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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 Cross-Bar Exchange Services

These are services available only on Telecom’s older electro-mechanical “crossbar” exchanges.

• New connection charge for all services $40.00

1.8 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 DDI Service is designed for the traffic characteristics typical of calls to PABX extensions.

The maximum number of DDI numbers on any trunk group between a Telecom switch and a customer network is limited to 2,000.

DDI Service is not available to “Network Operators” (within the meaning of that term as set out in the Telecommunications Act 1987) who wish to use the service in connection with the provision of telecommunications services to other persons.

The following charges will be progressively introduced:

• 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.
• Telecom reserves the right to charge a higher price for the service if the average traffic from Telecom’s network per DDI number exceeds 0.1 erlangs per DDI number on any specific trunk group.

1.9 “Foreign” Exchange Service (FES)

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

1.9.1 Installation Charges

• Installation charge $210.00

1.9.2 Line Rental Charges

The monthly rental of a “foreign” exchange line is the local PSTN business line rental applicable to the “foreign” exchange to which the customer is connected.

1.9.3 Monthly Transmission Charges

Transmission charges apply for the leased circuit between the customer’s local exchange and the “foreign” exchange. These charges are the same as the charges for a V1 leased circuit.

1.9.4 Call Charges

Calls using a “foreign” exchange connection are charged at the rates applicable to calls from business telephones connected to the “foreign” exchange.

1.10 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.

The prices quoted below apply where a customer’s Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) is capable of supporting a 2Mbit/s stream and also the individual circuits. Any extra costs associated with conversion of a customer’s CPE to support 2Mbit/s access are to be paid by the customer.

1.10.1 2Mbit/s Local Access

This service uses 2Mbit/s links to provide access to the local exchange from a customer’s premises—for example, for a Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX).