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Perhaps the mailing list is running slow this morning - I would have
thought there would be lots of traffic on this announcement:<br>
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href="http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1032878">http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1032878</a><br>
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<h1>ACCC declares wholesale ADSL, commences related processes<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p>The ACCC has today 'declared' the wholesale ADSL service
under section 152AL
of the <em>Competition and Consumer Act 2010</em>. The ACCC
considers that this
will promote the long-term interests of end-users of
fixed-line broadband
internet services throughout <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Telstra currently retains dominant positions in the markets
for both retail
and wholesale fixed-line broadband services. Despite the
deployment of
competitive broadband infrastructure in some areas over the
past decade,
competition in the supply of ADSL services is not effective.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Declaration will remove impediments to competitive internet
service
providers gaining access to Telstra's national ADSL network on
efficient terms
in order to supply retail services, including to around 11 per
cent of premises
where Telstra's network architecture has prevented competitors
from using their
own infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The ACCC has also commenced an inquiry into the making of a
final access
determination for the wholesale ADSL service. This inquiry
will consider (among
other things):<o:p></o:p></p>
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addressed in the final access determination, and how these
terms should be addressed<o:p></o:p></li>
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determination should limit the application of the
declaration to certain providers or to certain geographic
regions.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p>Given that the final access determination inquiry is unlikely
to conclude
within 6 months, the ACCC was legislatively required to make
an interim access
determination for the service. The interim determination made
today sets out
terms and conditions of access for the next 12 months.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The interim access determination sets the following key price
terms for the
monthly per-user access charge and the monthly charge for data
aggregation
(which relates to data usage):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>Interim
prices for wholesale ADSL services<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p>Monthly charge per end-user in Zone 1(predominantly
CBD and metropolitan areas)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>$25.40<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Monthly charge per end-user in Zone 2/3(predominantly
regional and rural areas)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>$30.80<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Monthly charge per Aggregating Virtual Circuit or
Virtual LAN acquired in connection with wholesale ADSL<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>To 30 June 2012: $45.50 per Mbps<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>From 1 July 2012: $33.65 per Mbps<o:p></o:p></p>
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