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Jun 06 2006 07:58

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Telkom on Monday filed its proposed cuts in DSL rental and other services with the independent telecommunications authority Icasa.

The price changes which, according to Telkom, would make DSL rentals "much more affordable", will take effect on August 1 2006 if they are approved.

The biggest saving of 32% will go to users of the HomeDSL 384 service. The current payment of R359 will be reduced to R245 - a saving of R144.

DSL access is based on Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a new modem of technology that turns an ordinary telephone line into a multi-tasking access medium.

According to Telkom the proposed DSL 192 and 384 monthly rental is R245 from August 1 2006 - a price decrease of R25 (9.3%) on the former and R114 (31.8%) on the latter.

There are also reductions of 24.1% on the monthly rentals for DSL 512 and DSL 1024. The proposed new monthly rental for DSL 512 is R362 (down from the current R477 monthly rental) while DSL 1024 monthly rentals are set to drop by R164 to R516.

The indicated DSL prices exclude ISP costs, line rental and call charges.

The effect of the price reductions

Access Services	Current	New As of 1 August '06
HomeDSL 192	R 270	R 245
HomeDSL 384	R 359	R 245
BusinessDSL 384	N/A	R 245
HomeDSL 512	R 477	R 362
BusinessDSL 512	R 477	R 362
HomeDSL 1024	R 680	R 516
BusinessDSL 1024	R 680	R 516
Source: Telkom

In addition to the DSL price cuts, Telkom also filed for huge reductions in the monthly rental for residential ISDN services, in the rates for IPLCs (International Private Leased Circuits) as well as significant cuts in long distance and international call charges. Read more here.

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