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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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            level of pricing for the wholesale ADSL service<o:p></o:p></li>
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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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