International connectivity

Yet again the international connection of South Africa to the rest of the world is fluctuating. It is too long overdue that another telephone provider comes along to become competition to Telkom. There is supposedly one, but that story is nice and quiet.

If there would be two or more competitors, instead of the current monopoly situation, then at least the service levels to all of those paying customers would improve. From what I can see with every move that Telkom makes, is that they just try and milk the poor paying consumer for as much money as possible before the second service provider can have an influence on that.

Wireless ISPs are an option, but in the end, they still use Telkom lines for international connections.