Comments on: Verizon makes Telkom look like geniuses

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:43:52 +0000

Greg, I agree, although there are some providers like Mweb and iBurst here in SA who currently fall way short of the service provided anywhere else, I guarantee you…

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:32:48 +0000

As a South African studying in the USA and usings Verizon’s service I can attest to the fact that this is all TRUE – give me MTN or Vodacom or Telkom anyday. The US wireless providers are all shockers.

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By: Chris Rowland

Chris Rowland — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:13:24 +0000

Haha.
I had a very similar experience with the SA Receiver of Revenue.
I had an amount of foreign income multiplied by the prevailing exchange rate. Because the decimal point looked like a thousand separator, they listed my income as 10 times more than it actually was. (My tax was unbelievably high!)
So I duly pointed out the obvious mathematical error in my re-submission.
They replied by saying “please present proof that we have made an error”.
I replied by saying “Your error is obvious. You have moved the decimal point.”
It took about three correspondences for them to get it right.

My accountant assured me this was not a unique incident.

Well, there you have.