Communication is a vital part of our evolution in technology and Telkom cannot provide this service. It is obvious that we are well into the information age. Our problem in South Africa is the speed and service that we are getting this information at. Most communication somehow or the other is routed through some of Telkom's network, for which fees are exhorbitant. We need to introduce other communications companies that can compete with Telkom, effectively giving the consumer better rates and service.
Communication is the link to success of any venture . . .
For South Africa to grow, we need to make communication available to everyone, at a suitable rate. Telkom is increasing their prices again and this is not helping the consumer at all. In the First World the price of calls is coming steadily down, in SA it just goes up and up. This is a missuse of public funds, especially seeing that Telkom is protected. Telkom also continues to provide outdated technology in IDSN, stating how great it is, when DSL is the newer technology and provides far more to the consumer at less cost to the Telecommunications company.