Telkom’s new rates for 2008, which include an increase on line rentals, kick in today.<\/p>\n
Residential line rentals increase from R111.90 to R124.20, while business line rental now costs R165 a month, up from R148.68. Line installation charges will also increase by R41.07 this month from R342.30 to R383.37.<\/p>\n
Telkom Closer subscribers will now get more free minutes but at the same time pay more from this month. These subscriptions include an increase of R15 for the Closer 1 package, R16 for the Closer 2 service and a R33 price hike for the Closer 3, 4 and 5 services.<\/p>\n
Residential ISDN customers will pay R219.30 a month from August, up from R197.57, while business customers will pay R304.60, an increase of around R30 a month from the previous R274.40.<\/p>\n
This month the minimum charge for post-paid local calls (0-50 kilometres) will increase by 9.4% and the per-second tariff for local calls during standard time will increase by 3.1% and during Callmore time by 9.2%.<\/p>\n
There is some good news for Telkom’s business customers, however, as the price for Diginet services is reduced by 4%, Megalines by 3% and ATM express rates by 3%.<\/p>\n
There are also some savings in store for people calling international destinations such as the UK, USA and Europe.<\/p>\n
ADSL prices remain unchanged.<\/p>\n