The contractual obligations are the same, as per “Attachment 1: Standard residential connections details” in the Commerce Commission report linked first.

I can’t comment on the pricebooks – I believe that information is confidential between LFCs and their retail partners.

-JB

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First, the links to three of the LFCs are to offer documents. Is it known what Telecom Chorus offered?

Second, I have not seen UFB contract documents signed with any LFC and so do not know how an offer translated to a contractual obligation. What I have seen is the CFH pricebook for Northpower and Enable.

What this pricebook discloses under Connection and MAC Charges is, “$0 for residential standard drops and 1xCCPM for non-residential standard drops4” (CCPM = “Customer Charges per Month”). A standard drop is not defined but it leaves open the issue of non-standard charges for residential customers. I recall a statement from Northpower that they would not be charging for non-standard residential connections and this seemed to be a voluntary action rather than a contractual requirement. Can anyone substantiate this?

The other issue is around the different treatment given to urban connections from rural ones. By definition, all rural connection to fibre are “non-standard”. In an egalitarian society this is government defined discrimination.

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