NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 175

(This is a fixed charge regardless of the quantity and number of similar links at the service delivery point)

Plus

• Charge for each Digital Voice Access link
  (Each link with a capacity of 2 Mbit/s or 30 64 kbit/s channels) $350.00

Plus

• Charge per 64 kbit/s channel ... as per charge for each individual service
  (A minimum charge of $34.00 per channel will apply. Customers are required to pay for a minimum of 10 channels)

Alteration and Reconfiguration Charges

All alteration charges to a Digital Voice Access which require a site visit will be based on the actual costs involved. They will include, for example, labour, materials and travelling time.

Other Charges

Temporary Lease

There is no temporary lease available with Digital Voice Access

Minimum Lease

The minimum lease period for Digital Voice Access is 6 months.

5.13.2 PBX Tieline Service

A dedicated link between two PBXs enabling rapid calling between extensions on both PBXs.

Installation Charges

Analogue Access

• Charge per end for a 4-wire Voice Band Access $420.00
• Charge per end for a 4-wire and E&M Access $420.00

Digital Voice Access

Charges for installation for Digital Voice Access are listed in section 5.13.1.

Signalling Conversion and Conditioning Equipment Charges

Where E&M signalling is required or special conditioning is needed to meet the customer’s requirements, extra signalling conversion and/or conditioning equipment may need to be installed in a customer’s premises. To meet the extra costs in providing this equipment in a customer’s premises there will be an additional installation charge based on actual costs involved. They will include, for example, labour, materials and travelling time.

Extended Area Installation Charges

In cases where additional electronic enhancement is required in the local access to provide the required service to the customer (typically for distances greater than 10 km), a capital contribution will be charged. The capital contribution will be negotiated between Telecom’s Regional Operating Companies and the customer.

Monthly Access Charges

• Charge per end for 4-wire Voice Band Access $80.00
• Charge per end for 4-wire and E&M Access $120.00
• Charge per end for Digital Voice Access (per channel) $34.00

Plus: Monthly charges for Digital Voice Access service delivery point (one per site) and Digital Voice Access link(s), (see section 5.13.1)

Monthly Transmission Prices

All PBX Tieline circuits incur a transmission charge which covers the costs of the link between the terminal centres to which the customer’s circuit ends connect.

The City Step transmission charge is applicable when a circuit is completely within the metropolitan borders of Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, and Christchurch. The Director of Sales in each ROC will determine what constitutes the metropolitan borders of each of these areas, but the intention is for a City Step to cover only what can be regarded as a continuous urban area. Circuits completely within the urban areas of other centres will usually be charged the Step A rate, but they may be determined as metropolitan by the local Director of Sales, subject to the agreement of the Telecom Pricing Manager.

Monthly Transmission Charges (per individual circuit)

Where channel associated signalling is used (in time slot 16), there are no additional transmission charges for transporting the signalling. Where the entire signalling channel has to be transported intact through the network for a common channel or proprietary signalling protocol (irrespective of the number of channels used) additional transmission charges for the appropriate step will apply.

Alteration and Configuration Prices

• External Removal charge per end for 4-wire Voice Band Access ... same as installation
• External Removal charge per end for 4-wire and E&M Access ... same as installation
• External Removal charge per channel to redirect PBX Tielines to existing Digital Voice Access ... same as