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


S.I. No. 309 of 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.