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Thread ID: 65209 2006-01-11 01:11:00 Telecom line rental up to $42.20 in March Bazza (407) PC World Chat
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420024 2006-03-31 01:16:00 I have also heard that you can ask telecom to remove the charge for the "wire maintenance contract" that appears on your bill - apparently they are charging you to maintain something that you actually own. I have heard from the same source that they make something like $27m per year from this little item that appears on mine and your phone bills - yikes !! jonp (7517)
420025 2006-03-31 09:35:00 It's not that bad, considering TelstraClear are $44.85 for exactly the same thing + $2.25 wiring maintenance per month.

Well, it's $29.95 for me with Telstra so.....
george12 (7)
420026 2006-03-31 09:45:00 If you live in chch or wellington its still chaeper than the rest of nz cause of competition from telstraclear. Hitech (9024)
420027 2006-03-31 10:41:00 jonp:

If you pay a wiring maintenance charge to Telecom for what they installed with your landline, they will check & fix your wiring if it becomes faulty.

It's like an insurance premium.
It stopped being compulsory several years ago.

So if you are confident that you could fix any fault yourself, don't pay that $2.53 per month. Most people don't have that confidence.

Of course, if you do have to get a Telecom serviceman to visit after that, it will cost you full commercial rates.
That seems quite fair to me. The choice is your own, after all..

And there's nothing new about it to drag up an old thread for...
Laura (43)
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