SingTel to raise phone rates
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SingTel to raise phone rates
Mon, Oct 06, 2008
AsiaOne
SingTel fixed-line telephone customers will soon have to pay an additional $10 a year in subscription rates. The revision, starting from 1 January 2009, will represent an increase of 83 cents a month.
This is the first rate revision by Singtel in 18 years for its fixed-line telephone subscription and call charges.
With the revision, residential customers will now pay $110 per annum and business customers will pay $160.
Call charges will increase to 0.8 cents from 0.7 cents per 30-second block during peak hours and per 60-second block during off-peak hours.
To reflect changes in call traffic patterns, peak hours will also be revised to 9am to 7pm from 8am to 6pm, Mondays to Fridays. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays are off-peak.
The new rates will translate to an additional cost of not more than $1.50 a month for most customers.
Mr Allen Lew, SingTel?s CEO Singapore, said: ?We have held off rate revisions for 18 years despite rising costs. Over the years, the two main cost components, manpower and materials, have increased substantially. The recent rapid increase in utility costs has also pushed up our running costs.??
Mr Lew stressed that with this adjustment, SingTel's charges still remains one of the lowest in the region.
To help households that need financial assistance and cushion the effect of the rate revisions, SingTel will provide $1 million worth of $10 credit vouchers. Residents who need assistance can approach their Citizens? Consultative Committees or People?s Association grassroots leaders.
In addition, fixed-line residential customers who sign up for both SingTel?s electronic bill statement (www.singtel.com/myBill) and GIRO before 31 March 2009 will enjoy a one-time $10 discount on their annual subscription. -
aka still not full after eating iphone customers?
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Time to disconnect the land line and move to VOIP.
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Rising Costs? So rich still complain about rising costs...
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seriously.. i wonder where all the taxs money goes..
Phone we pay full amount, Road we pay full amount, HDB upgrading Also pay.. Hospital Also pay
GIC TemaSUCK both rolling billions..but singaporeans still paying taxs with no idea where the fuck the money goes to
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Originally posted by youyayu:
seriously.. i wonder where all the taxs money goes..
Phone we pay full amount, Road we pay full amount, HDB upgrading Also pay.. Hospital Also pay
GIC TemaSUCK both rolling billions..but singaporeans still paying taxs with no idea where the fuck the money goes to
to use for producing/retaining top talents
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Originally posted by furb:
to use for producing/retaining top talents
don't think so.. i think also company pay 1 wad..
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a lot of ppl no have land line liao
all use hp liao -
very sad to see everything increasing in price during these period of hardship.
but what can we do? the government will set to achieve what they had intially planned.
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now singtel...
wat next...
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landline is mainly for the business people, they need a working landline to operate business in singapore
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fixed lines meaning our home telephone that starts with a 6------- or our mobilephones
or increase rates for both?
cuz i didnt see before and didnt know that my family has been paying $100 per annum for home telephones services..i tot its quite cheap like .5cents per call?
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Originally posted by alvin-ncs:
now singtel...
wat next...
they target on price inelastic necessities,
so next maybe water tax bah,
or maybe on alcohol,cigarettes..
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Come on, they just splashed out the $$$ in sponsoring the F1.
So, it is time to recover their cost.
What a Leegalised reason to say 18 years never increase liao !!!
No free F1 for you, ok ?
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wah. PAP RULLINZ
1st: Increase Water 22%
2nd: INcrease transportation
3rd: Increase Telephone DUE TO HIGH cost - MAY I KNOW where the cost come from. WTF
I am going to be sux dry by you PAP.
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Don't lose hope, people!
2011, we'll show them!
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By 2011, we are sucked dry liao.
If want to make noise, do it now.
Or forever rest with JBJ in peace.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
By 2011, we are sucked dry liao.
If want to make noise, do it now.
Or forever rest with JBJ in peace.
Then what do you suggest, genius? Stage a rebellion?Want to do something, do it the right way and give it a 1 x good one... once and for all...
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haix....i wonder how much is my next bill...
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Hmm....I tot oil prices going down?.....
Again blame inflation....like that if pay 5k also not enuff if they keep on increasing everytime....haiz......
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Originally posted by Bigcable22:
fixed lines meaning our home telephone that starts with a 6------- or our mobilephones
or increase rates for both?
cuz i didnt see before and didnt know that my family has been paying $100 per annum for home telephones services..i tot its quite cheap like .5cents per call?
its our home telephone.we are paying $25 every 3 months x 4 times a year making it $100. after the increase its $110 per year.
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don't forget the increase from 0.7c to 0.8c per 30 second block.
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poised to get some singtel stocks :D
Must make sure that the dividends are sufficient to pay my handphone bills
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Originally posted by eagle:
poised to get some singtel stocks :D
Must make sure that the dividends are sufficient to pay my handphone bills
lol
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We are in trouble soon...heavy economic typhoon..lets pack our bag and fly to mars