After two cable thefts in our area being Primrose Hill/Wychwood Germiston, after having my 20 giggs a month on Telkom ADSL for over 7 years we received a letter from Telkom saying that the lines in our area have become to expensive to maintain and that our lines are all going to be cut. I am wondering if Telkom would try this in wealthier areas like Bedfordview or Sandton. The rest of south africa moves forward on good and cheaper broadband ADSL offers and we are now thrown back into the dark ages with 3G. I feel like we have been cheated and have lost our internet freedoms. No more movies, music, skype and you tube because we simply cant afford that on 3G. How can Telkom just leave us out in the cold like this??? Surely its not acceptable. When I was told on the phone i have to pay for a new 3g phone handset and new routers i told the lady that I did not ask for this migration and her reply to me - "well telkom did not ask for their cables to be stolen". Then i proceeded to ask what happened to the fibre optic cables promised to us by telkom technicians for over two years now and the reply was "we dont know". This is very very unfair as it is us poorer to middle class folk that need the cheaper broadband option much more than other people. What can be done about this?????? This is very very unfair to say the least.
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