{"id":89,"date":"2007-03-06T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T10:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=89"},"modified":"2007-03-06T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T10:03:38","slug":"the-hell-that-is-telkom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/blog\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"The hell that is Telkom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most days I’m just despondent about Telkom<\/a>, the incompetent government-owned debacle<\/del> company that afflicts all us in this country. The rates that are 2000% higher than comparative countries<\/a>. The 6-month waiting list. The call-centre that never answers the phone. The fact that even when they look like idiots by having a mobile service cheaper than them, they still don’t drop their prices<\/a>. Sigh, all in a days work with Telkom.<\/p>\n

And some days I’m furious.<\/p>\n

Luckily I don’t deal with them that much, as I’ve vowed never to spend a cent with them again. But occasionally I have to try fix up a legacy mess, and thanks to their utter incompetence, there’re quite a few of those.<\/p>\n

Let’s not go into the details of what Telkom did today to make the connection<\/em> between themselves and hell, making an eternity of being prodded by a burning pitchfork seem a more pleasant experience than dealing with them.<\/p>\n

Instead, I had a little thought. Perhaps we could Google-bomb<\/a> things so that that the natural destination, Hellkom<\/a>, appears above the debacle’s<\/del> company’s actual home page when doing a Google search for the term Telkom.<\/p>\n

Simply link to Hellkom<\/a> a lot, even when you’re linking to Telkom<\/a>. Simple really!<\/p>\n

Oh, and even though both Helkom<\/em> and Hellkom<\/em> are valid domains, rather use Hellkom<\/em>. It makes the point more clearly, and it’s already got a higher ranking.<\/p>\n

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