Its a start, lets just hope that as LLU and competion kick in, the combination of all of the efforts will result in lower prices at the end of the day!
Wasn't there an article some time ago that talked about geographic number portability for all numbers? If I can take my 021 number with me to Pofadder then it does not make any sense anymore to talk of long-distance and local calls and obviously there will have to be a single rate for all Telkom calls.
Also, the long-distance infrastructure is there and is not really subject to wear an tear by increased use. IOW, whether it is used or not the costs are there and using it does not add additional costs. If sufficient bandwidth is available to carry all the call, which should be the case anyway, then there is no reason to base call rates on distance.