VOIP is not LCR
[Johannesburg, 14 December 2011] -
The telecoms industry is arguably driven by consumer demand. In South Africa particularly, there has been much pressure from the public for lower costs in communications. This constant pressure has definitely had a positive effect.Inter-connect rates are dropping, broadband costs are lower, bandwidth packages are larger in size at lower prices, and call rates are much more attractive. Prices are expected to drop further.The rhetorical question is whether the above has prompted users to call more? Are they browsing more? The latter, yes, studies show that Internet access for high bandwidth demanding sites such as Youtube.com and Torrents have increased. Voice calls had little or no change. The main change was more savings for the consumer.
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