Softbank to offer a new high speed service...

[Jerrek]

Oh JoY.

http://www.iht.com/articles/541830.html


<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Softbank, the second-largest provider of high-speed Internet access in Japan, said Monday that Yahoo Japan and Softbank BB would start offering a new optical fiber-based broadband service.

Softbank will provide the service at speeds of up to one gigabyte per second and charge users ¥4,200, or $38, a month, the company said in a statement.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I assume they mean bits, not bytes, but damn, for that price I'll take 3 please.

[rpm]

One gigabit per second for around R 200-00 per month...I will take three as well Jerrek [:D]

RPM
rpm@myadsl.co.za

[georgelza]

novel concept by them that has not hit home for the local Telco yet,

to compete make the same service cheaper, not bring out a new service with less for less.

G

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[onionpeel]

How can Telkom use the slogan "<b>Touch tomorrow</b>" when they can only provide a <i><b>maximum</b></i> consumer broadband solution (512kbps) which is 1/2000th that of the leader and at nearly 4 times the price?

<i>Oh, I am sorry, South Africa is "very far" from the rest of the world so that is why we can't compete on technology, product offering, service, quality and price. That is also the reason why we have to cap your usage and restrict your internet access to 'normal' behaviour patterns.</i>
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<hr noshade size="1">Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future.

[Spamtheman]

Maybe the phrase touch tomorrow has just been taken completely out of context by us geeks, they could be admitting they fondle children :P

[LethalChicken]

Touch Tomorrow has been the internal slogan since the days of My Alexander Bell ... and telkom is touching Mr Bell's tomorrow which for most of us is Many Many days ago already ...

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