You gotta love Telkom...

Here in South Africa, we are truly blessed to have a company called Telkom controlling all things ADSL... ;)
If you want ADSL for your home / office, well you need a landline to start with, and the only guys who provide that are... yup - Telkom!

Sure you can always opt for Neotel, who at launch, were supposed to be the official competitors to Telkom, but their service is wireless and does not rely on a physical copper cable in the ground, hence it is not ADSL and does not quite match up in terms of speed and stability.

Dealing with Telkom though, as many locals will testify, can be somewhat trying at times.
Take for example, this priceless screenshot of a failed ADSL self-installation...

Success!!! You failed!!!

Nuff sed... :)

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Who or what is Global Verge? Are we on the VERGE of one huge scam?

This kind of subject always strikes a certain chord with me - I suppose my scam radar is just super-sensitive!

I received an email a few days ago, which made claims about what sounds like a fantastic new Internet / Voice / Telephony product, soon to be launched in South Africa and at a fantastic price to boot.

It casually made mention of some big industry names, e.g. MTN and Neotel, and proceeded to drop hooks and keywords such as "High Speed", "Free calls Worldwide", and the biggie... wait for it.... "Business opportunity" (this one set off my alarm bells...!).

Anyone who has been ripped by certain unnamed "network marketing" companies in the past, will tell you that they were approached with a "business opportunity" and that the seller was "extremely excited" about it.
What really gets my suspicions up is the totally blind enthusiasm that is put forward to potential buyers (or victims if you prefer) - no matter what you throw at them, they have some vague, unclear yet totally enthusiastic answer for you.

I won't say too much more on this subject - rather check out this link, and then check out the Global Verge homepage - then decide for yourself.

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