Orcon celebrates unbundling: basic phone line free

Orcon celebrates unbundling by making basic home phone lines free

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For the first time in New Zealand history, Kiwis can get their basic home phone line for free for a year. 100% Kiwi owned telecommunications provider Orcon is celebrating receiving access keys to Telecom’s Ponsonby and Glenfield exchanges by announcing 5000 free home lines for New Zealanders.

“Kiwis are fed up with having to pay $40+ a month for a phone line, fed up with Telecom raising their line rental costs, and fed up with the confusion tactics by telco providers. Orcon is offering 5000 free home lines to all of New Zealand,” says Orcon Chief Executive Scott Bartlett.

“This is an invitation to every home in New Zealand to stop giving Telecom $40+ a month for your basic home phone service,” continued Bartlett.

New Zealanders spend over $1 billion a year on their home phone lines and calling, making the Telecom home phone service a significant household cost. This is a major impediment to Broadband take up and a drain on the average household’s disposable income.

“Consumers have had enough of telco providers using confusion as their chief marketing tactic. It has been a blight on this industry, and people have had a gut’s full. We are a relatively new player in the market, taking a fresh approach with a passionate commitment to providing products that have as few catches as possible.”

Orcon’s offer is priced at $79.95 per month. This includes a 20GB Broadband plan and an unlimited number of New Zealand landline-to-landline calls. Orcon then give you the basic home line rental free for 12 months, saving you over $450 for the year.

“We’re talking about an unlimited number of calls from your home phone to landlines around New Zealand so you can call your mates, your family, and anyone you want anywhere in the country for a fixed price. We’re talking about a 20GB Broadband plan - that is around six times more than an average household uses in a month. And we’re talking about getting your basic home phone line for free!”

This amazing offer is available from Saturday the 11th of August for seven days, with 5000 free home lines available. Orcon will consider increasing the number available based on how New Zealand responds.

“We are excited about the future – and we want to share that with Kiwis. If the response from New Zealand is strong, if Kiwis knock down our door and support Orcon, then we will look at the option of releasing more free home lines in the future,” concluded Bartlett.

With over 1.4 million fixed lines in New Zealand, Orcon believes this offer will touch the hearts of every New Zealander, as well as providing a terrific incentive for Kiwis to take up Broadband in droves, an area where our country has languished internationally.

Orcon’s broadband was recently shown in a New Zealand Herald survey to perform significantly better than all its biggest rivals including Xtra and ihug.

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About Orcon

Orcon began life in 1994, as the brainchild of Kiwi entrepreneur Seeby Woodhouse. From humble beginnings in his parent’s garage, Seeby and the team have grown the Orcon brand to be the largest 100% New Zealand owned ISP.

Orcon was purchased in 2007 by 100% Kiwi owned Kordia, a telecommunications & media infrastructure business – who deliver the services New Zealanders enjoy and rely on everyday – like broadcast TV, radio & rural broadband.

Orcon is the only 100% Kiwi owned telecommunications service provider to participate in the local loop unbundling trials.

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