South Africa is the latest country on the way to finally discarding Internet Overcharging schemes like usage caps and usage-based billing. Phillip Dampier MaBroadband Speed, Competition, Data Caps, MWEB (South Africa), Public Policy & Gov't, Video 5 Comments “I’m looking forward to it,” Jansen says. The Internet visionary wants to transform South African broadband away from its current expensive pricing model and throw the Internet wide open. Now the nation’s semi-privatized, 39% state-owned phone company Telkom is widely expected to stop the erosion of its own broadband customers by adopting flat rate broadband service itself.įor Jansen, that would represent a welcome move. “We are running ahead of our business plan and all our products are profitable,” Jansen tells TechCentral. Today, MWeb’s uncapped broadband is a runaway success, with more than 50 percent of its customers switching to the meter-free service. But MWeb president Rudi Jansen dismisses the notion limiting broadband is the way to go, suggesting usage caps and meters are more about profits than serving customers. The company’s move to unlimited, flat rate service was heavily criticized by competing providers, who enforce draconian usage limits and have tried to convince customers the global trend was moving towards metered broadband. South Africans won uncapped broadband service one year ago tomorrow when an upstart provider - MWeb - unveiled its “Free the Web” campaign, delivering usage-limit free Internet access to customers across South Africa. Phillip Dampier MaBroadband Speed, Competition, Consumer News, Data Caps, MWEB (South Africa), Net Neutrality, Wireless Broadband Comments Off on South Africa Celebrates One Year of Uncapped Broadband Tomorrow Rivals’ Money Party Ruined
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