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S.I. No. 378/1997 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme, 1997 Dublin

S.I. No. 378/1997 -- Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme, 1997 Dublin 1997 378

S.I. No. 378/1997:

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 6) SCHEME, 1997 DUBLIN

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. 6) Scheme, 1997.

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

(2) Article 4 (a) and Article 4 (b) shall be deemed to come into operation on 1 June 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;

( a ) the substitution of the following Part I of the First Schedule for Part I of the First Schedule thereto:

FIRST SCHEDULE

TELEPHONE SERVICE

PART 1

"{Article 55} Installation, Removal and Rental

Category	Installation Charge £	Monthly Subscription £	Other Charges £
EXCHANGE LINES
Business, Residence, Auxiliary
New Customer
Exchange Line	81.81	10
Exchange Line Auxiliary	81.81	10
Exchange line reconnected when linework is completely in situ after ceasing	28.92	10
Installation Transferred - continuous service	--	10	14.87
Change of Telephone Number	16	--
Existing Customer
Exchange Line Auxiliary	81.81	10
Removal	Free	10
Removal to Exchange	Free	10
Exchange line reconnected when linework is completely in situ after ceasing	Free	10
Installation Transferred - continuous service	--	10	Free
Change of Telephone Number	16	--
Internal Move Charge	16	--
Temporary Exchange Line
At regular venues (see authorised list available for the time being at such places as Bord Telecom Éireann plc may from time to time determine)	60	10
At all other venues	120	10

Category	Monthly Subscription £
EXTENSIONS:
External (Rented) (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)
within 200 metres	1.86
over 200 metres
additional 200 metres up to 800 metres	1.11
additional 200 metres over 800 metres	1.39
second and subsequent external extensions provided to the same building for the same subscriber at the same time
up to 200 metres
over 200 metres
Internal (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)
In parallel where switchboard is involved with intercommunicating facilities	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	1.65
Corrib	Nil	1.10
Clarity Hard of Hearing (Premium)	Nil	1.84
(When fitted with telephone line at customer request )
Change of Instrument
(At customer request)	6.00	As per monthly subscription shown above
PRIVATE PAYPHONES
Lake Table Top 200		18.00
Lake Wall Mounted 400		20.00
Lake Wall Mounted 400 (with security belt)		23.00
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 £	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				16.00
Removals (all types)
Hooter		16.00	2.59
Key and 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 (+subsciption 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	change of instrument
Fitments	from wall to table type
Replacements	or vice versa			16.00
	Connection of burglar alarm to line			16.00

( b ) the substitution of the following Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto:

"{Article 63(13)}

Section VIII

Charges in Respect of Integrated Services Digital Network Facility

	Basic Access (2B+D) (Note 1)			Primary Access (30B+D) (Note 2)
FIXED CHARGES	Connection Charge	Monthly Rental		Connection Charge	Monthly Rental
Main Connection	£348	£29		£3,480	£290
Auxiliary Connection	£348	£29		£3,480	£290
Removal	£348	£29		£3,480	£290
In Situ Connection (Disconnected for 6 months or less)	£105	£29		£1,050	£290
Reconnection (After non-payment)	£52.50	£29		£525	£290
Installation Transferred (Continuous Service)	£52.50	£29		£525	£290
Change of Use From:
1. PSTN	£267	£29		N/A	N/A
2. DDI	N/A	N/A		£1,000	£290
3. Leased Line	£267	£29		£3,480	£290
Internal Move	£56	-		£560	-
	Connection Charge			Monthly Rental
Fractional Primary Access (16 Channel)		£3,480			£174
Additional Channels (Per Channel)		£80			£10
TEMPORARY SERVICE (Minimum time limit 1 Year)		Standard Charge
Basic Access		£696
Auxiliary Basic Access (At the same venue)		£696
S-BUS WIRING	Call Out Charge			Charge Per Socket
Requested on S.O. or at time of installation		-			£30
Any other time		£16			£30
SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE CHARGES	Basic Access			Primary/Fractional Primary Access
	Connection		Monthly Rental	Connection	Monthly Rental
Terminal Portability	Free		Free	Free	Free
User to User Signalling	£10		£1	£10	£10
Calling Line ID Presentation	Free		Free	Free	Free
Calling Line ID Restriction	Free		Free	Free	Free
Call Forward (Unconditional)	£10		£1	N/A	N/A
Call Waiting	£10		£1	N/A	N/A
Call Hold	£10		£1	N/A	N/A
Sub Addressing	£10		£1	£10	£10

NOTE 1: Basic Access, which consists of 2B+1D channels, is provided with 2 free numbers.

NOTE 2: Primary access, which consists of 30B+1D channels, is provided with 100 free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE CHARGES (contd)
Direct Dial Inwards	Connection Charge	Monthly Rental
Basic Access
Per 10 Block DDI range	£20	£6
Per 100 Block DDI range	£100	£50
Primary Access
Per additional 100 numbers	£100	£50
Per 1,000 Number Block	£100	£375
Per 10,000 Number Block	£100	£2,500
Multiple Subscriber Number (MSN)	Connection Charge	Monthly Rental
Basic Access
Per additional 2 numbers	£10	£1.33

Note:

(1) MSN's have no hunting facility and are not suitable for DDI service.

(2) MSN's are available on Basic Rate only.

(3) At maximum a Basic Rate can have 2 free numbers and 6 additional MSN's.

CALL CHARGES

1. Standard 3.1 kHz voice calls are charged as per Parts 2 to 5 (inclusive), Part 6 Section I (other than subsection 13), Section II and Section VI of this Schedule.

2. Unrestricted 64Kb call charges between exchanges in the State, and between exchanges in the state and exchanges in Northern Ireland.

	No. of Seconds per 9.5p call unit
(i) Local Calls
Standard Rate	144
Reduced Rate	720
(ii) Trunk Calls up to 56km
Standard Rate	53.4
Reduced Rate	80
Weekend Rate	480
(iii) Trunk Calls over 56km
Standard Rate	25.4
Reduced Rate	38
Weekend Rate	480

Standard Rate		8am to 6pm Monday to Friday (inclusive) for calls described in Paragraph 2
Reduced Rate	(i)	6pm to 8am Monday to Friday (inclusive) for calls described in Paragraph 2
	(ii)	All day on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays for calls described in Paragraph 2(i).
Weekend Rate		All day on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays for calls described in Paragraph 2(ii) and (iii).
3. Unrestricted 64Kb call charges from exchanges in the State to exchanges in:
			Seconds Per Unit of 9.5p Basic Access
( a ) Great Britain, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.)			19.00 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 pie may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)			21.11 seconds
( b ) Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive)			11.9 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)			13.93 seconds
( c ) Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City.
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive).			9.5 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning Daily newspapers).			11.17 seconds
( d ) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.).
(i) Standard rate (from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive).			6.33 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning Daily newspapers).			7.31 seconds
( e ) Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, U.S.A.
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive)			12.67 seconds
(ii) Reduced rate ( from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive))			13.57 seconds
(iii) Economy rate (from 10 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).			14.62 seconds
( f ) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands(U.S.).
(i) Standard rate (from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive)			6.9 seconds
(ii) Reduced rate ( from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive))			7.6 seconds
(iii) Economy rate (from 10 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)			8.4 seconds
( g ) Australia ( including Tasmania), Christmas Island, New Zealand
(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to Midnight from Monday to Friday inclusive			5.23 seconds
(ii) Reduced rate (from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from Midnight to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).			6.8 seconds
Aahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, United Arab Emirates			4.22 seconds
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ryukyu Island), Corea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand			3.1 seconds
All other states			2.6 seconds

"

PRESENT when the Common Seal

of BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN plc

was affixed thereto this 9 day

of September 1997.

A Kane___

Director

Telecom Eireann plc

Tex 7

St. Stephen's Green

Dun. 2

Ronald Bolger

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

Aproved for Sealing. Dr. E. G. Hall Solicitor