Universal service: fixed network telephony and Internet for all

Since every Anschluss ordered in the basic service offer usually represents a loss-making business for Swisscom, I find it very commendable that proactive information is still provided about the new basic service offers.

Thank you @TamaraA for this information 😀

thanks @TamaraA for this information

Thanks @TamaraA for this information 😀

thank you @TamaraA for this information 😀

feel like we are paying too much for what is delivered! (TV fee for level 0, plus Swissvom taxe tv! The radio is completely sufficient for me…

my dear Sami,

It’s not just about Swisscom, the Betrag is small, it’s about the annual tax to pay for radio-TV reception… The level, whatever, is bad! Arte bravo!

But we’re just talking about high costs here!

@Tito

Serafe fees? Wonder what something like this has to do with Swisscom…? But you’re in the wrong place here.

Everything is possible… but everything is connected!

Serafe separate for TV and radio..

Can Swisscom offer TV without Serafe?

Serafe is too expensive!

Hi @Tito

You’ve landed in the wrong place here. Serafe has nothing to do with Swisscom.

You can find further information about Serafe at the [Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM).](https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/de/home/elektronische-medien/gabe-fur-radio-und- Fernsehen.html )

By the way: SRG also takes part in Arte productions:

LG

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@Tito But you already know that you have to pay for Serafe yourself and that this is not paid via Swisscom TV subscription or internet subscription.

@Tito

Again! No, one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. Serafe are the fees that all private households in Switzerland have to pay since January 1, 2024, even if they don’t have a TV at home. This fee from Serafe is mandatory, just like you have to pay taxes. Any further discussion regarding Serafe here in the forum is unnecessary, as it has nothing to do with Swisscom or the actual topic here.

Sure, that wasn’t even mentioned! it’s about the TV, which is “bad”! The news on the radio is enough, as is entertainment.

Sefa simply remains a heavy cost item (for what?)

@Tito

If there are people living in the household who receive annual supplementary benefits (EL) for AHV and IV, no tax is owed. This applies to the entire household. However, those affected must send in their EL ruling or official confirmation. Further information can be found here: [https://www.beobachter.ch/gesellschaft/multimedia/das-sollten-sie-zur-gebuhr-wissen-16446](https://www.beobachter.ch/gesellschaft/multimedia/ what-you-should-know-about-the-fee-16446)

Thanks, but I haven’t had a TV for 35 years, only a radio…

Thank God I do sports… ping-pong with MdA (movement des aînés Vaud Arena) and read books… so TV is my last sorrow!

Keep smiling… Swisscom is the best!

Serafe is a financial nuisance.. pourrait remplacé la 13e AvS 😇

I think it’s super, very good

@TamaraA and @CorinaS, you put such a nice picture of the Monte Rosa Hut above - is there any information anywhere about what infrastructure Swisscom has there (and possibly also on other SAC -huts) contributed and/or operates? I didn’t find much on Google, but I would be very interested.

Hello PowerMac

[https://www.swisscom.ch/de/about/news/2017/08/20170824-mm-alpenverbaende-und-swisscom-close-partnership-for-the-erschliessung-der-alpwirtschaften-und-SAC-huetten .html] (https://www.swisscom.ch/de/about/news/2017/08/20170824-mm-alpenverbaende-und-swisscom-schloss-partnerschaft-fuer-die-erschliessung-der-alpwirtschaften-und-SAC-huetten .html)

[https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/news-service/vermischtes-people/nun-telefonieren-auch-huettenwarte-und-aelpler-digital-ueber-300-sac-huetten-und-alpbetriebe-wurden-umgeruestet-ld .1252125] (https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/news-service/vermischtes-people/nun-telefonieren-auch-huettenwarte-und-aelpler-digital-ueber-300-sac-huetten-und-alpbetriebe-wurden-umgeruestet-ld .1252125)

[https://www.sac-cas.ch/de/die-alpen/schnelles-internet-in-sac-huetten-27158/](https://www.sac-cas.ch/de/die-alpen /fast-internet-in-sac-huetten-27158/)

In general, just like everywhere else, people work there with SAT or a mobile phone network. The power supply is still a rather difficult issue, but this is not necessarily a “SAC-exclusive” problem either.

With the mandate to provide universal service, Swisscom (and our Federal Council!) promised every taxpayer free access (including to third-party providers) to the existing copper network. This has been and continues to be a major point of contention for many years. Swisscom has managed to force many smaller providers out of the market. As a next step, it wants to use our tried and tested copper network for itself and push all taxpayers (existing telephony and internet) away from this stable network on the grounds that it is too unstable and too expensive to maintain (power consumption). Many taxpayers don’t know what this really means. But some have written in various forums (“The current speed of the Internet is enough for me, I don’t need glass” or “after that it will only be more expensive not cheaper” etc.) With the new development contract for the new fiber optic network, the owners sign a contract in which you are obliged to open the door and gate for Swisscom (no third-party providers). That means; Every owner undertakes to grant a right of passage for pipes to third parties (neighbors) on their property and to pay all follow-up costs in the event of damage. I will fight it tooth and nail! Swisscom can come.