In November 1901, the rates from 1 November for the new cable from Fremantle were announced as being reduced rates from Australia via Cocos as follows:
| Destination | Cost (from 1 November) |
| Africa East Coast, Madagascar,. Mauritius, | 2s 5d |
| Portuguese East Africa, Lorenzo Marques | 2s 6d |
| Beira Railway Co.'s .stations | 2s 9d |
| district of Zambesi | 3s ½d |
| Zanzibar | 2s 5d |
| Red Sea ports, Aden | 2s 5d |
| South Cape Colony, Cape Town, other places | 2s 6d |
| Orange River and Transvaal colonies | 2s 6d |
| West Coast and Islands | 5s 5d |
| Ascension | 4s. 7d |
| St. Helena | 3s 7d |
| St. Vincent | 5s 6d |
| Sierra Leone | 5s 5d |
The rates levied by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company upon telegrams to Europe were reduced from 1 January 1902 in accordance with the Cape cable agreement made between that company and the contracting states - South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania. The new rates were:
The rates for telegrams between the Australian contracting states and South Africa were reduced to 1s 9d. a word, conditionally upon the contracting states accepting the transit and terminal rates as given in table C of the Adelaide and New South Wales agreement. In that case the rates (inclusive of both charges) were:
The company did not for some time transact business directly with the public in Adelaide although eventually this situation changed. The messages were handed in at the Government telegraph office, and from there they were transferred to the company's office in Victoria Square.