Openserve FTTH

[jphegers]

Just received a mail from my isp that Openserve is increasing their fiber to the home prices from the 1st September.
According to my calculations it is 25% increase.
With the economy as it is and everyone struggling to make ends meet it seems criminal for such a large increase.

 

[PBCool]

Lots of ISPs have been selling Openserve at less than cost and are probably now realigning.

 

[mister]

Related to?

Slingsby, however, said Openserve has effectively pulled the wool over the Competition Commission’s eyes with its new wholesale product and the claimed price reductions.

While the “IP Connect” portion of Openseve’s pricing has dropped from R135 per Mbps to R9 per Mbps, line access charges were hiked dramatically by Openserve – by as much as 47%.

Slingsby said this was done by Openserve to make up their expected loss of revenue.

He went on to provide several examples of how fibre line access fees have been increased.

As an example: The wholesale line access fee for a 100Mbps Openserve line used to be R490 ex VAT per month. From 1 April 2020, the wholesale price for a 100Mbps line increased to R720 ex VAT per month – a 46.9% price hike.

“The net effect to an ISP is, at worst, a 0% price change – and at a maximum probably around a 5% reduction,” said Slingsby.

Openserve price changes will not result in cheaper fibre – ISP

Openserve’s recent agreement with the Competition Commission to adjust the price of wholesale broadband access will result in little to no savings on a home user’s monthly fibre bill, according to a leading ISP.

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