Openreach ACCN:OR 225

Change:

Change

Effective Date(s):

01/05/2011

Notification Date:

01/02/2011

OPENREACH ACCESS CHARGE CHANGE NOTICE

ACCN NUMBER:OR 225

DESCRIPTION:Change to the definition of the WLR / LLU second line Excess Construction Charge exemption.

EFFECTIVE DATE(S):01/05/2011

SUBMITTED TO OFCOM ON:01/02/2011

Price list

Product line:

Service Product Pricing

Level one product:

Common products (Subject to applicable LLU/WLR/Ethernet/GEA Product Agreements)

Level two product:

Excess Construction Charges

Version:

N/A

Excess Construction Charges

Excess Construction Charges

Excess Construction Charges will be due and payable (in addition to normal connection charges) where:

(a) additional infrastructure is provided to give new or an extended service at an end user’s site or;

(b) an alternate location requested by the Communications Provider (where there is no regulatory obligation to provide)

except in the circumstances where Openreach has decided in its reasonable discretion to extend its network for commercial reasons.

When Excess Construction is required, a survey will be carried out and charges will be individually assessed based upon the following rates. These charges are in addition to the standard connection charges which apply for the applicable service.

Feature	Operative Date	Until Date	Single Payment Charge £Exc Vat	Connection Charge per metre or part thereof £Exc Vat
Survey Fee/ Planning Charge (Previously included in other charges) This item will only be charged if Excess Construction Charges are accepted by a customer. It will be included as an item within the excess charges calculation and each resurvey additional to the first survey will increment the cost by a further £350.	30/08/2007		350.00
Breaking/Drilling through each external wall	02/01/2001	29/08/2007	270.00
Breaking/Drilling through each external wall	30/08/2007		330.00
Breaking/Drilling through each internal concrete wall	02/01/2001	29/08/2007	150.00
Breaking/Drilling through each internal concrete wall	30/08/2007		200.00
Breaking/Drilling through each internal non-concrete wall	02/01/2001		60.00
Provision of other building entry points (eg underground through floors) will be individually priced against customer requirements
Provision of each Pole	02/01/2001	29/08/2007	400.00
Provision of each Pole	30/08/2007		550.00
Provision of each Radio Mono Pole (Not provided via Openreach)	30/08/2007		N/A
Provision of a new footway box (Surface area up to 0.5 sqm) Customers are advised that the smallest footway box necessary to provide service will be charged for.	30/08/2007		750.00
Provision of a new medium size footway box (Surface area between 0.5 sqm and 1 sqm)	14/08/2008		1,650.00
Provision of a new large size footway box (Surface area greater than 1 sqm)	14/08/2008		2,850.00
Provision of a new small carriageway box (Surface area up to 1 sqm) Customers are advised that the smallest carriageway box necessary to provide service will be charged for.	14/08/2008		3,150.00
Provision of a new medium size carriageway box (Surface area between 1 sqm and 1.25 sqm)	14/08/2008		3,850.00
Provision of a new large size carriageway box (Surface area greater than 1.25 sqm)	14/08/2008		4,400.00
Cable (fibre or copper) including any jointing required	02/01/2001	29/08/2007		11.20
Cable (fibre or copper) including any jointing required	30/08/2007			7.50
Copper cable supplied for the customer to lay to agreed entry and termination points. (minimum 20m supply) This charge includes on site termination and jointing work by Openreach to connect and terminate the cable. If the order is for less than 40 metres then a visit charge will apply - Please See Visit Charges for details.	01/09/2005	29/08/2007		5.60
Copper cable supplied for the customer to lay to agreed entry and termination points. (minimum 20m supply) This charge includes on site termination and jointing work by Openreach to connect and terminate the cable. If the order is for less than 40 metres then a visit charge will apply - Please See Visit Charges for details.	30/08/2007			4.00
Directly buried cable (including any cable and wayleave costs)	30/08/2007			30.00
Moleploughing cable or fibre in subduct (includes any cable and wayleave costs)	30/08/2007			25.00
Blown Fibre	30/06/2007			4.00
Blown Fibre Tubing in Duct	30/06/2007			3.50
Internal cabling (including Internal Blown Fibre Tubing)	30/06/2007			8.00
New Ductwork - Softsurface (includes wayleave costs)	30/08/2007			35.00
New Ductwork - Footway (includes wayleave costs)	30/08/2007			80.00
New Ductwork - Carriageway (includes wayleave costs)	30/08/2007			140.00
Trunking and traywork within enduser's curtilage	02/01/2001			40.00

Miscellaneous or non standard items will be priced on application. (This can include joint boxes that are larger than the normal item defined in the price list)

Additional charges will be raised where applicable for:Internal/external shiftsOut of Hours (Time Related Charges will apply)

The above charges will apply to requirements on the customer or end user's premises, and on third party land and the public highway or BT exchange (subject to any applicable third party and/or planning consents required)

Exemptions From Excess Charges

Excess construction charges are paid at the same time as the normal product connection charges.

The table below details exemptions from excess construction charges.

Exemptions apply to individual sites and are not transferable to other sites.

Only one exemption is available per site.

If the customer requests a method of providing service which is more costly than the least cost network solution Openreach would normally provide it will charge the customer the actual charges for this requested method of providing service less the lower of either:

(a) the exemption or;

(b) the full charges for the least cost network solution

General condition - applies to Wholesale Access, Wholesale Digital Access and Local Loop Unbundling

Where an order is received for concurrent provision of service to a number of individual end user sites (including those in multi-tenanted premises) on the same date, the exemption for each end user can be added together and the exemptions will be applied collectively. However, this only applies to the concurrent provision work on the same date and the application of the exemption cannot be deferred to a later date.

EXEMPTIONS

Feature	Description	Operative Date	Until Date	Exemption limit £Exc Vat
General Exemptions	No exemption will apply to: - Non-Served Premises	30/08/2007		0.00
General Exemptions	No exemption will apply to: - Short Duration Lines	30/08/2007		0.00
General Exemptions	No exemption will apply to: - Time Related Charges for out of hours working	30/08/2007		0.00
General Exemptions	No exemption will apply to: - Alternatively Routed Lines	30/08/2007		0.00
General Exemptions	No exemption is available if an exemption has been given already at the site on an earlier occasion	30/08/2007		0.00
Product - Wholesale Access	First Line. - The first £3400.00 of charges will not be raised against the first narrowband voice service provided at a site.	30/08/2007		3,400.00
Product - Wholesale Access	Second and subsequent lines. - Only one exemption is available per premise. If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise.	30/08/2007	30/04/2011	1,000.00
Product - Wholesale Access	Second line - The first £1000.00 of charges will not be raised against the second narrowband voice service provided at a site. However, only one exemption is available per premise. If another exemption has been applied to a premise this exemption does not apply.	01/05/2011		1,000.00
Product - Local Loop Unbundling	First Narrowband Line. - The first £3400 of charges will not be raised against the first narrowband voice service provided at a site.	30/08/2007		3,400.00
Product - Local Loop Unbundling	Second and subsequent lines or Non Voice Narrowband line. - Only one exemption is available per premise. If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise.	30/08/2007	30/04/2011	1,000.00
Product - Local Loop Unbundling	Second Narrowband line - The first £1000.00 of charges will not be raised against the second narrowband voice service provided at a site. However, only one exemption is available per premise. If another exemption has been applied to a premise this exemption does not apply.	01/05/2011		1,000.00
Product - Wholesale Digital Access (ISDN2 products) - also applicable if service is provided by conversion of exchange lines.	Only one exemption is available per premise. If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise.	30/08/2007	30/04/2011	1,000.00
Product - Wholesale Digital Access (ISDN2 products) - also applicable if service is provided by conversion of exchange lines.	Only one exemption is available per premise. If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased.	01/05/2011		1,000.00
Product - Wholesale ISDN30	No exemptions to the existing or a previous customer. Excess Charges do not apply for Wholesale ISDN30 products where existing capacity needs to be increased.	30/08/2007		0.00
Product - Private Circuits, WES/BES circuits and Broadband conversions of analogue lines)	No exemptions to the existing or a previous customer. Excess Charges do not apply for WES/BES & EBD/BTL products where existing capacity needs to be increased.	30/08/2007		0.00