S.I. No. 315/1995 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme, 1995.

S.I. No. 315 of 1995.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 5) SCHEME, 1995.

Bord Telecom Éireann, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 90 of the Postal and Telecommunications Service Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983) hereby makes the following Scheme:

1. This Scheme may be cited as the Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme, 1995

2. (1) The collective citation "the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 and 1995" includes this Scheme.

(2) Article 4 (e) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 14 June 1995.

(3) Article 4 (q) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 September 1995.

(4) Article 4 (a), 4 (b), 4 (c), 4 (d), 4 (h), 4 (j), 4 (k), 4 (m), 4 (n), 4 (o), and 4 (t) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 3 October 1995.

(5) Article 4 (g) and 4 (p) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 November 1995.

(6) Article 4 (f), 4 (i), 4 (r) and 4 (s) shall come into operation on 1 December 1995.

(7) Article 4 (l) and 4 (u) shall come into operation on 1 February 1996.

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 insertion of the following, after the definition of "1850 call" In Article 5 (1) thereof:

"'1890 call' means a telephone call which is made by a telephone subscriber or caller, in which the connection of the call is effected by automatic switching, which call is connected to the telephone exchange line of a telephone subscriber identifiable by an 1890 number allocated by Bord Telecom Éireann and which call is in part charged to and payable by the telephone subscriber identified by the 1890 number and in part charged to and payable by the telephone subscriber or caller who makes the call;";

(b) the insertion of the following, after definition of "Local call" In Article 5 (1) thereof:

"mailbox" means an electronic medium for storing telephonic messages;";

"'Premium Rate Telephone Service' means a telephone service in respect of which part of the telephone charge paid or payable by a telephone subscriber or caller in respect of the call is passed by Bord Telecom Éireann or another telecommunications network operator, directly or indirectly, to an individual, organisation or company which is participating in the provision of the service;";

(d) the insertion of the following, after the definition of "reverse charge call" In article 5 (1) thereof:

"'Service Provider' means a person, other than Bord Telecom Éireann, which participates with Bord Telecom Éireann (or with another telecommunications network operator within or outside the State) in the provision of a Premium Rate Telephone Service;";

(e) the addition of the following Article after Article 19 thereof:

"19A (1) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as a "B Trunk Volume Discount" facility) to telephone subscribers generally or to such groups of telephone subscribers as it shall determine whereby a telephone subscriber may, on payment of a monthly subscription, receive a discount on its "Eligible B Trunk Calls" on a single telephone account. The B Trunk Volume Discount shall be calculated as set out in Part 4 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme. Bord Telecom Éireann may at its absolute discretion withdraw the B Trunk Volume Discount facility from all or any subscribers.

(2) For the purpose of this Scheme "Eligible B Trunk Calls" shall mean subscriber dialled calls (excluding Chargecard calls, Eirpac calls, calls made to Eircell equipment and unrestricted 64K calls made by use of the Integrated Service Digital Network Facility) made between exchanges in the State and from exchanges in the State to exchanges in Northern Ireland where the distance between Group Centres of exchanges concerned exceeds 56kms.

(3) It shall be a condition of the application of the B Trunk Volume Discount facility that:

(i) the subscriber pays the monthly subscription charge set out in Part 4 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule hereto:

(ii) Eligible B Trunk Calls shall be made only from a single premises occupied by the subscriber; and

(iii) Eligible B Trunk Calls shall be made only by the subscriber or by employees of the subscriber.";

(4) Total Volume Discounts or International Volume Discounts will be applied to the Subscriber's account after the 'B' Trunk Discount has been allowed.

(f) the insertion of the following Article after Article 19A thereof:

"19B (1) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as "International Term Discount" facility) to telephone subscribers generally or to such groups of telephone subscribers as it shall determine whereby a telephone subscriber may, on payment of a monthly subscription, receive a discount on its "Eligible International Calls" on a single telephone account. The International Term Discount shall be calculated as set out in Part 5 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule of this Scheme. Bord Telecom Éireann may at its absolute discretion withdraw the International Term Volume Discount facility from all or any subscribers.

(2) For the purpose of this Scheme "Eligible International Calls" shall mean subscriber dialled calls made from a telephone exchange line rented by the subscriber to telephones outside the State (excluding Northern Ireland) but excluding subscriber dialled calls made by use of the International Virtual Private Network facility and also excluding Chargecard calls, Eirpac calls, Eircell calls, unrestricted 64 Kb calls made by use of the Integrated Services Digital Network facility and calls made to Premium Rate Telephone Services.

(3) It shall be a condition of the application of the International Term Discount that:

(i) accounts to which the International Term Discount applies must be discharged in full within 14 days or by means of a direct debit mandate approved by Bord Telecom Éireann; and

(ii) Eligible International Calls shall be made only from a single premises, occupied by the subscriber; and

(iii) Eligible International Calls shall be made by the subscriber or by employees of the subscriber.";

(4) Total Volume Discounts or International Volume Discounts will be applied to the Subscriber's account after the "International Term" Discount has been allowed.

(g) the insertion of the following Article after Article 20A thereof:

"20B (1) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as "National 18XX Discount" facility) to telephone subscribers generally or to such groups of telephone subscribers as it shall determine whereby a telephone subscriber may, on payment of a monthly subscription, receive a discount on its "Eligible National 18XX Calls" on a single telephone account. The national 18XX Discount shall be calculated as set out in Part 6 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme. Bord Telecom Éireann may at its absolute discretion withdraw the National 18XX Discount facility from all or any subscribers.

(2) For the purpose of this Scheme "Eligible National 18XX Calls" shall mean Freefone 1800 calls, 1850 calls and 1890 calls.

(3) It shall be a condition of the application of the National 18XX Discount that:

(i) accounts to which the National 18XX Discount applies must be discharged in full within 14 days or by means of direct debit mandate approved by Bord Telecom Éireann; and

(ii) the subscriber pays the monthly subscription charge set out in Part 6 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule hereto; and

(iii) Eligible National 18XX Calls shall be made only to a premises occupied by the subscriber; and

(iv) Eligible National 18XX Calls shall be intended for and be answered by the subscriber or employees of the subscriber only.";

(h) the insertion of the following Article 62 therein;

"There shall be charged to and payable for subscriber dialled calls to Premium Rate Telephone Services the appropriate charge specified in Section X of Part 6 of the First Schedule hereto.";

(i) the revocation of Article 63 (12) therein;

(j) the addition of the following paragraph (16) to Article 63 thereof:

"(16) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as the "Call Answering facility") to telephone subscribers generally or to such groups of telephone subscribers as it shall determine whereby incoming telephone calls to a telephone exchange line are diverted to a mailbox if the telephone call is not answered or the telephone exchange line is busy.

There shall be charged to the telephone subscriber and paid by him in respect of the Call Answering facility the charges specified in Section 1 of Part 6. of the First Schedule to this Scheme.";

(k) the addition of the following paragraph (17) to Article 63 thereof:

"63 (17) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as "Premium Rate Telephone Service" facility) whereby subscribers may make calls to Premium Rate Telephone Services provided by Service Providers. There shall be charged to and payable by the Service Provider in respect of the Premium Rate Telephone Service facility the appropriate charges specified in Section X of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme.";

(l) the substitution of the following Part 1 of the First Schedule for Part 1 of the First Schedule thereto:

FIRST SCHEDULE

TELEPHONE SERVICE

PART 1

(Article 55)

Installation, Removal and Rental

Category	Installation Charges	Monthly Subscription	Removal and other Charges
	£	£	£
Exchange Lines
Business, Residence Auxiliary	120.00 100.00	10.00 10.00
Exchange line reconnected when linework is completely in situ 6 months or less after ceasing	30.00
Installation transfer			15.00
Temporary Exchange Line
At regular venues (see authorised list available for the time being at such places as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time determine)	60.00	10.00
At all other venues	130.00	10.00
Change of Telephone Number			16.00
Removals
Exchange lines Installation transferred Where line or line and instrument are in situ			100.00 15.00 30.00
Extensions
External (Rented) — (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)
Within 200 metres Over 200 metres Additional 200 metres up to 800 metres Additional 200 metres over 800 metres	42.00 120.00	1.86 1.11 1.39

Category	Installation Charges	Monthly Subscription	Removal and other Charges
	£	£	£
Second and subsequent external extensions provided to the same building for the same subscriber at the same time:
up to 200 metres	26.00
over 200 metres	100.00
Internal — (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)
In parallel where switchboard is involved with intercommunicating facilities	16.00	1.94

Category	Connection Charge	Monthly Subscription
	£	£
Telephone Instruments
Standard Telephone Instrument
(Shannon, Harmony, Oisin, Aisling, Aisling 10, Boyne, Harmony Hard of Hearing (Standard), Contempra)
When fitted as standard with telephone line	Nil	1.10
Feature rented Telephone Instrument
Classic 22	Nil	3.00
Euroset	Nil	1.99
Phoenix	Nil	3.75
Corrib	Nil	1.30
Harmony Hard of Hearing (Premium)	Nil	1.84
(When fitted with telephone line at customer request)
Change of Instrument	16.00	As per monthly subscription shown above
(At customer request)
Private Payphones
Lake Table Top 200		18.00
Lake Wall Mounted 400		20.00
Lake Wall Mounted 400		23.00
(with security belt)
Payphone 50 (Table)		10.00
Payphone 50 (Wall)		12.00
Payphone 20 (Table)		7.50
Payphone 20 (Wall)		8.50
Payphone 20 (Swivel)		8.00

Category	Installation Charges	Monthly Subscription	Removal and other Charges
	£	£	£
Other fixtures and accessories
Acoustic Hood	16.00	1.84
Ampliphone	16.00	0.74
Extension Bells
Indoor type	16.00	0.28
Outdoor type	16.00	0.55
Internal and external Removals (all types)			16.00
Hooter	16.00	2.59
Key & Lamp Units per unit	Cost of work	3.33	Cost of Work
Lamp Signalling Equipment	16.00	1.20	Cost of Work
Meter, Subscriber's (private)	16.00	2.19
Bedlam Tonecaller
(Requires installation of an extension)	as per extension	1.50
		(+ subscription if using an external extension)
Push Button Instruments
Per additional instrument	16.00	1.10
Rotary Dial Instrument (In addition to main instrument) per instrument	16.00	1.10
Socket No. 1M (Master)
(a) When fitted on a new installation	Nil	Nil
(b) When converting an installation to new type equipment	16.00	Nil
Socket No. 1S (Slave)
For use as extension or Plug and Socket arrangement per socket	16.00	0.26
Interlink 1+4 (with 1st extension)	16.00	6.00
Secretarial Plinths
In conjunction with intercommunicating internal extensions	16.00	1.94
Secretarial System 2/6/2 (existing installations only)		9.16 Per Set

Switches as connecting apparatus	16.00	0.28
Watch Receivers		0.22
Alterations, Fitments, Replacements
Change of instrument from wall to table type or vice versa			16.00
Connection of burglar alarm to line			16.00

(m) the addition of the following paragraph 10A to Section 1 of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

	"10A. Call Answering Entry Charge		£10.00
		Monthly Subscription	£1.00.";

(n) the addition of the following to Section 1 of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

"Where a customer takes Call Waiting and Call Answering a reduced charge applies as follows:

Entry Charge

£15.00

Monthly Subscription

£1.66

Where a customer takes Call Waiting, Call Answering and any one or more of Call Diversion, Subscriber Dialled Conference Calls, Abbreviated Calling or the Hotline Service a reduced charge applies as follows:

Entry Charge

£25.00

Monthly Subscription

£2.66.";

(o) the substitution of the following Section III of Part 6 for Section III of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

Section III

Charges in respect of Freefone Services.

	£
Connection Charge (per number)	50
Subscription (Monthly/per number)	16.66

Call Charges (Recipient) — Freefone 1800 Service and 1850 Service

1. Call Charges between exchanges in the State:

	Number of seconds per 9.5p call unit	Approximate cost per minute
National
Standard Rate	28.5	20p
Reduced Rate	42.8	13p
Weekend Rate	67.5	8p
Regional
Standard Rate	67.5	8p
Reduced Rate	67.5	8p
Weekend Rate	67.5	8p

Note

i. Regional call charges apply to calls made from a fixed telephone exchange line to a fixed telephone exchange line terminating in a premises in the same service area.

ii. National call charges apply to all calls to exchange lines within the State other than those calls to which Regional call charges apply.

iii. Each of the areas of the State to which the prefixes (01), (02), (04), (05), (06) and (07/09) apply shall be a separate service area. Calls to or from Eircell equipment shall be regarded as calls to a separate service area.

iv. The Standard Rate is applicable to all calls made between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive). The Reduced Rate is applicable to all calls on Monday to Friday other than calls to which the Standard Rate applies. The Weekend Rate is applicable to all calls on Saturday, Sunday or Public Holidays.

v. Subscribers to whom the 1850 service is provided shall receive a credit of 9.5p per 1850 call received.

Charges in respect of Freefone 1890 Service

2. Call Charges (Recipient) — 1890 Service

Call Charges between exchanges in the State:

	Number of seconds per 9.5p call unit	Approximate cost per minute
National
Standard Rate	33.5	17p
Reduced Rate	46.3	12p
Weekend Rate	76.6	7p
Regional
Standard Rate	104.7	5p
Reduced Rate	76.6	7p
Weekend Rate	76.6	7p

Note

i. Regional call charges apply to calls made from a fixed telephone exchange line to a fixed telephone exchange line terminating in a premises in the same service area.

ii. National call charges apply to all calls to exchange lines within the State other than those calls to which Regional call charges apply.

3. Charges in Respect of Incoming International Freefone Calls

For calls made at all times (except where otherwise stated) to exchanges in the State from exchanges in:

(a) Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands	Seconds per Unit of 9.5p.
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.)	16.29 seconds
(ii) Reduced rate (from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)	22.82 seconds
(b) Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands	14.3 seconds
(c) Austria, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City	11.52 seconds
(d) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary (Republic of), Israel, Kazadhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikstan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.)	8.16 seconds
(e) Alaska, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos, U.S.A., Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)	7.93 seconds
( f ) Australia (including Tasmania), New Zealand	6.2 seconds
(g) Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ryukyu Island), Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan	4.57 seconds
(h) All other states	3.80 seconds

4. Additional Charges

	Connection Charge		Monthly Subscription	Other Charges
	£		£	£
i. Subscriber nominated Freefone 1800, 1850 or 1890 number	0		6.66
ii. Origin dependant routing (per answering station)	30		33.33
iii. Percentage routing (per answering station)	30		6.66
iv. Time dependant routing (per answering station)	30		6.66
v. Freefone tone	30		6.66
vi. Change of Freefone 1800 number, 1850 number, 1890 number or terminating number (per number)				50
Call Charges (Calling person) (1850 calls only)		To a subscriber: One unit fee of 9.5p regardless of duration.
		To a caller from a Public telephone or a Cardphone public telephone: Charged as per a local call.
Call Charges (Calling person) (1890 calls only)		To a subscriber: charged as per a local call.
		To a caller from a Public telephone or a Cardphone public telephone: Charged as per a local call.

(p) the substitution of the following Section III of Part 6 for Section III of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

Section III

Charges in respect of Freefone Services.

	£
Connection Charge (per number)	50
Subscription (Monthly/per number)	16.66

Call Charges (Recipient) — Freefone 1800 Service and 1850 Service

1. Call Charges between exchanges in the State:

	Number of seconds per 9.5p call unit	Approximate cost per minute
National
Standard Rate	28.5	20p
Reduced Rate	42.8	13p
Weekend Rate	67.5	8p
Regional
Standard Rate	67.5	8p
Reduced Rate	67.5	8p
Weekend Rate	67.5	8p

Note

i. Regional call charges apply to calls made from a fixed telephone exchange line to a fixed telephone exchange line terminating in a premises in the same service area.

ii. National call charges apply to all calls to exchange lines within the State other than those calls to which Regional call charges apply.

v. Subscribers to whom the 1850 service is provided shall receive a credit of 9.5p per 1850 call received.

Charges in respect of Freefone 1890 Service

2. Call Charges (Recipient) — 1890 Service

Call Charges between exchanges in the State:

	Number of seconds per 9.5p call unit	Approximate cost per minute
National
Standard Rate	33.5	17p
Reduced Rate	46.3	12p
Weekend Rate	76.6	7p
Regional
Standard Rate	104.7	5p
Reduced Rate	76.6	7p
Weekend Rate	76.6	7p

Note

i. Regional call charges apply to calls made from a fixed telephone exchange line to a fixed telephone exchange line terminating in a premises in the same service area.

ii. National call charges apply to all calls to exchange lines within the State other than those calls to which Regional call charges apply.

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3. Charges in Respect of Incoming International Freefone Calls

For calls made at all times (except where otherwise stated) to exchanges in the State from exchanges in:

	Seconds per Unit of 9.5p.
(a) Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands	19 seconds
(b) Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands	15.5 seconds
(c) Austria, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City	11.7 seconds
(d) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary (Republic of), Israel, Kazadhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikstan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.)	8.27 seconds
(e) Alaska, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinida & Tobago, Turks and Caicos, U.S.A., Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)	10.2 seconds
( f ) Australia (including Tasmania), New Zealand	6.2 seconds
(g) Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ryukyu Island), Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan	4.72 seconds
(h) All other states	3.94 seconds

4. Additional Charges

	Connection Charge		Monthly Subscription	Other Charges
	£		£	£
i. Subscriber nominated Freefone 1800, 1850 or 1890 number	0		6.66
ii. Origin dependant routing (per answering station)	30		33.33
iii. Percentage routing (per answering station)	30		6.66
iv. Time dependant routing (per answering station)	30		6.66
v. Freefone tone	30		6.66
vi. Change of Freefone 1800 number, 1850 number, 1890 number or terminating number (per number)				50
Call Charges (Calling person) (1850 calls only)		To a subscriber: One unit fee of 9.5p regardless of duration.
		To a caller from a Public telephone or a Cardphone public telephone: Charged as per a local call.
Call Charges (Calling person) (1890 calls only)		To a subscriber: charged as per a local call.
		To a caller from a Public telephone or a Cardphone public telephone: Charged as per a local call.

(q) the substitution of the following sentence for the sentence after paragraph 2 of Section IV of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

"Call Charges are 9.5p per period or part of a period of time as specified in the Table.";

(r) the revocation of Section V of Part 6 of the First Schedule therefrom;

(s) the substitution of the following Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

Section VII

Volume Discounts

(Article 18, 19, 19A, 19B, 20, 20B)

PART 1

International Volume Discount

Volume discounts on International calls are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible International Volume Discount Calls as per Article 18, as follows:

Monthly Billed Amount in respect of Eligible International Volume Discount Calls	International Volume Discount
Not exceeding £50	0% discount
Exceeding £50 and not exceeding £200	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on remainder.
Exceeding £200 and not exceeding £1,000	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on next £150
	8% discount on remainder
Exceeding £1,000 and not exceeding £2,000	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on next £150
	8% discount on next £800
	10% discount on remainder
Exceeding £2,000 and not exceeding £4,000	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on next £150
	8% discount on next £800
	10% discount on next £1,000
	20% discount on remainder
Exceeding £4,000 and not exceeding £8,000	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on next £150
	8% discount on next £800
	10% discount on next £1,000
	20% discount on next £2,000
	25% discount on remainder
Exceeding £8,000	0% discount on first £50
	6% discount on next £150
	8% discount on next £800
	10% discount on next £1,000
	20% discount on next £2,000
	25% discount on next £4,000
	30% discount on remainder

PART 2

Total Volume Discount

Volume discounts on total calls are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible Total Volume Discount calls as per Article 19, as follows:

Monthly Billed Amount in respect of Eligible Total Volume Discount Calls	Total Volume Discount
Not exceeding £3,000	0% discount
Exceeding £3,000 and not exceeding £7,000	0% discount on first £3,000
	6% discount on remainder
Exceeding £7,000 and not exceeding £12,000	0% discount on first £3,000
	6% discount on next £4,000
	9% discount on remainder
Exceeding £12,000	0% discount on first £3,000
	6% discount on next £4,000
	9% discount on next £5,000
	12% discount on remainder

PART 3

International Freefone Volume Discount

Volume discounts on International Freefone Calls are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible Freefone 1800 Calls as per Article 20, so as to result in the following reduced charges:

Monthly Billed time in Respect of Eligible Freefone 1800 Calls	Price Per Minute
	Band	Band	Band	Band
	1	2	3	5
Not exceeding 1,500 mins	27p	32p	32p	57p
Exceeding 1,500 and not exceeding 3,000 mins	26p	31p	31p	56p
Exceeding 3,000 and not exceeding 6,000 mins	25p	31p	31p	56p
Exceeding 6,000 and not exceeding 10,000 mins	25p	30p	30p	55p
Exceeding 10,000	24p	29p	29p	54p

BAND 1: U.K.

BAND 2: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands.

BAND 3: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

BAND 5: Canada, U.S.A.

PART 4

'B' Trunk Volume Discount

Volume discounts on 'B' Trunk calls are applied to the total eligible 'B' Trunk calls as per article 19A, as follows:

Level	Monthly Subscription	Discount on 'B' Trunk Calls
	£	%
1	20	20
2	45	25
3	145	30

PART 5

International Term Discount

Discounts on Eligible International Calls are applied to total Eligible International Calls as per article 19B, as follows:

Level	Monthly Subscription	Discount on Eligible International Calls
	£	%
1	50	6
2	100	8
3	200	10

PART 6(i)

National 18XX Discount

Discounts on Eligible 18XX Calls are applied to National 18XX Calls as per article 20B as follows;

			Discounted Rate Per Minute
Option	Monthly Subscription	Service	National		Regional		All Areas
Standard	Reduced	Standard	Reduced	Weekend
1	£100	1800/1850	18p	13p	7.5p	7p	7p
		1890	15p	12p	4.5p	6p	6p
2	£500	1800/1850	17p	12.5p	7p	5p	5p
		1890	14p	11.5p	4p	4p	4p
3	£5,000	1800/1850	14p	11p	6p	4p	4p
		1890	11p	10p	3p	3p	3p
4	£10,000	1800/1850	11p	8.8p	4.95p	4p	4p
		1890	8p	7.8p	1.95p	3p	3p

(ii) Regional Extension Fees

On National 18XX discount options 3 or 4 it is possible to avail of regional extension fees whereby traffic is collected within a region and is transported by Bord Telecom Éireann to its ultimate destination thus bypassing National 18XX rates.

	Monthly Minimum	Monthly charges for each 1 million mins/pa
Extension of adjacent region	£ 2,500	£ 250
Extension of non adjacent region	£ 5,000	£ 500
Extension of all regions	£20,000	£2000

(t) the addition of the following Section X of Part 6 to the First Schedule thereto:

Section X

PART 1

Charges in respect of Premium Rate Services

(i) Service Providers with Direct Dial Inwards (DDI) Access⁽¹⁾
	£
Connect Fees:
—original 1000 numbers per code group	100
—for each additional 100 group	100
	per code
Rental per Month:
—none on original 1000 numbers
—on each additional 100 group	50
Change of route (per group or single number)⁽²⁾	100
Change of translation⁽²⁾	50
	(per block or number)
Change of access⁽²⁾	50
	(per block or number)
Change of DDI 100 block	100
(ii) Service Providers with telephone exchange line access
Connection fees per number	50
Monthly Rental per number	16.66
Change of translation⁽²⁾	50
Change of access⁽²⁾	50
Change of number	50

(iii) Ancillary Services⁽³⁾

	Connection	Rental (per month)
	£	£
Time Dependent Routing	30	6.66
Percentage Routing	30	6.66
Origin Depending Routing	30	6.66

Notes:

(1) Standard connection and rental charges for DDI and telephone exchange lines apply.

(2) Charges for technical changes. These charges refer to requests from Service Providers for changes as follows;

—routing e.g. changing the routing of circuits between numbers

—translation e.g. change of termination number.

—access e.g. from 1550 to 1560.

(3) Charges for Ancillary Services are on a per answering station basis.

PART 2

Call Charges

	Per period or part of a period of time specified in the table to this part of this Schedule appropriate to the call.
To a subscriber ... ... ... ... ...	9.5p

Table

Service	Rate
1530	26.53 seconds
1540	38 pence (fixed charge)
1550	11.9 seconds
1559	11.9 seconds
1560	9.2 seconds
1570	6.9 seconds
1580	4.6 seconds

.";and

(u) the substitution of the following Second Schedule for the Second Schedule thereto:

SECOND SCHEDULE

LEASED LINES

(Article 89)

Within the state

Analogue	2 Wire Leased Line⁽¹⁾	M1020/M1040⁽¹⁾
	£	£
Annual Rental per Local End	140	237
Main Link Access Charge	158	158
Main Link 1-30 Km per Km	69	101
Above 30 Km per Km	21	24
Connection Fee per Local End	120	200

Digital	64K	128K	256K	384K	512K	1Mb	2 Mb
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Annual Rental per Local End	572	840	3,307	3,307	3,307	4,300⁽²⁾	4,300⁽²⁾
Main Link Access Charge	158	316	632	949	1,265	2,530	2,846
Main Link 1-30 Km per Km	134	155	197	239	282	450	672
Above 30 Km per Km	4.90	8.50	16	23	30.60	60	92
Connection Fee per Local End	1,260	2,330	2,330	2,330	2,330	7,500	7,500

Note:

(1) Includes leased lines hitherto referred to as Tie Lines, External Extensions, 50—200 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 512Kbits the local ends are charged at a minimum of 1km and in 100 metre steps thereafter.

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

LINES, EXTENSIONS AND APPARATUS

(Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)

	Connection Charge	Annual Subscription
	£	£
Internal
For each 100 metres route distance of wiring or part thereof	16.00	7.77
Removals	Removal Charge
External: "New and Cease" basis	100.00
Internal:	16.00
EXTENSIONS
External
Same charges as for main leased lines of same distance.
Internal
Route wiring distance measured from switch or "tee in" point
For each 100 metres route distance or part thereof.	16.00	7.77
Apparatus
All apparatus provided with leased lines by Bord Telecom Éireann must bear a subscription. Standard subscription applies for items for which this exists. Other items have a subscription specially assessed. The following are the items usually provided with leased lines.
Instrument		17.98
Switchboards — per indicator used		11.04
Intercommunicating switches		7.71
Condenser		2.16

TEMPORARY LEASED LINES

(Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)

	Single Charge	Annual Subscription
	£	£
TEMPORARY LEASED LINES
Internal	16.00	Standard Minimum
Provision and recovery		Minimum Period One Month
External	200.00	Standard Minimum
Provision and Recovery		Minimum Period One Month

ANALOGUE INTERNATIONAL

Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)

	2/4 Wire Leased lines/M 1020/M1040
	1 Year Contract	Variable Contract
		(pm)
	£	£
ZONE 1	8,000	N/A
ZONE 2	13,000	1,300
ZONE 3	13,000	1,300
ZONE 4	22,500	2,250
	2 Wire	4 Wire
Connection Fee	120	200

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

Zone 1: UK/Northern Ireland.

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

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

Zone 4: USA and Canada.

Digital International

Annual Rentals (Irish Share only)

	KBS	Connection Fee	Annual Rental
ZONE 1		£	£
	64	1,260	8,000
	128	2,330	15,000
	256	2,330	29,000
	384	2,330	40,000
	512	2,330	50,000
	768	2,330	57,000
	1Mb	7,500	65,000
	1.5Mb	7,500	74,000
	2 Mb	7,500	80,000

Annual Rental

Bandwidth	Connection	1 YEAR	3 YEAR	5 YEAR	Variable
KBIT/S	Fee				Monthly
ZONE 2	£	£	£	£	£
64	1,260	13,000	12,500	12,000	1,300
128	2,330	24,000	23,000	22,000	2,400
192	2,330	36,050	34,000	32,000	3,600
256	2,330	46,000	44,000	42,000	4,600
384	2,330	56,000	53,000	50,000	5,600
512	2.330	74,000	70,000	67,000	7,400
768	2,330	104,000	99,000	94,000	10,400
1,024	7,500	111,000	105,000	100,000	11,100
1,536	7,500	160,000	152,000	144,000	16,000
2,048	7,500	185,000	176,000	167,000	18,500
ZONE 3	£	£	£	£	£
64	1,260	14,700	14,000	13,000	1,470
128	2,330	28,000	27,000	25,000	2,800
192	2,330	39,550	38,000	36,000	3,950
256	2,330	51,450	49,000	46,000	5,140
384	2,330	69,000	66,000	62,000	6,900
512	2,330	88,000	84,000	79,000	8,800
768	2,330	128,000	122,000	116,000	12,800
1,024	7,500	143,000	136,000	129,000	14,300
1,536	7,500	200,000	190,000	180,000	20,000
2,048	7,500	221,000	210,000	199,000	22,100
ZONE 4	£	£	£	£	£
64	1,260	24,000	23,000	22,000	2,400
128	2,330	45,000	43,000	41,000	4,500
192	2,330	54,000	53,000	50,000	5,400
256	2,330	63,000	60,000	57,000	6,300
384	2,330	80,000	76,000	72,000	8,000
512	2,330	83,000	79,000	75,000	8,300
768	2,330	90,000	86,000	81,000	9,000
1,024	7,500	115,000	109,000	104,000	11,500
1,536	7,500	172,000	163,000	155,000	17,200
2,048	7,500	220,000	209,000	198,000	22,000
ZONE 5	£	£	£	£	£
64	1,260	36,000	34,000	32,000	3,600
128	2,330	60,000	57,000	54,000	6,000
192	2,330	90,000	86,000	81,000	9,000
256	2,330	105,000	100,000	95,000	10,500
384	2,330	150,000	140,000	135,000	15,000
512	2,330	175,000	166,000	158,000	17,500
768	2,330	210,000	200,000	189,000	21,000
1,024	7,500	250,000	238,000	225,000	25,000
1,536	7,500	320,000	304,000	288,000	32,000
2,048	7,500	400,000	380,000	360,000	40,000

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

Zone 1: UK/Northern Ireland.

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

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

Zone 4: USA and Canada.

Zone 5: Rest of the World.

Table

	Technical Characteristics⁽¹⁾
Leased Line Type	Interface Specification	Performance Specification	Typical Delivery Period (Days)^{(10), (12)}	Average Delivery Period (Days)⁽¹²⁾	Typical Repair Time (Hours)^{(11), (12)}	Average Repair Time (Hours)⁽¹²⁾
1. Ordinary Quality Voice^(2,)(3) Bandwidth	2 or 4 wire Analogue⁽⁴⁾	ITU.T M.1040	65	41	47.48	27.58
2. Special Quality Voice^{(2) (3)} Bandwidth	2 or 4 wire Analogue⁽⁴⁾	ITU.T M.1020⁽⁵⁾	85	61	31.2	22.66
3. From 64 kBit/s Digital to^{(2), (3), (6)}	X21 bis	ITU.T G.821	65	45	8.74	9.19
1544 kBit/s Digital
4. 2048 kBit/s Digital^{(2), (3), (7)} Unstructured	ITU.T G.703	ITU.T G.821	83	63	5.63	5.86
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	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 public offices details of which are to be found in the telephone directory.

(4) M.1020 and M.104O circuits are provided as 4 wire circuits.

(5) The special quality voice circuit provided by Bord Telecom Éireann 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 .

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

Present when the Common Seal of Bord Telecom Éireann

was affixed hereto, this 1st day of December 1995.

NICKY RYAN,

Director.

Martin Giffney,

TEX VII,

Telecom Éireann ,

St. Stephen's Green,

Dublin 2.

A. KANE,

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of the Scheme is to provide for the reduction of certain telecommunications charges; the introduction of a Call Answering facility, 1890 Calls and specified Volume Discounts; the alteration of leased line charges; and to effect certain other modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994.