the corner office

I got an email from my ISP a few days ago informing me that from this month, Telkom is implementing a hard cap on its 3GB service. So now when you blow your 3 gigs, you lose all connectivity until the next month, not just international connectivity. Why did they do this? Are the local backbones so clogged that they have to cap even that traffic, or is it just an easy way to punish those who blow their caps and then exploit local open proxies, and bugger the rest? Surely not.

Then, yesterday, I get a call from Telkom sales asking if I want to upgrade my ADSL line to their new 1024 offering. So now you can reach your cap even quicker! I was polite to the sales lady, but it took some self-restraint. Man, I hate Telkom.