NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 12

SECTION 5 - NATIONAL LEASED CIRCUIT SERVICES

5.1 TELEGRAPH CIRCUITS (T1, T2, T3)

5.1.1 Monthly Access Charges

• Charge per end of circuit for T-type Circuits... $40.00

5.2 DIGITAL DATA SERVICE (DDS)

5.2.1 Monthly Transmission Charges

The City Step transmission charge is applicable when a circuit is completely within the metropolitan borders of Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The Director of Marketing 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 Marketing, subject to the agreement of the Telecom Pricing Manager.

5.3 WIDEBAND DIGITAL DATA SERVICE (also Known as Nx64 Kbit/s)

5.3.1 Monthly Access Charges

Standard Access

Access charges for Wideband DDS are composed of three charges. The monthly access charge is not based on the length of the access circuit.

• Charge for Wideband DDS service delivery point at a customer’s premises... $500.00
  (This is a fixed charge regardless of the quantity and number of similar links at the service delivery point)
  Plus
• Charge for each Wideband DDS... $530.00
  (Each link with a capacity of 2Mbit/s or 30 64Kbit/s links)
  Plus
• Charge per 64kbit/s... $34.00
  (a minimum charge as for 10 64kbit/s circuits per service delivery point will apply)

5.3.2 Monthly Transmission Charges

The City Step transmission charge is applicable when a circuit is completely within the metropolitan borders of Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The Director of Marketing 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 Marketing, subject to the agreement of the Telecom Corporate Pricing Manager.

5.4 MEGALINK SERVICE

• For installing access circuits further than 2 km from the local exchange, there will be an additional charge to the customer. This charge will be determined by the local Telecom Regional Operating Company and will be based on the costs of providing the link. They will include, for example, labour, materials and travelling time.

5.4.1 Monthly Transmission Charges

The City Step transmission charge is applicable when a circuit is completely within the metropolitan borders of Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The Director of Marketing 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 Marketing, subject to the agreement of the Telecom Pricing Manager.

5.5 METROPOLITAN DIGITAL DATA SERVICE

The Metropolitan Digital Data Service is a digital transmission service based on the standard DDS service. It is currently available only in the local calling areas of Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.