VOIP ‘too expensive' to grow in SA
(08 Jun 2005) Ordinary South Africans are paying inflated fixed-line rates and Telkom subscribers are obliged to subsidise the “inefficient” fixed-line monopoly, Cape Town-based SAC Technologies says.
VOIP is not a free service and is not a panacea for high telecommunication costs.
(03 Jun 2005) While the legalising of voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) has had a huge positive impact on the local telecommunications industry and many businesses in SA, there is a general misconception that if a business has an existing data or Diginet line, then the provisioning of VOIP is free.
Telkom drops ADSL, data prices further
(03 Jun 2005) Telkom today delivered on its promise to reduce ADSL and data prices even further, with the entry-level high-speed Internet access product down to R270 per month.