP)? Do you
know that you do not have to use Telkom as your ISP? A lot of ordinary
people make a conscious and conscientious decision to not use Telkom as their ADSL ISP. By not
using Telkom as their ISP, consumers help to reduce Telkom's incredible
power in the industry. ISPs, in general, are usually at odds with
Telkom. And, as they say, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend...'
There are other reasons to switch from TelkomInternet as your ISP. Many
of the smaller ISPs have been forced (due to Telkom's anti-competitive
behaviours) to become creative in their service offerings. For example,
do you know that some ISPs offer pre-paid data? Did you know that some
ISPs even have packages that allow you to 'roll over' unused data
allowance at the end of the month? Do you know that you can buy
'local-only' bandwidth/data allowance? Do you know that some ISPs offer
support via Instant Messenger, and some even provide support via the
MyADSL forums (which often results in speedy resolutions of problems
customers have).
In general, the quality of customer service offered by smaller ISPs is
far superior than that offered by TelkomInternet. If you are interested
in making the switch to a new ISP for your ADSL, then read through the
first TWO posts in THIS thread on MyADSL. It helps a lot,
especially if you are a bit of newbie to the whole ADSL thing and are
currently looking for an ADSL ISP.
Just a note of caution- remember that there is the odd 'bad-apple'
nasty ISP out there, aside from TelkomInternet, that is. To protect
yourself and your wallet, always be sure to READ THE FINE PRINT. Be
extra alert if you are signing any kind of contract. In the current
telecoms environment, you need to be particularly aware of ALL the
obligations you agree to under ANY long-term contract. A sign of a good
contract is the existence of a fair 'exit' clause (i.e. for if you
wanted 'out' of the contract). Just stay aware, and if in doubt, ask
for other customers' ruthlessly honest opinions via the MyADSL forums.
Happy ISP shopping!
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Posted by antitrust on Thursday, October 05 @ 00:08:44 CDT (2367 reads)
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| News: Fax Paris Mashile Campaign! |
 Paris Mashile claims to not have enough evidence, so once again Antitrust is willing to aid him.
Antitrust, would LOVE to assist
Paris again (Refer to our "Wake Paris Mashile Campaign"), so could
ANYONE with a telephone, internet, cellphone bill please fax them
through to ICASA on +27 (11) 444-1919 .
Feel free to highlight the totals.
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Posted by antitrust on Thursday, September 21 @ 16:21:46 CDT (3612 reads)
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