{"id":95313,"date":"2016-06-15T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95313"},"modified":"2016-06-15T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:57:14","slug":"no-more-telkom-line-rental-on-your-bill-here-is-a-hard-dose-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/95313-no-more-telkom-line-rental-on-your-bill-here-is-a-hard-dose-of-reality","title":{"rendered":"No more Telkom line rental on your bill \u2014 here is a hard dose of reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko recently said<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>household ADSL bills will soon not have a\u00a0\u201cline rental\u201d item on them, and it will \u201cjust be a package of 25GB or 50GB, which will be priced as a service\u201d.<\/p>\n

Maseko\u2019s comment gave hope that Telkom will remove the compulsory R189 analogue line rental from its\u00a0ADSL service.<\/p>\n

However, the more likely scenario is that it will be bundled with ADSL access and data, according to local ISPs.<\/p>\n

Telkom\u2019s fibre-to-the-home already sets the standard for the way forward, where subscribers purchase the full service for a set price.<\/p>\n

This is in contrast to ADSL, where subscribers pay for three different components: analogue line rental (R189 per month), ADSL access, and data.<\/p>\n

To create broadband services which do not differentiate between access mediums, Telkom will need to bring ADSL in line with its FTTH and LTE billing structures.<\/p>\n

This means line rental will need to disappear.<\/p>\n

Telkom was asked for clarity about Maseko\u2019s comments, but the company declined to answer questions.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons for Telkom\u2019s lack of clarity may be that the company has not informed its Internet service provider partners about its plans yet.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband asked ADSL service providers what they think of Telkom\u2019s new line rental removal plan, and what they expect from the company.<\/p>\n

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Cybersmart CEO Laurie Fialkov \u2013 Telkom\u2019s hand is forced, because ADSL has become more expensive than FTTH.<\/h3>\n

\"Laurie<\/a><\/p>\n

Cybersmart<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0CEO Laurie Fialkov said Telkom\u2019s hand is forced, because several\u00a0FTTH products come with a telephony service and are now cheaper than ADSL.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemoval of the line rental fee will make ADSL a competitive offering again,\u201d said Fialkov.<\/p>\n

Fialkov said he hopes Telkom\u2019s new system will allow ISPs to provide customers with a single bill, without the need for Telkom to bill the client for line rental.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe interesting question is whether a customer with a telephone line will be able to cancel the telephone service without disrupting their ADSL service. I am betting this won\u2019t be possible,\u201d said Fialkov.<\/p>\n

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Webafrica\u2019s connectivity head Greg Wright \u2013 We hope there is a legitimate cost saving for ADSL users.<\/h3>\n

\"Greg<\/a><\/p>\n

Webafrica\u2019s connectivity head Greg Wright said they are holding thumbs that there is a legitimate cost saving for ADSL users. \u201cIf there is, it should open up the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wright expects Telkom to align ADSL and fibre in terms of pricing and packaging, where, regardless of the access medium, you will pay the same price for access to voice and data.<\/p>\n

\u201cHence, ISPs would charge their customers a rate for the line which includes access to data and voice, with no bill from Telkom for the line rental portion,\u201d said Wright.<\/p>\n

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MWEB CEO Derek Hershaw \u2013 Telkom is likely to stop showing the line rental as an individual item on the bill, but the charges are not going to fall away.<\/h3>\n

\"Derek<\/a><\/p>\n

MWEB CEO Derek Hershaw said Maseko most likely referred to removing line rental as an individual item on the bill, but the charges are not going to fall away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any point in speculating what their intentions are \u2013 let\u2019s wait until they come out with something specific,\u201d said Hershaw.<\/p>\n

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Vox Telecom senior product manager Justin Hovener \u2013 We definitely support the removal of the line rental charge on ADSL.<\/h3>\n

\"Vox<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Hovener, senior product manager at Vox Telecom, said they definitely support the removal of the line rental charge on ADSL.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would have liked to have seen more detail in this announcement as it has been anticipated for some time. Having said that, all initiatives that benefit the end consumer are always welcome,\u201d said Hovener.<\/p>\n

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This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko recently said they will soon remove \u201cline rental\u201d from household broadband bills \u2013 ISPs share their views on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":81429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8812],"tags":[1567,2797,17799,19509,3574,217,287,6258,3987],"class_list":["post-95313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-cybersmart","tag-derek-hershaw","tag-greg-wright","tag-justin-hovener","tag-laurie-fialkov","tag-mweb","tag-telkom","tag-vox-telecom","tag-webafrica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95327,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95313\/revisions\/95327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}