S.I. No. 309/1997 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme, 1997

S.I. No. 309/1997 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme, 1997 1997 309

S.I. No. 309/1997:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) SCHEME, 1997

BORD TELECOM plc, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 90 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983) hereby makes the following Scheme:

1. This Scheme may be cited as the Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 4) Scheme, 1997.

2. (1) The collective citation "the Telecommunications Schemes, 1994 to 1997" includes this Scheme.

(2) Article 4 shall be deemed to come into operation on 2 July 1977.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this scheme.

4. The Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 ( S.I. No. 177 of 1994 ) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following Second Schedule for the Second Schedule thereof.

SECOND SCHEDULE

LEASED LINES

(Article 89)

WITHIN THE STATE

ANALOGUE

	2 Wire Leased Line⁽¹⁾	M1020/M1040
	£	£
Annual Rental per Local End	240	350
Main Link Access Charge⁽²⁾	316	316
Main Link 130 Km per KM	82	99
Above 30 Km per Km	14	16
Connection Fee per Local End	140	300

DIGITAL

	64K	128K	256K	384K	512K	1 Mb	2 Mb
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Annual Rental per Local End	608	1,080	2,313	2,313	2,313	3,800⁽³⁾	3,800⁽³⁾
Main Link Access Charge	316	633	1,265	1,897	2,530	5,060	5,691
Main Link 1.30 Km per Km	117	140	184	228	274	451	586
Above 30 Km per Km	6.30	11.70	23	34	46	91	128
Connection Fee per Local End	930	1,660	1,660	1,660	1,660	5,000	5.000

Notes:

⁽¹⁾ Includes leased lines hitherto referred to as Tie Lines, External Extensions, 50200 baud and telephony quality leased lines.

⁽²⁾ Main Link Access charge applies where the inter exchange distance is greater than zero km.

⁽³⁾ For leased lines greater than 512 Kbits the local ends are charged at a minimum of 1km and in 100 metre steps thereafter.

⁽⁴⁾ All services are not necessarily supplied in all areas.

ANALOGUE INTERNATIONAL

Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)

	4 Wire Leased lines/M1020/M1040
1 Year Contract	Variable Contract (pm)
	£	£
ZONE 1	7,000	N/A
ZONE 2	13,000	1,300
ZONE 3	13,000	1,300
ZONE 4	22,500	2,250
Connection Fee	300	300

The countries covered by the International Analogue Leased Lines Zones are as follows:

Zone 1: U.K./Northern Ireland.

Zone 2: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands.

Zone 3: Austria, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Zone 4: U.S.A. and Canada.

DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL

Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)

ZONE 1	KBS	Connection Fee	Annual Rental
		£	£
	64	930	8,000
	128	1,660	15,000
	256	1,660	29,000
	384	1,660	40,000
	512	1,660	50,000
	768	5,000	57,000
	1 Mb	5,000	65,000
	1.5 Mb	5,000	74,000
	2 Mb	5,000	80,000

Annual Rental

Bandwidth KBIT/S	Connection Fee	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	Variable Monthly
	£	£	£	£	£
ZONE 2
64	930	13,000	12,500	12,000	1,300
128	1,660	24,000	23,000	22,000	2,400
192	1,660	36,050	34,000	32,000	3,600
256	1,660	46,000	44,000	42,000	4,600
384	1,660	56,000	53,000	50,000	5,600
512	1,660	74,000	70,000	67,000	7,400
768	5,000	104,000	99,000	94,000	10,400
1,024	5,000	111,000	105,000	100,000	11,100
1,536	5,000	160.000	152,000	144,000	16,000
2,048	5,000	185,000	176,000	167,000	18,500
ZONE 3
64	930	14,700	14,000	13,000	1,470
128	1,660	28,000	27,000	25,000	2,800
192	1,660	39,550	38,000	36,000	3,950
256	1,660	51,450	49,000	46,000	5,140
384	1,660	69,000	66,000	62,000	6,900
512	1,660	88,000	84,000	79,000	8,800
768	5,000	128,000	122,000	116,000	12,800
1,024	5,000	143,000	136,000	129,000	14,300
1,536	5,000	200,000	190,000	180,000	20,000
2,048	5,000	221,000	210,000	199,000	22,100
Zone 4
64	930	24,000	23,000	22,000	2,400
128	1,660	45,000	43,000	41,000	4,500
192	1,660	54,000	53,000	50,000	5,400
256	1,660	63,000	60,000	57,000	6,300
384	1,660	80,000	76,000	72,000	8,000
512	1,660	83,000	79,000	75,000	8,300
768	5,000	90,000	86,000	81,000	9,000
1,024	5,000	115,000	109,000	104,000	11,500
1,536	5,000	172,000	163,000	155,000	17,200
2.048	5,000	220,000	209,000	198,000	22,000
Zone 5
64	930	36,000	34,000	32,000	3,600
128	1,660	60,000	57,000	54,000	6,000
192	1,660	90,000	86,000	81,000	9,000
256	1,660	105,000	100,000	95,000	10,500
384	1,660	150,000	140,000	135,000	15,000
512	1,660	175,000	166,000	158,000	17,500
768	5,000	210,000	200,000	189,000	21,000
1,024	5,000	250,000	238,000	225,000	25,000
1,536	5,000	320,000	304,000	288,000	32,000
2,048	5,000	400,000	380,000	360,000	40,000

The countries covered by the International Digital Leased Circuit Zones are as follows:

Zone 1: U.K./Northern Ireland.

Zone 2: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands.

Zone 3: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Zone 4: U.S.A. and Canada.

Zone 5: Rest of the World.

	TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS⁽¹⁾
Leased Line Type	Interface Specification	Performance Specification	Typical Delivery Period (Day) ^(10),(12)	Typical Repair Time (Hours^)(11),(12)
1. Ordinary Quality Voice Bandwidth^(2),(3)	2 or 4 wire Analogue⁽⁴⁾	ITU.T M.1040	36	24.99
2. Special Quality Voice Bandwidth^(2),(3)	2 or 4 wire Analogue⁽⁴⁾	ITU.T M.1020⁽⁵⁾	42	21.78
3. From 64 kBit/s Digital to 1984 kBit/s Digital^(2),(3)(6)	X21 bis	ITU.T G.821	42	5.28
4. 2048 kBit/s Digital Unstructured^(2),(3)(7)	ITU.T G.703	ITU.T G.821	48	15.47
5. 2048 kBit/s Digital Structured^(2),(3)	ITU.T G.703 and G.704 (excluding Section 5)⁽⁸⁾	ITU.T G.821⁽⁹⁾	N/A	N/A

⁽¹⁾ The ITU.T recommendations referenced refer to the 1988 version. ETSI has been requested to carry out further work on standards for leased lines.

⁽²⁾ Minimum contract period is one year (shorter term contracts may be provided for international circuits).

⁽³⁾ Leased Lines may be ordered from Bord Telecom Éireann pie public offices details of which are to be found in the telephone directory.

⁽⁴⁾ M.1020 and M.1040 circuits are provided as 4 wire circuits.

⁽⁵⁾ The special quality voice circuit provided by Bord Éireann pie is supplied to M.1020 specifications.

⁽⁶⁾ The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 14 (CTR 14).

⁽⁷⁾ The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these lines are described in CTR 12.

⁽⁸⁾ With cyclic redundancy checking in accordance with ITU.T G .706.

⁽⁹⁾ In service monitoring can facilitate improved maintenance by Bord Telecom Éireann plc.

⁽¹⁰⁾ This refers to the period counted from the date when the customer has made a firm request for a leased line, which 80% of all leased lines of the same type have been put through to the customer.

⁽¹¹⁾ This refers to the time duration (in hours) within which 80% of leased lines of the same type are repaired. The time duration starts when a failure message is given to the appropriate unit in Bord Telecom Éireann pie and finishes when the line is re-established and in appropriate cases notified back to the user.

⁽¹²⁾ The description, above of the Typical Delivery Period and Typical Repair Time does not constitute a legally binding commitment on the part of Bord Telecom Éireann pie to deliver or repair leased lines within such periods or times.

PRESENT when the Common Seal of Bord Telecom Éireann pie was affixed thereto this 9th day of July, 1997.

A. KANE,

Director.

James G. Ryan,

Company Secretary,

Telecom Éireann pie,

St. Stephen's Green West,

Dublin 2.

RONALD BOLGER,

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Scheme is to effect certain modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994.

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