[AusNOG] Telstra flicks switch on high speed broadband network

[Stephen Baxter]

Off we go:

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23174047-15306,00.html

SB
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brooks [mailto:pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 1:00 PM
> To: Stephen Baxter
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra flicks switch on high speed 
> broadband network
> 
> Stephen Baxter wrote:
> > I was under the impression this style of decision was 
> governed by the
> > TPA and therefore the ACCC. Is there legislation required for this ?
> >
> > SB
> >   
> Not legislation.
> ADSL is not currently a regulated service like ULLS or LSS - Telstra 
> wholesale it voluntarily.
> Telstra have said they wanted 'regulatory certainty' that 
> ADSL2+ would 
> not become a declared service in the future, before they turned it on 
> everywhere.
> The ACCC said long ago that they could not see a compelling reason to 
> declare access to wholesale ADSL, and that Telstra might get the 
> 'regulatory certainty' they wanted, if Telstra would only 
> formally ask. 
> The TPA process requires a carrier to ask for certainty, 
> before the ACCC 
> can decide to grant it or not.
> 
> It would appear that Telstra finally effectively wrote the 
> letter and asked.
> 
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