Talk:Telkom SA
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[edit] Official Telcom Comment
Telkom has its own website that includes all relevant information regarding Telkom as a company. With respect to the information contained at Wikipedia, as it is a free site, information is collected from a range of 'sources" [sic] and it is not Telkom policy to track the world wide web [sic] with regard to information published about it.
-- Lulu Letlape, head of communications for Telkom, Mail & Guardian online: Can you trust Wikipedia?, Elvira van Noort, Johannesburg, South Africa, 07 November 2005 09:13.
- That can hardly be considered objective - unless of course Telkom opens up their website for public editing. Silver Surfer 14:02, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Poor Service
This is an incredibly biased page. I also have my reservations about Telkom, but the anti-Telkom sentiment has no place in an encyclopedia, let alone dominating the entire article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.209.97.34 (talk • contribs) 06:29, 22 May 2005.
- This is an incredibly generous page given Telkom's attitude and gross inabillity to render acceptable service to their clients. Their high prices and low levels or service still secured in excess of 4 billion ZAR net profit for 2004. Yet they keep reducing their workforce by 10% every year and leave hundreds unemployed. The author tried to convey a very balanced view of the situation but failed to capture the severity of the economic hurdles that Telkom has created in its many decades as a monopoly. Recently Telkom employed "bully boy" tactics and threatened to cancel its ADSL service all together and stop development if their unique double line rental pricing structure is hamperred by the appointed independent regulator ICASA.
- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cobuss (talk • contribs) 01:42, 16 September 2005.
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- Fair comments. I wrote/improved most of the body text for the telkom article about four months ago, and I could neither find sufficient (and non-libelious) evidence to support such claims in a fair manner, nor word such an argument in a non-point of view manner.
- Maybe write an 'Abuse' section for the page, and dump it in the discussion talk page, so it can be hacked a bit and commented on,
- - Dave 196.2.120.110 23:12, 18 October 2005
[edit] AntiTelkom sentiment
Would it be possible to add a section to this effect. The presence of Helkom and antiTelkom links tips us off that there is such a feeling. The sub heading would probably be more objective if titled Public Opinion. I'm unable to write the section since I am in no way neutral about Telkom. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.54.202.234 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 8 November 2005.
Is it possible to have a "public opinion" section?
- You could rename the "Critisism" section - Public Opinion sounds more NPOV. Make sure it is not your opinion - Wikipedia does not like original research. Wizzy…☎ 12:15, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
In a drive to further validate all articles of South African content (and the addition of new ones), I am suggesting that this page undergo a cleanup. With expansion and a more NPOV, this article stands to be Featured. I will, in the meantime, conduct further research into Telkom and flesh this article out somewhat. Please let me know if we should tag this article as such. Ssteedman 12:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Suggestions:
- The "currency conversion" are problematic.
- Use inline citations. Shawnc 10:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Telkom's new capping policy
I think that Telkom's new "relaxed" capping policy should be mentioned. Look here: TelkomInternet confirms new ADSL capping policy Laursch 22:35, 31 August 2006.
- Not if you hear the stories of users who got threatening emails from Telkom telling them that their service would be suspended if they continually exceed their cap limit and that they should purchase "additional" bandwidth instead. Suggesting it to be merely for public image (as if anything could change that) and that they don't really want people to use it. It could just be rumours but Telkom has been known to use such tactics in the past.
- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.30.118.75 (talk) 10:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Weasel word alert!
In the critisms section: "Call costs are considered to be high". The word 'considered' is a weasel word. Call costs are high. There is ample data to show they are, by any measure, increadibly so. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.96.5.126 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 9 October 2006.
[edit] Broadband internet
There seems to be relatively too much content related to broadband internet on this page. I think it to be summarised on the Telkom page, and the existing content split onto a new page linked using {{main|Broadband Internet in South Africa}} at the start of the section. Comments? Zaian 14:23, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
