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Also, by reading the definition of "superfast carriage service":<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="definition"> <b><i>superfast carriage service</i></b> means a carriage service, where:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph"> (a) the carriage service enables end-users to download communications; and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph"> (b) the download transmission speed of the carriage service is normally more than 25 megabits per second; and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph"> (c) the carriage service is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end-user.<o:p></o:p></p>
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item (c) implies this issue only affects access networks - it doean't affect long-haul networks, or anything that runs between datacentres, or any international link (I'm not aware of any international cables that terminate in an end-users bedroom.), or any
link between two carriers or CSPs.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">I can’t immediately see how (c) explicitly removes the risk that long-haul network and international links as I don’t think end-user is a defined term (otherwise it would be capitalised).
An end user from a submarine cable operators perspective is usually a wholesale carrier, ASP, Systems intergrator or in some cases corporate client. Ultimately from the point the submarine cable hits the territorial waters it is a carriage service (and carriers
use Schedule 3A to gain access). It then goes to a premises (landing station) which is sometimes occupied by an end user (collocated customer). I agree it would seem what the intention would is, but I don’t feel I sufficiently captures it. It does not say
“using a line to premises *<b>exclusively</b>* occupied or used by an end user”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Also as an fyi, from a person who has considerable experience in issuing Land Access Notices under Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act, I have successfully argued that a company that has a rack within a datacentre is technically and legally occupying that
space and fits the definition of an “occupier” under the Telecommunications Act, even though they do not have a registered lease to occupy, nor are the sole occupier of land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">If the word *<b>exclusively</b>* was in (c) then it would be consistent with that you are saying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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