ADSL Broadband: Screamer Telecoms exits ADSL market

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 7 June 2010 

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) is not surprised that Screamer Telecoms has crash landed and exited the ADSL market on the 31^st of May. We have warned as early as last year that the Average Joes want to see cheaper ADSL Broadband, but not at the shocking service levels experienced from the likes of Screamer Telecoms. 

ADSL price war…

It’s no secret that the cost of ADSL Broadband to the Average Joes in South Africa has come down considerably over the last year, especially in recent months, as more and more ADSL Broadband Providers joined the ADSL price war. One can thus expect that more than one ADSL Broadband Provider will not make it, especially given the fact that cheap substandard ADSL Broadband offerings will not go down well with most of the Average Joes in South Africa.

For example: Screamer Telecoms was among the first ADSL Broadband Providers to trigger an ADSL price war when they entered the ADSL market with Uncapped ADSL Broadband accounts starting from R399 per month in November 2009. It was welcomed at the time, but their shocking service levels cost them dearly at the end. However, we will remain grateful to Screamer Telecoms for helping to start the ADSL price war, especially given the fact that the cost of Uncapped ADSL Broadband has dropped considerably since then. In fact, at this stage one can get Uncapped ADSL Broadband for less than R200 per month or less than R10 per GB. 

In other words, it’s clear that the ADSL price war has claimed its first notable victim, namely Screamer Telecoms, and despite their inability to survive in the ADSL market for whatever reason, we will be forever grateful for the actions they took to help start an ADSL price war in South Africa. 

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