S.I. No. 322/1998 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme, 1998.

S.I. No. 322/1998 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme, 1998. 1998 322

S.I. No. 322/1998:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 6) SCHEME, 1998.

Bord Telecom Eireann 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. 6) Scheme, 1998.

2. (1) The collective citation "the Telecommunications Schemes, 1994 to 1998" includes this Scheme.

(2) Articles 4(a) and 4(b) shall come into operation on 1 October 1998.

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:

(a) the substitution of the following Article 89(A) for Article 89(A) thereof:

"89(A)(1) Bord Telecom Eireann plc may provide a facility (the "Facility") to Subscribers whereby Subscribers may receive a discount on the prevailing annual rental charges for leased lines as specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule (the "Annual Rental Charges") on committing to the payment of one of the levels of annual rental (each a "Committed Rental Level") specified in Part 3, Section 1 of the Second Schedule hereto for a period of 2, 3 or 4 years (each a "Rental Period"). Where a Subscriber wishes to avail of the Facility and chooses a Committed Rental Level and a Rental Period, Bord Telecom Eireann plc shall apply the corresponding percentage discount specified in Part 3, Section II of the Second Schedule to the Annual Rental Charges. Bord Telecom Eireann plc may, at its absolute discretion withdraw the Facility from all or any Subscribers."

(2) It shall be a condition of the application of the Facility that:

(a) the Subscriber shall pay the Committed Rental Level chosen by it for the Rental Period chosen by it;

(b) where the sum payable by the Subscriber in respect of the use of leased lines in any 12 month period during the Rental Period chosen by it, is less than the minimum threshold of the Committed Rental Level chosen by it, then the Subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Eireann plc the corresponding Minimum Annual Rental as set out in Part 3, Section III of the Second Schedule hereto. For the purposes of this Scheme a 12 month period shall be calculated from the commencement of the Rental Period and after the first year from the anniversary of the commencement of the Rental Period;

(c) in the event of a Subscriber failing to reach the Committed Rental Level chosen by it, in the Rental Period chosen by it, due to a price reduction by Bord Telecom Eireann plc then the Subscriber shall be entitled to negotiate a revised Committed Rental Level with Bord Telecom Eireann plc and shall be entitled to the appropriate discount based on the revised Committed Rental Level so negotiated without penalty for the remainder of the unexpired term of the Rental Period chosen by it;

(d) in the event that the Subscriber ceases to avail of the Facility prior to the expiry of the Rental Period chosen by it, the Subscriber shall be liable to pay to Bord Telecom Eireann plc a sum equivalent to 5% of the corresponding Minimum Rental Level calculated in accordance with Part 3, Section III of the Second Schedule hereto for the unexpired term of the Rental Period chosen by it;

(e) the Subscriber may increase but not decrease the Committed Rental Level chosen by it annually on the anniversary of the initial implementation of the Facility on the Subscriber's account. In the event of the Committed Rental Level being so increased, the Subscriber shall be entitled to the appropriate increased discount for the unexpired term of the Rental Period chosen by it;

(f) in the event of the Annual Rental Charges actually paid by the Subscriber in a Rental Period chosen by the Subscriber exceeding the upper threshold of the Committed Rental Level chosen by the Subscriber the discount shall only be calculated on the Committed Rental Level chosen by the Subscriber.

(b) the substitution of the following Second Schedule for the Second Schedule thereof:

SECOND SCHEDULE

LEASED LINES

Part 1

{Article 89}

WITHIN THE STATE

ANALOGUE⁽³⁾	ANNUAL RENTAL(£)				Connection Fee
	Per Local End	Main Link Access Charge⁽¹⁾	Main Link 1-30Km per Km⁽²⁾	Above 30Km per Km	Per Local End (£)
2 Wire Leased Line	240	286	58.6	4.5	140
M1020/M1040	350	286	58.6	4.5	300

Notes:

(1) Main Link Access Charge applies to all circuits where inter-exchange distance is greater than zero km.

(2) Distance is charged per kilometre for each Main-Link Kilometre or part thereof.

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

(4) All above amounts are annual rentals with the exception of connection fees which are once-off charges.

(5) Charges are exclusive of VAT.

WITHIN THE STATE

DIGITAL ⁽⁴⁾	ANNUAL RENTAL (£)					Connection Fee
Kbits	Per Local End⁽³⁾	Additional 100m Local Loop⁽³⁾	Main Link Access Charge ⁽¹⁾	Main Link 130 Km per Km⁽²⁾	Above 30Km per Km	Per Local End⁽⁵⁾(£)
64	608		286	58.6	4.5	930
128	937		574	70.1	8.3	1,100
192	1,162		859	80.9	12.5	1,400
256	1,162		1,146	92.1	16.3	1,400
320	1,162		1,432	103.2	20.5	1,400
384	1,162		1,719	114.1	24.1	1,400
448	1,162		2,006	125.4	28.5	1,400
512	1,209		2,293	137.1	32.6	1,400
576	2,800	280	2,579	147.7	36.4	2,500
640	2,800	280	2,865	158.9	40.4	2,500
704	2,800	280	3,152	170.1	44.4	2,500
768	2,800	280	3,439	181.1	48.4	2,500
832	2,800	280	3,725	192.3	52.4	2,500
896	2,800	280	4,012	203.4	56.4	2,500
960	2,800	280	4,298	214.6	60.4	2,500
1,024	2,800	280	4,585	225.7	64.4	2,500
1,088	2,800	280	4,621	229.9	66.0	2,500
1,152	2,800	280	4,657	234.2	67.7	2,500
1,216	2,800	280	4,692	238.4	69.3	2,500
1,280	2,800	280	4,728	242.6	71.0	2,500
1,344	2,800	280	4,764	246.8	72.6	2,500
1,408	2,800	280	4,800	251.1	74.3	2,500
1,472	2,800	280	4,835	255.3	75.9	2,500
1,536	2,800	280	4,871	259.5	77.6	2,500
1,600	2,800	280	4,907	263.7	79.2	2,500
1,664	2,800	280	4,943	268.0	80.8	2,500
1,728	2,800	280	4,978	272.2	82.5	2,500
1,792	2,800	280	5,014	276.4	84.1	2,500
1,856	2,800	280	5,050	280.6	85.8	2,500
1,920	2,800	280	5,086	284.9	87.4	2,500
1,984	2,800	280	5,121	289.1	89.1	2,500
2,048	2,800	280	5,157	293.3	90.7	2,500
34 Mbits	17,320	1,900	25,431	4,000	1,300	7,500

Notes:

(1) Main Link Access Charge applies to all circuits where inter-exchange distance is greater than zero km.

(2) Distance is charged per kilometre for each Main-Link Kilometre or part thereof.

(3) Distance based local end charge should be applied to circuits with bandwidth greater than 512 Kbits (e.g. 768 Kbits and 2 Mbits) where the local loop distance is in excess of 1.5Km. In the case of 34 Mbits, a distance based charge applies beyond 1Km.

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

(5) Connection fees for a second and subsequent local end provided at the same time for the same customer from the same address, is at half the standard rate of Connection Charge for that end of the circuit only. This applies to Digital Circuits only.

(6) All above amounts are annual rentals with the exception of connection fees which are once-off charges.

(7) Charges are exclusive of VAT.

ANALOGUE INTERNATIONAL
Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)
	4 Wire Leased lines/M1020/M1040
	1 Year Contract⁽¹⁾	Variable Contract (pm)⁽²⁾)
ZONE 1	£6,000;	£600;
ZONE 2	£11,050;	£1,105;
ZONE 3	£12,500;	£1,250;
ZONE 4	£16,800;	£1,680;
Connection Fee	£300;	£300;

Notes

1 Charges are based on a minimum commitment of one year.

2 Charges are based on a minimum commitment of three months.

3 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, Finland, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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

DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL
Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)
ZONE	Bandwidth kBit/s	Connection Fee	Annual Rental(1)	Variable Monthly⁽²⁾
ZONE 1	64	£930	£6,000	£600
	128	£1,100	£11,250	£1,125
	192	£1,400	£16,875	£1,687.50
	256	£1,400	£21,750	£2,175
	320	£1,400	£25,875	£2,587.50
	384	£1,400	£30,000	£3,000
	448	£1,400	£33,750	£3,375
	512	£1,400	£37,500	£3,750
	576	£2,500	£39,000	£3,900
	640	£2,500	£40,125	£4,012.50
	704	£2,500	£41,438	£4,143.80
	768	£2,500	£42,750	£4,275
	1,104	£2,500	£52,000	£5,200
	1,536	£2,500	£59,200	£5,920
	1,544	£2,500	£59,200	£5,920
	1,920	£2,500	£64,000	£6,400
	1,984	£2,500	£64,000	£6,400
	2,048	£2,500	£64,000	£6,400
	34Mb	£50,000	£650,000	£65,000
ZONE 2	64	£930	£11,050	£1,105
	128	£1,100	£20,400	£2,040
	192	£1,400	£30,600	£3,060
	256	£1,400	£39,100	£3,910
	320	£1,400	£43,350	£4,335
	384	£1,400	£47,600	£4,760
	448	£1,400	£55,250	£5,525
	512	£1,400;	£62,900;	£6,290
	576	£2,500;	£70,550	£7,055
	640	£2,500	£78,200;	£7,820
	704	£2,500;	£85,000;	£8,500
	768	£2,500;	£88,400;	£8,840;
	1,024	£2,500;	£94,350;	£9,435;
	1,536	£2,500;	£136,000;	£13,600;
	1,544	£2,500;	£136,000;	£13,600;
	1,920;	£2,500;	£157,250;	£15,725;
	1,984	£2,500;	£157,250;	£15,725;
	2,048	£2,500;	£157,250;	£15,725

ZONE	Bandwidth kBit/s	Connection Fee	Annual Rental⁽¹⁾	Variable Monthly⁽²⁾
ZONE 3	64	£930	£12,500	£1,250
	128	£1,100	£23,800	£2,380
	192	£1,400	£33,575	£3,357.50
	256	£1,400	£43,690	£4,369
	320	£1,400	£51,170	£5,117
	384	£1,400	£58,650	£5,865
	448	£1,400	£66,725	£6,672.50
	512	£1,400	£74,800	£7,480
	576	£2,500	£82,450	£8,245
	640	£2,500	£90,100	£9,010
	704	£2,500	£99,450	£9,945
	768	£2,500	£108,800	£10,880
	1,024	£2,500	£121,550	£12,155
	1,536	£2,500	£170,000	£17,000
	1,544	£2,500	£170,000	£17,000
	1,920	£2,500	£187,850	£18,785
	1,984	£2,500	£187,850	£18,785
	2,048	£2,500	£187,850	£18,785
ZONE 4	64	£930	£16,800	£1,680
	128	£1,100	£31,500	£3,150
	192	£1,400	£37,800	£3,780
	256	£1,400	£44,100	£4,410
	320	£1,400	£50,050	£5,005
	384	£1,400	£56,000	£5,600
	448	£1,400	£57,050	£5,705
	512	£1,400	£58,100	£5,810
	576	£2,500	£59,500	£5,950
	640	£2,500	£60,900	£6,090
	704	£2,500	£61,950	£6,195
	768	£2,500	£63,000	£6,300
	1,024	£2,500	£80,500	£8,050
	1,536	£2,500	£120,400	£12,040
	1,544	£2,500	£120,400	£12,040
	1,920	£2,500	£154,000	£15,400
	1,984	£2,500	£154,000	£15,400
	2,048	£2,500	£154,000	£15,400

ZONE	Bandwidth kBits/s	Connection Fee	Annual Rental⁽¹⁾	Variable Monthly⁽²⁾
ZONE 5	64	£930	£30,600	£3,060
	128	£1,100	£51,000	£5,100
	192	£1,400	£76,500	£7,650
	256	£1,400	£89,250	£8,925
	320	£1,400	£108,375	£10,837.50
	384	£1,400	£127,500	£12,750
	448	£1,400	£138,125	£13,812.50
	512	£1,400	£148,750	£14,875
	576	£2,500	£157,250	£15,725
	640	£2,500	£164,050	£16,405
	704	£2,500	£171,700	£17,170
	768	£2,500	£178,500	£17,850
	1,024	£2,500	£212,500	£21,250
	1,536	£2,500	£272,000	£27,200
	1,544	£2,500	£272,00	£27,200
	1,920	£2,500	£340,000	£34,000
	1,984	£2,500	£340,000	£34,000
	2,048	£2,500	£340,000	£34,000

Notes

1 Charges are based on a minimum commitment of one year.

2 Charges are based on a minimum commitment of three months.

3 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

PART 2

	TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS⁽¹⁾
Leased Line Type	Interface Specification	Performance Specification	Typical Delivery Period (Days) (10),(12)	Typical Repair Time (Hours) (11),(12)
1. Ordinary Quality Voice (2),(3) Bandwidth	2 or 4 wire Analogue (4)	ITU.T M.1040	36	24.99
2. Special Quality Voice (2),(3) Bandwidth	2 or 4 wire Analogue (4)	ITU.T M.1020 (5)	42	21.78
3. From 64 kBit/s Digital to (2),(3),(6) 1984 kBit/s Digital	X21 bis	ITU.T G.821	42	5.28
4. 2048 kBit/s Digital (2),(3),(7) Unstructured	ITU.T G.703	ITU.T G.821	48	15.47
5. 2048 kBit/s Digital (2),(3) Structured	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 plc 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 Telecom Éireann plc 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 (CTR14).

(7) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these lines are described in CTR12.

(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, in 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 plc 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 plc to deliver or repair leased lines within such periods or times.

PART 3

Section I

COMMITTED RENTAL LEVELS

	TYPE OF CIRCUIT
COMMITTED RENTAL LEVEL	ANALOGUE	DIGITAL	TELEPHONY
LEVEL 1	£100k - £199k	£50k - £99k	£400k - £499k
LEVEL 2	£200k - £299k	£100k - £199k	£500k - £599k
LEVEL 3	£300k - £399k	£200k - £299k	£600k - £699k
LEVEL 4	£400k - £499k	£300k - £399k	£700k - £799k
LEVEL 5	£500k - £749k	£400k - £749k	£800k - £899k
LEVEL 6	£750k - £999k	£750k - £999k	£900k - £999k
LEVEL 7	£1,000k - £1,999k	£1,000k - £1,999k	£1,000k - £1,999k
LEVEL 8	£2,000k - £2,999k	£2,000k - £2,999k	£2,000k - £2,999k
LEVEL 9	£3,000k - £3,999k	£3,000k - £3,999k	£3,000k - £3,999k
LEVEL 10	£4,000k - £4,999k	£4,000k - £4,999k	£4,000k - £4,999k
LEVEL 11	£5,000k	£5,000k	£5,000k

Section II

DISCOUNT BASED ON RENTAL PERIODS

	2 YEAR	3 YEAR	4 YEAR
LEVEL 1	3.0%	4.0%	6.0%
LEVEL 2	3.5%	4.5%	6.5%
LEVEL 3	4.0%	5.0%	7.0%
LEVEL 4	4.5%	5.5%	7.5%
LEVEL 5	5.0%	6.0%	8.0%
LEVEL 6	5.5%	6.5%	8.5%
LEVEL 7	6.0%	7.0%	9.0%
LEVEL 8	7.0%	8.0%	10.0%
LEVEL 9	8.0%	9.0%	11.0%
LEVEL 10	9.0%	10.0%	12.0%
LEVEL 11	10.0%	11.0%	13.0%

Section III

MINIMUM RENTAL LEVELS

	2 Year Term			3 Year Term			4 Year Term
	Analogue	Digital	Telephony Quality Circuits	Analogue	Digital	Telephony Quality Circuits	Analogue	Digital	Telephony Quality Circuits
Level 1	£97,000	£48,500	£388,000	£96,500	£48,250	£386,000	£94,000	£47,000	£376,000
Level 2	£193,000	£96,500	£482,500	£191,000	£95,000	£477,500	£187,000	£93,500	£467,500
Level 3	£288,000	£192,000	£576,000	£285,000	£190,000	£570,000	£279,000	£186,000	£558,000
Level 4	£382,000	£286,500	£668,500	£378,000	£283,500	£661,500	£370,000	£277,500	£647,500
Level 5	£475,000	£380,000	£760,000	£470,000	£376,000	£752,000	£460,000	£368,000	£736,000
Level 6	£708,750	£708,750	£850,500	£701,250	£701,250	£841,500	£686,250	£686,250	£823,500
Level 7	£940,000	£940,000	£940,000	£930,000	£930,000	£930,000	£910,000	£910,000	£910,000
Level 8	£1,860,000	£1,860,000	£1,860,000	£1,840,000	£1,840,000	£1,840,000	£1,800,000	£1,800,000	£1,800,000
Level 9	£2,760,000	£2,760,000	£2,760,000	£2,730,000	£2,730,000	£2,670,000	£2,670,000	£2,670,000	£2,670,000
Level 10	£3,640,000	£3,640,000	£3,640,000	£3,600,000	£3,600,000	£3,600,000	£3,520,000	£3,520,000	£3,520,000
Level 11	£4,500,000	£4,500,000	£4,500,000	£4,450,000	£4,450,000	£4,450,000	£4,350,000	£4,350,000	£4,350,000

PRESENT when the Common Seal of BORD TELECOM EIREANN PLC was affixed thereto this 8 day of September 1998.

Director

Martin Geffrey

Telecom Eireann

St Stephen's Green

Dublin 2

Director

Approved for Sealing

Dr. E. G. Hall

Solicitor

The purpose of this Scheme is to effect certain modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 ( S.I. No. 177 of 1994 )

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