[AusNOG] NBN Services (Business TC2) and MBE cutoff?

[Steven Crockett]

Long time reader, first time poster ;-)

Two questions:

1.       NBN has released their "business grade" products offering symmetrical bandwidth AVC in 5/10/20/30/40Mbps options with Traffic Class 2 profile for separated and priority traffic configuration.
So far as I can see this has been out for several months?!... But none of the major wholesalers are offering TC2 services that I can see... AAPT/TPG, Amcom, Nextgen, Symbio, Telstra have all said no (or can't point me in the right direction)... and none of the major retail providers seem to be offering these services on their websites.

Can anyone help me connect a 10/10M service in Pinjarra in WA on TC2 (it's a business location for multi-channel voice, and needs QoS and preferably guaranteed bandwidth)???
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/NBN%20for%20Business%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf


2.       A provider also mentioned that services ordered on MBE in areas with NBN connections won't be cut off when the PSTN lines get disconnected.  So if say an area is slated for cut-off in August 2015, a service ordered on a 2 year MBE contract today is still fine.  This doesn't sound right - if copper is disconnected, surely this applies to ULL services as well (why maintain part of a network?), or are there some exemptions that apply to ULL services, and if so - any indication on how long these may hang around after NBN switchover?  In the absence of readily available business grade NBN services (and given the high cost of 1:1 NBN services in metro areas where MBE services are substantially cheaper)... MBE still looks like a good option, I'm just not sure if the provider is telling a porky when I've seen no publicly available information about ULL services continuing?

Appreciate any feedback or comments directly or indirectly!!

Thanks

Steven Crockett
Datacom Systems (WA)
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