4048 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 188

Monday to Friday, at any time during weekends, and at any time on national statutory holidays. Calls to other areas, including Wellington and the Hutt Valley, will be charged at the Telecom national call rates applicable to the Kapiti area.

Option C: Free Calling to Wellington

A surcharge on line rental of $6.00 per month. All local calls and calls to the Wellington local calling area (Porirua, Hutt Valley and Wellington) will be free. Calls to other areas will be charged at the Telecom national call rates applicable to the Wellington area.

1.4 EXTENDED AREA CHARGES

An extra charge may be made for new connections when amplification (line conditioning) is required to be installed to strengthen the signal so that the customer does not lose speech quality.

Extended Area Charges are being phased out. Customers who wish to know whether these apply in their area should enquire at their local Telecom ROC office.

1.5 MINIMUM CONTRACT PERIOD

The minimum contract period for connection to the PSTN is 1 month.

1.6 MESSAGE RATE STATION SERVICE

The Message Rate Station Service is available only on Great Barrier Island.

• Monthly charge $8.70

1.6.1 Re-opening Charges

The charge covers the re-opening of the exchange for urgent national or international calls.

Re-opening Between the Hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
If the operator lives on the premises:

• Charge per 20 minutes or part of 20 minutes' attendance $0.30

If the operator lives away from the premises:

• Charge per 20 minutes or part of 20 minutes' attendance $0.70

Re-opening Between the Hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
If the operator lives on the premises:

• Charge per 20 minutes or part of 20 minutes' attendance $1.00

If the operator lives away from the premises:

• Minimum charge for first 20 minutes $2.00
• Charge for following 20-minute intervals or part of 20 minutes' attendance $1.00

1.7 DIRECT DIAL-IN (DDI) SERVICE

This is a service available to customers with Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABX) to allow direct dialling into extension telephones from the PSTN.

The following charges will be progressively introduced:

• Monthly charge for each block of 10 DDI numbers from 1 September 1990 $20.00
• Monthly charge for each block of 10 DDI numbers from 1 March 1991 $25.00
• Monthly charge for each block of 10 DDI numbers from 1 September 1991 $30.00
• Monthly charge for each block of 10 DDI numbers from 1 March 1992 $35.00
• Monthly charge for each block of 10 DDI numbers from 1 September 1992 $40.00

Note:

• These charges are additional to business line rental charges.
• DDI Charges will apply from the time DDI numbers are reserved.

1.8 "FOREIGN" EXCHANGE SERVICE (FES)

This service allows business customers to have a PSTN number at an exchange other than their local one.

1.8.1 Installation Charges

• Installation charge $210.00

1.8.2 Line Rental Charges

The monthly rental of a "foreign" exchange line is made up of the local PSTN line rental plus the charge for a VI 4-wire leased circuit between the local exchange and the parent exchange from which the FES circuit originates. The rental is therefore:

• either: charge per line for FES (for customers paying standard rentals) $124.06
  (Business customers paying standard rentals will also pay for local calls)
• or: charge per line for FES (for customers paying non-standard rentals) $154.94

1.8.3 Monthly Transmission Charges

These depend on the length of the circuit. There are 5 different distance steps (see section 4.3.4), and the current charges for these are:

VI Circuit: Monthly Transmission Charges

Note:

• Prices for 4-wire and 6-wire circuits will be a maximum of, respectively, twice and three times the 2-wire charges.
• Where junction circuits are provided in conjunction with transmission links, the first 10 km of junction charges are waived.

1.9 HIGH CAPACITY ACCESS TO THE PSTN

This type of service provides access to the PSTN in blocks of 30 telephone circuits with a 2Mbit/s link.

High-capacity access to the PSTN is available for a minimum term of 12 months. No temporary lease is available for this service.