KPN is in the coverage of the fibre network in the municipality of Haaksbergen all InternetPlusBellen and All-in-rates. n plans to migrate to fiber. At the end of 2012 will stop the company with its dsl service in Haaksbergen.
The party leader of Leefbaar Haaksbergen Peter of Flanders complained in the newspaper TC Tubantia about a letter from KPN, which the carrier announced customers with a InternetPlusBellen plan to migrate to fiber. According to the politician, would this subscription unsolicited € 10 per month more expensive, while keeping his current subscription price would like to keep. As far as is known, it is the first time that KPN adsl subscriptions uitfaseert in favor of fiberglass.
KPN confirms the opposite Tweakers.net that all dsl subscriptions in Haaksbergen going to migrate to fiber. It comes to KPN customers with a InternetPlusBellen and All-in-one-subscription within the coverage of the fibre optic network in Haaksbergen and that use of a dsl connection. For dsl subscribers, just outside the glasvezelgebied nothing changes.
According to KPN used only a small group of subscribers in Haaksbergen and a dsl subscription. Customers who have migrated to fiber to go for the glasvezelabonnement the first year do not pay more than for the old subscription. The price difference after this period would be a per-client differences: the glasvezelabonnement can be cheaper or more expensive. Clients also get the option of having their dsl subscription.
KPN wants the migration to the fibre network in Haaksbergen, this year round, and at the end of this year to stop offering the InternetPlusBellen and All-in-one subscriptions via dsl. The fibre optic network in Haaksbergen is four years in business. According to KPN can be done via fiber optics to a higher speed can be provided which, moreover, is no longer dependent on the distance to the telephone exchange.
Update 10/10 12:20: KPN late in a further explanation to know that dsl users that only have a fixed telephone line decrease or only internet not migrated will be. Also, there are currently no plans to in other places customers with InternetPlusBellen and All-in-one subscriptions to migrate. Also for other dsl providers who use the copper lines of KPN would not change anything.