Telecom home line increase easier on cities where TelstraClear offers competition
Telecom has just announced an 'adjustment' to home phone line charges. Most people get a $1.85 a month increase (see table below). People in Wellington and central Christchurch though - that is, people in areas where TelstraClear offers direct competition - get a smaller increase ($1.20), further widening the gap with Telecom-only towns.
Of course, once the broadband legislation is passed, complete with its 'naked DSL' provision, none of us will be forced to pay any Telecom line rental before we can open a broadband account with the ISP of our choice ... maybe including VoIP ...
PC World is New Zealand’s top selling computing and technology magazine.
Comments
I'm wondering if this isn't an attempt at boosting the cost of Naked DSL... if I remember the text of the new legislation right, the wholesale price for phone lines without voice service will be set on a retail-minus basis.
It's in Telecom's interest then to jack up the line rental as much as possible before the new law comes into effect.
Posted by: Juha | January 15, 2007 12:47 PM