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S.I. No. 272/1994 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1994.

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1994 S.I. No. 272/1994 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1994. S.I. No. 272/1994 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1994. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 272 of 1994. TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) SCHEME, 1994. BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN 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. 2) Scheme, 1994. 2. The collective citation "the Telecommunications Schemes, 1994" includes this scheme. 3. (
  4. i)This Scheme in so far as it specifies tariffs in respect of the Integrated Services Digital Network Facility, shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 February 1994. (
  5. ii)This Scheme in so far as it provides for matters other than those mentioned in paragraph (
  6. i)of this Article shall come into operation on 1 September, 1994. 4. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme. 5. The Minister for Communications, pursuant to Section 90

(2)of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983), has concurred in the increase of charges effected by this Scheme. 6. The Telecommunications Scheme, 1994, ( S.I. No. 177 of 1994 ) is hereby amended by: ( a ) the substitution of the following Article for Article 103: "103.
(1)An Eirpac subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Éireann in respect of any Eirpac call or attempted Eirpac call originating from or on equipment or apparatus under his control Eirpac call charges calculated with reference to: ( a ) the volume of data passed through and measured in units (each capable of containing sixty-four characters of data including non-alphanumeric characters and spaces, and known as segments) determined and recorded by the packet switching exchange and not by reference to the volume of data originated and received by the subscriber's equipment and apparatus; and ( b ) the duration of the Eirpac call determined and recorded by the packet switching exchange.
(2)The charges applicable to the volume and duration referred to at (a) and (b) respectively of paragraph
(1)above are set forth in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme. Such charges shall be calculated at the appropriate rate by reference to the charging bands set out in the said Schedule to this Scheme.
(3)Every Eirpac call made by dial-up access to the public switched telephone exchange system shall be considered to be a local call within the meaning of Article 57 of this Scheme and the appropriate local call telephone charge specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule will be applied thereto, in addition to the Eirpac call charges referred to at paragraph
(1)of this Article.
(4)An Eirpac subscriber shall pay in advance to Bord Telecom Éireann in respect of subscription for Eirpac service the appropriate sums set forth in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.
(5)An Eirpac subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Éireann in respect of connection charges the sums set forth in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.
(6)An Eirpac subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Éireann in respect of the facilities listed in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme the sums set forth in the said Schedule. "; ( b ) The substitution of the following Section VIII of Part 6 for Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto; SECTION VIII Charges in Respect of Integrated Services Digital Network Facility Fixed Charges Basic Access (2B+D)
(1)Primary Access (30B+D)
(2)Connection (£) Monthly Rental (£) Connection (£) Monthly Rental (£) Connection Charge 420 35 4,200 350 Auxiliary Connection 350 35 3,500 350 Removal 350 35 N/A N/A In Situ Connection (Disconnected for 6 months or less) 105 35 1,050 350 Reconnection (After Non- Payment) 52.50 35 525 350 Installation Transferred (Continuous Service) 52.50 35 525 350 Change of Use From: 1—PSTN/DDI 350 35 3,500 350 2—Leased Line 350 35 3,500 350 Internal Move 56 - 560 - 1 Basic Access, which consists of 2B+1D channels, is provided with 2 free numbers. 2 Primary access, which consists of 30B+1D channels, is provided with 100 free numbers. Temporary Service (For a duration of less than 1 year) Standard Charge £ Basic Access Auxiliary Basic Access (At the same venue) 840 840 S-Bus Wiring Call Out Charge Charge Per Socket (£) (£) Requested on Service Order or at time of installation Any other time — 16 30 30 Supplementary Service Charges Basic Access Primary Access Connection (£) Monthly Rental (£) Connection (£) Monthly Rental (£) Terminal Portability User to User Signalling Calling Line ID Presentation Calling Line ID Restriction Sub Addressing Free 10 Free 10 10 Free 1 Free 1 1 Free 10 Free 10 10 Free 10 Free 10 10 Supplementary Service Charges Connection (£) Annual Rental (£) Direct Dial Inwards and Multiple Subscriber Number Basic Access Per additional two numbers 10 16 Primary Access Per additional 100 numbers (or Part thereof 100 600 Multiple Supplementary Services Number Connection(£) Monthly Rental (£) Basic Access Primary Access 2 3 4 5 6 16 20 24 28 32 1.66 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 16.50 25.00 30.00 35.00 40.00 Call Charges 1. Standard 3.1kHz 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 bearer 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 (
  1. i)Local Calls* Standard Rate Reduced Rate 144 720 (
  2. ii)Trunk Calls up to 56km Standard Rate Reduced Rate Weekend Rate 53.4 80 480 (iii) Trunk Calls over 56km Standard Rate Reduced Rate Weekend Rate 20 30 480 * Includes calls to the Eirpac Service. Standard Rate: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive) for calls described in Paragraph 2. Reduced Rate: (
  3. i)6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive) for all call described in Paragraph 2. (
  4. 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 (
  5. ii)and (iii). 3. Unrestricted 64Kb bearer call charges from exchanges in the State to exchanges in: Seconds Per Unit of 9.5p Basic Access (
  6. a)Great Britain, Isle of Man & Channel Islands. (
  7. i)Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.) 12.6 (
  8. 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) 16.5 (
  9. b)Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands (
  10. i)Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive) 10.6 (
  11. 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) 12 (
  12. c)Austria, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal (Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City (
  13. i)Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive) 8.0 (
  14. 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). 10.6 (
  15. d)Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary (Republic of), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikstan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed, Rep.) (
  16. i)Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive). 5.6 (
  17. 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) 6.5 (
  18. 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.). (
  19. i)Standard rate (from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive). 5.5 (
  20. 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)) 6.4 (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 may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers) 7.2 (
  21. f)Australia (including Tasmania), New Zealand. (
  22. i)Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. & from 8 p.m. to Midnight from Monday to Friday inclusive) 4.1 (
  23. ii)Reduced rate (from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. & 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 may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers) 5.4 (
  24. g)Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ryukyu Island), Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan 3.1 (
  25. h)All other states 2.6 ( c ) the substitution of the following Fourth Schedule for the Fourth Schedule thereto: "FOURTH SCHEDULE EIRPAC (Article 103) Character Terminals and Dial up Terminals X.28 ________________________________________________________________________________________ CONNECTION CHARGES Speed (Bits per Sec.) X.28 Direct X.28 Dial Up £ £ 300 — 40 1,200 230 40 SUBSCRIPTION PER QUARTER Speed (Bits per Sec.) X.28 Direct X.28 Dial Up £ £ 300 — 7.50 1,200 275 7.50 Packet Terminals X.25 Speed-Bits per Sec. Connection Charge Quarterly Subscription £ £ 2,400 250 425 4,800 250 475 9,600 250 550 19,200 250 625 64,000 750 875 FACILITY CHARGES — X.28 DIRECT AND X.25 Facility Single Charge Quarterly Subscription £ £ Closed User Group 20 5 per group Reverse Charge Acceptance 20 25 Fast Select Acceptance 20 None Direct Calling 20 None Call Redirection 20 5.00 Switched Virtual Circuits* 20 2.50 (other than the first) Permanent Virtual Circuits X.28 20 450.00 Permanent Virtual Circuits X.25 20 112.50 *Not available for X.28 Direct Customers. OTHER CHARGES Reconnection Charge Change of Network User Identity £16.00 £40.00 Pactex Mailbox: Subscription Storage £25.00 per Quarter 25p for each 2,048 characters (or part thereof) per 28 days (or part thereof) after the first 28 days of storage. CALL CHARGES NATIONAL X. 25 Service X.28 Service
(1)Destination Duration Charge per minute Volume Charge per segment Duration Charge per minute Volume Charge per segment Band 1: State and Northern Ireland 0.5p 0.03p 2.0p 0.03p
(1)For the X.28 Dial Up service there shall be charged, in addition to the Volume and Duration charges applicable to a local call made from a telephone exchange line. INTERNATIONAL Destination (For Band details see below) X.25 Service X.28 Service
(1)Duration Charge per minute Volume Charge per segment Duration Charge per minute Volume Charge Per Segment Band 2 2.5p 0.15p 3.5p 0.15p Band 3 3.5p 0.20p 5.0p 0.20p Band 4 13.0p 0.60p 14.5p 0.60p Band 5 15.0p 0.70p 16.5p 0.70p
(1)For the X.28 Dial Up service there shall be charged, in addition to the Volume and Duration charges applicable to a local call made from a telephone exchange line. Band 2: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands), Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic and Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) and the Vatican City. Zone 3: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Gibraltar, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia (Fed Rep. of). Band 4: Canada, Mexico and the U.S.A. Band 5: All other states. Calls to Global Networks will be charged in accordance with the International Access code used to access the Network. (Article 104) PACTEX CHARGES (
  1. a)Duration Charge (pence per minute) Charging Band Character Terminals Packet Terminal Direct Connection Dial-UP Connection Direct Connection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 16.00p 38.20p 39.60p 61.60p 108.60p 176.60 360.60 16.00p 38.20p 39.60p 61.60p 108.60p 176.60 360.60 14.50p 36.70p 38.10p 60.10p 107.10p 175.10p 359.10p (
  2. b)Volume Charges (pence per segment) Charging Band Character Terminals Packet Terminal Direct Connection Dial-UP Connection Direct Connection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p .03p Charging Bands: Band 1: Calls to destinations within the State or in Northern Ireland. Band 2: Calls to destinations in Great Britain, the Isle of Man,or the Channel Islands. Band 3: Calls to destinations in Andorra, Austria, Belguim, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, (including Azores and Madeira), Spain (including Balearic & Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein), or the Vatican City. Band 4: Calls to destinations in Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovnia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uxbekistan and Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep. of). Band 5: Calls to destinations in Canada or U.S.A. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Band 6: Calls to destinations in other states. Band 7: Calls via INMARSAT. Present when the Common Seal of Bord Telecom Éireann was affixed hereto, this 1st day of September, 1994. M. A. EGAN, Director. Martin Gaffney, TEX VII, Telecom Éireann, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. C. MULLIGAN, Director. EXPLANATORY NOTE. The purpose of the Scheme is to provide for the introduction of Eirpac access charge and to effect other modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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