[LINK] Telstra/ACCC/FTTN/Local Loop

[Marghanita da Cruz]

> ACCC welcomes Australian Competition Tribunal decision that Telstra's Unconditioned Local Loop Service prices are unreasonable
> 
> The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today welcomed a decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to comprehensively reject Telstra's proposed price for the Unconditioned Local Loop Service. The Tribunal rejected Telstra's appeal on the price for its fixed network on seven major grounds and affirmed the ACCC's decision of 25 August 2006 to reject Telstra's price undertakings.
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> "This decision is fundamental to Telstra's current broadband FTTN proposal," ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said. "An FTTN network brings fibre closer to the customer, but continues to use part of the legacy copper network. The substantive area of disagreement on costs under Telstra's proposal has been over the remaining copper, not fibre.
<http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/787667/fromItemId/2332>

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> ACCC to consider variation of the unconditioned local loop service description
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> The ACCC has commenced a public inquiry under subsection 152AL of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to determine whether it should vary the declared unconditioned local loop service description.

<http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/787511/fromItemId/2332>

As stated before my interest in Telstra is as a minor direct and
most probably indirect (via super fund) shareholder....and as a Telstra home
telephone service customer.

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Marghanita da Cruz
http://www.ramin.com.au/
Telephone: 0414-869202