Telkom price increase coming

atomcrusher said:
It's actually a great recipe for growing their existing fixed-line market when they hold all the monopoly cards
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It used to be like that. But they don't have a *total* monopoly anymore and that is why their actual fixed-line numbers have been falling.

The top-end of the market is going to get eaten away by fiber deployments and the bottom end is being eaten away by mobile. Their copper in the ground is worth less and less every day and they are somehow failing to extract the last moo from most of it by not offering proper broadband.

The people in the middle are just going to get worse and worse value by paying more and more :-(.
 
NeoAtlas said:
So enjoy Helkons' usual logic. "We will increase your line rental by R23 but for an extra R17 you will enjoy free weekend and evening calls.... no cell numbers....landlines only". Because our support is important to them :D
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What's the point of getting a land line for calling when it's cheaper to use cell?
Telkom SIM-Sonke:
Recharge for R5-R19 and get unlimited calls for a day.
Recharge for R20+ and get unlimited calls for a week.
 
She added that the adjustment also facilitates Telkom’s improvement to its voice packages to offer better value to customers.

This is particularly visible with Telkom’s “unique unlimited” plan that includes line rental, as well as unlimited anytime calls to fixed and mobile networks, at a flat rate of R599 per month, said O’Sullivan.
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:wtf: she FAILED to mention that there is also a price decrease from R350 down to R349 for some arbitrary thing called "Anytime Extra". That's the only good news there is, you will save R1 per month if you allow Telkom to screw you extra at any time.
 
Since Telkom is making fixed line rental compulsory if you want adsl they can at least make the packages a bit better than what they are....

So the Weekender and Evening plan is R209 a month with unlimited Telkom to Telkom calls after 7pm during the week and whole weekend. Cellular calls charged @ R0.924 per minute on per minute billing excluding VAT.

Now the Unlimited fixed line plan is R599 which comes with unlimited calls to any telkom or mobile number but excludes premium rated numbers.

So that is R309 difference. So unless you make more than +-7 hours of calls to mobile numbers in the month this plan is useless so you are better off being on a cheaper plan and just pay for what you use albeit at a per minute billing increment.....

Why don't they just make more attractive calling plans and maybe you won't be so hated Telkom....
 
I have the all-inclusive Telkom Simple package for R399 for 24 months; 10gb at 2mb. I take it I'm not affected by the line rental increase?
 
FiestaST said:
I have the all-inclusive Telkom Simple package for R399 for 24 months; 10gb at 2mb. I take it I'm not affected by the line rental increase?
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Nope because basically you have a Weekender and Evening plan it stays R209 so you should not see any difference.
 
Anytime Extra - R349
So uncapped dial-up is going to make a comeback? :p

Johand said:
It used to be like that. But they don't have a *total* monopoly anymore and that is why their actual fixed-line numbers have been falling.

The top-end of the market is going to get eaten away by fiber deployments and the bottom end is being eaten away by mobile. Their copper in the ground is worth less and less every day and they are somehow failing to extract the last moo from most of it by not offering proper broadband.

The people in the middle are just going to get worse and worse value by paying more and more :-(.
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They should just start doing what those cable thieves are doing and then install fibre for everyone.
 
Let's face it people aren't calling any more.. Nowadays People just use WhatsApp to send out messages don't even remember the last time I got a call... Unfortunately increases have to happen due to inflation (salary increase). . If you not happen cancel your service problem solved.
 
cavedog said:
Since Telkom is making fixed line rental compulsory if you want adsl they can at least make the packages a bit better than what they are....

So the Weekender and Evening plan is R209 a month with unlimited Telkom to Telkom calls after 7pm during the week and whole weekend. Cellular calls charged @ R0.924 per minute on per minute billing excluding VAT.

Now the Unlimited fixed line plan is R599 which comes with unlimited calls to any telkom or mobile number but excludes premium rated numbers.

So that is R309 difference. So unless you make more than +-7 hours of calls to mobile numbers in the month this plan is useless so you are better off being on a cheaper plan and just pay for what you use albeit at a per minute billing increment.....

Why don't they just make more attractive calling plans and maybe you won't be so hated Telkom....
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If all you want is to phone, probably cheaper to get
Sim-Sonke or MTN's 1c Per Second (*141*4*5#)
A lot of these free plans have limits in terms of hours or networks.
Takes many hours of talking to get to R599 at 1c/sec.
 
system32 said:
If all you want is to phone, probably cheaper to get
Sim-Sonke or MTN's 1c Per Second (*141*4*5#)
A lot of these free plans have limits in terms of hours or networks.
Takes many hours of talking to get to R599 at 1c/sec.
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Yup I am currently on MTN 1c per second price plan. I'm just think in terms of being force to have a calling plan with Telkom to have adsl and how that might weigh up against using the land line as your main line for making calls.

Price wise it just does not make sense to make any calls via a land line even if it is on net calls because you just don't get the same value for money as mobile operators.....

I was also trying to compare fixed line with no dropped calls vs mobile calls that can drop often or the 2min you spend saying "Can you hear me now?" while running to all areas of the house
 
system32 said:
There's always a catch - hardly any benefit getting a prepaid land line then.
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Prepaid telephone lines had a huge benefit for folks in the lower income brackets when it was introduced. It had a very low rental and many used it for incoming calls only, especially in the deep rural areas where the breadwinner was away from home (think mines).

It was and is a loss leader for Telkom but they were forced to provide it as part of their license agreement.

And then, along came prepaid cellphones... Once Vodacom and MTN had coverage, prepaid cellphones killed fixed line prepaid and postpaid voice services.

Prepaid now works nicely if your alarm company insists on a fixed line!
 
cavedog said:
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Price wise it just does not make sense to make any calls via a land line even if it is on net calls because you just don't get the same value for money as mobile operators.....
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IIRC, it's generally cheaper to call from 1c/sec or Sim-Sonke than Telkom Land Line.
eg. From Telkom to Telkom 63.2c and 130.4c to Cell (Aug 2014 Tariff)
*Telkom calls are charged in increments of one minute for the first minute and in increments of 30 seconds thereafter, whereas 1c/sec is per sec billing.
http://www.telkom.co.za/sites/documents/hs/Tarifflist_Nov.pdf

I see that Telkom Tariffs were increased a mere 6/7 months ago, if they are increasing 14% in 6 months, is that 28% PA?
 
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