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NBN Co begins consultation ‘with industry in two-part wholesale pricing consultation paper’ Monday, 15 February 2021 14:42 NBN Co begins consultation ‘with industry in two-part wholesale pricing consultation paper’ Featured
NBN Co has released its “Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1”, which the company says “seeks to deliver value, certainty and simplicity to the telecommunication industry and customers.”
Before I start, the link to the NBN Co Pricing Review 2021 Consultation Paper 1 is here, and a reprinting of NBN Co s media release is further below, after some commentary of my own.
If there’s one thing Australians know about the NBN, is that it has been a mess, or at least, it has been so in the past. A mess of connection types, speeds, plans, wholesale prices for amounts of data being too expensive for providers who want to offer the unlimited plans that consumers expect, and more.
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New rules for telco networks must be changed to benefit consumers: ACCAN
Proposed rules for wholesale telecommunications service providers must be tightened to protect Australians from under-performing phone and internet services, and slow connection and fault rectification timeframes, according to the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
The draft Telecommunications (Statutory Infrastructure Providers – Standards, Rules and Benchmarks) Determination 2021 proposes standards, rules and benchmarks for telecommunications carriers that provide wholesale broadband services, such as NBN Co. The rules proposed are in relation to timeframes for connections, repairs and appointment keeping, rebates, speeds, remediation and record keeping.
“The simple fact is that without competition at the wholesale level, network operators will not deliver in the interests of consumers, so we need a safety net to ensure a reliable level of service,” said ACCAN CEO, T
NBN Co eyes alternatives to current wholesale bundle discounts
NBN Co eyes alternatives to current wholesale bundle discounts
New consultation round begins Credit: Supplied
NBN Co is exploring possible alternatives to its current bundle discount for National Broadband Network (NBN) Access Virtual Circuit (AVC) and Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) charges as it launches a fresh round of industry consultation on its wholesale pricing.
The AVC and CVC charge, respectively, serve as an access charge based on speed tier and capacity charge for retail services providers (RSPs) that sell NBN services to end customers.
NBN Co periodically consults with industry on its wholesale pricing. This year’s consultation follows the completion of its Wholesale Pricing Review in November 2019, which resulted in the introduction of some wholesale pricing discounts and additional data inclusions, the introduction of national CVC pooling, new higher speed tiers and th