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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 157

5.3 International Digital Voice Service

International Digital Voice Service is a toll quality service available to Australia. It provides a half-circuit which meets CCITT recommendation M.1040. As a voice service it is unsuitable for data transmission and Telecom is unable to give any undertaking to support the transmission of data on this service.

Note:
A half-circuit means a leased circuit which is established between the customer’s Service Delivery Point or Points within New Zealand and a point of electrical interface with transmission facilities under the jurisdiction of an overseas telecommunications organisation.

Installation Charges

• Charge for new connection or installation per circuit............................................ $1600.00

Note:
The installation charge will be waived where the customer enters into a one year or longer-term contract.

Monthly Lease Charges

• Charge per month for service based on one month minimum contract period...... $3910.00

Charges for International Digital Voice Service for Longer Term Contracts.

Price concessions are available for longer-term contracts. Customers should enquire at their local Telecom office, or with their Telecom National Account Manager for the applicable rates.

Additional Charges

There are six International Service Access Points which are located within the Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) local calling areas. Provided the customer’s Service Delivery Point lies within any one of the above-mentioned local calling areas, the monthly lease charge listed here includes the price of a local access circuit (either 2-wire or 4-wire) from the customer’s Service Delivery Point to the nearest International Service Access Point. Customers who require more than one local access circuit or who require service to be delivered to points outside of the six local calling areas will be charged standard Voice-Circuit access and transmission charges for these circuits, (see section 5.3).

5.4 Lightstream Enhanced (Digital Data Fibre-Optic Cable Circuits to Australia)

Lightstream Enhanced, supplied jointly by Telstra Australia and Telecom, is a digital fibre-optic cable service to Australia which is provided under Telecom’s terms and conditions for Lightstream Enhanced and as additionally specified in the Service Level Guarantee (SLG) for Lightstream Enhanced. Lightstream Enhanced is designed for full-duplex operation and may be leased either as an end-to-end circuit between New Zealand and Australia or as a half circuit only. "End-to end" includes all facilities and transmission elements from the Service Delivery Point at one end of the circuit to the Service Delivery Point at the other end. A half-circuit means a leased circuit which is established between the customer’s Service Delivery Point or Points within New Zealand and a point of interface with transmission facilities under Telstra’s jurisdiction.

There are six International Service Access Points in New Zealand which are located within the Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin "City Step" tariff zones for Telecom’s Digital Data Service (DDS) (see section 5.12.3). The International Service Access Points in Australia are located within the following tariff zones for Telstra’s Digital Data Network (DDN) service : the "Primary Area" tariff zone of any Capital City or the "Secondary Area" tariff zone of Canberra. Provided the customer’s Service Delivery Point lies within the above-mentioned tariff zones, the charges listed here include the price of a single local access circuit from the customer’s Service Delivery Point to the nearest International Service Access Point. Customers who require service to be delivered to points outside of