[AusNOG] Telstra flicks switch on high speed broadband network

[Stephen Baxter]

What if a carrier requested that ADSL gets added to the declared service
list ? Surely there would need to be a formal process (inquiry or
similar) into the request ? That was how it worked with respect to
wholesale access to the HFC network (from memory).


SB

> > 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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