S.I. No. 485/1997 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 8) Scheme. 1997

Bord Telecom Éireann 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. 8) Scheme, 1997.

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

(2) Articles 4 and 5 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 October 1997.

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 addition of the following Article 89(A) after Article 89 thereof:

"89(A)(1) Bord Telecom Éireann pie may provide a facility (the "Facility") to Subscribers whereby Subscribers may receive a discount on the prevailing annual rental charges for leased lines used within Ireland as specified in Part I 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 Éireann pie shall apply the corresponding percentage discount specified in Part 3, Section II of the Second Schedule to the Annual Rental Charges. Bord Telecom Éireann 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 within Ireland in any three month period during the Rental Period chosen by it is less than one quarter of the Committed Rental Level chosen by it then the Subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Éireann pie one quarter of the corresponding sum as set out in Part 3, Section III of the Second Schedule hereto;

( 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 change by Bord Telecom Éireann pie then the Subscriber shall be entitled to choose a revised Committed Rental Level and shall be entitled to the appropriate discount based on the revised Committed Rental Level without penalty for the remainder of the Rental Period chosen by it;

( d ) in the event the Subscriber wishes to cease 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 Éireann pie 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 each remaining year of Rental Period chosen by it;

( e ) the Subscriber may increase 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 portion 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 Committed Rental chosen by the Subscriber the discount shall only be calculated on the Committed Rental Level chosen by the Subscriber.

5. 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 thereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE

LEASED LINES

Part I

{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 1—30Km per Km		£82				£99
Above 30Km per Km		£14				£16
Connection Fee per Local End		£140				£300

DIGITAL
	64K		128K	256K	384K		512k	1Mb	2Mb
Annual Rental per Local End	£608		£1,080	£2,313	£2,313		£2,313	£3,800⁽³⁾	£3,800⁽³⁾
Main Link Access Charge ₍₂₎	£316		£633	£1,265	£1,897		£2,530	£5,060	£5,691
Main Link 1—30Km per Km	£117		£140	£184	£228		£274	£451	£586
Above 30Km 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 teased 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/M10201/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	Bandwidth KBIT/S	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
	1Mb	£5,000	£65,000
	1.5Mb	£5,000	£74,000
	2Mb	£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.

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.TG.821	42	5.28
4. 2048 kBit/s Digital (2), (3), (7) Unstructured	ITU.T G.703	ITU.TG.821	48	15.47
5. 2048 kBit/s Digital (2), (3) Structured	ITU.TG.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	>£1,000k	>£1,000k

Section II

DISCOUNT BASED ON RENTAL PERIODS

	2 YEAR	3 YEAR	4 YEAR
LEVEL 1	3.0%	4.0%	6.0%
LEVEL 2	5.0%	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%

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	£95,500	£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

PRESENT when the Common Seal

of BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN PLC

was affixed thereto this 5 day

of December 1997.

Ronald Bolger

Director.

Mari Hurley

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

Approved for Sealing Dr. E. G. Hall Solicitor