Openreach ACCN:OR124

Change:

Change

Effective Date(s):

20/06/2009

Notification Date:

22/05/2009

OPENREACH ACCESS CHARGE CHANGE NOTICE

ACCN NUMBER:OR124

DESCRIPTION:LLU MPF Rental Increase

EFFECTIVE DATE(S):20/06/2009

SUBMITTED TO OFCOM ON:22/05/2009

Price list

Product line:

LLU Pricing

Level one product:

Full MPF

Level two product:

Full MPF

Version:

N/A

Full MPF

Provision and Rental Charges (See Note 16)

For details of MPF products and features refer to the MPF/SMPF Product Manual and End to End Process Manual available on the LLU web site.

Feature	Note	Operative Date	Until Date	Charge £Exc Vat
MPF Rental per annum	Notes 1	01/08/2008	19/06/2009	81.69
MPF Rental per annum	Notes 1	20/06/2009		86.40
MPF Connection charge - Singleton migrations (Transfer from WLR/SMPF or Change of CP migrations)	Notes 2	01/04/2005		34.86
MPF Connection Charge Stopped Line Provide		02/03/2007		40.49
MPF Connection charge New Provide Standard	Note 16	15/12/2005		99.95
MPF Expedite	Note 3	16/01/2007		140.00
MPF line characteristics check on tactical platform (ECO) provision		17/01/2002	30/08/2008	2.60
MPF line characteristics check on tactical platform (ECO) provision		31/08/2008		Product Withdrawn
MPF Enhanced Provision	Note 4	16/01/2007	17/03/2009	85.00
MPF Enhanced Provision	Note 4	18/03/2009		Product Withdrawn
Frames Selectable Provisioning Dates on MPF stopped Line provision		12/06/2008		9.00

Project Managed Migration Charges

For details of MPF Mass Migration procedures refer to document titled “Process Manual for LLU Project Managed Migrations on the Equivalence Platform” available on the LLU web site.

Feature	Note	Operative Date	Until Date	Charge £Exc Vat
MPF Same CP Mass Migration charge Normal hours	Note 6	24/07/2006		27.54
MPF Same CP Mass Migrations charge Out of hours Monday Saturday	Note 6	24/07/2006	17/03/2009	32.54
MPF Same CP Mass Migrations charge Out of hours Monday Saturday	Note 6	18/03/2009		Product Withdrawn
MPF Same CP Mass Migrations charge Out of hours Sunday	Note 6	24/07/2006	17/03/2009	36.54
MPF Same CP Mass Migrations charge Out of hours Sunday	Note 6	18/03/2009		Product Withdrawn

Modify, Cease, Amend, Cancel and Rejection Charges

For details of MPF products and features refer to the MPF/SMPF Product Manual and End to End Process Manual available on the LLU web site.

Feature	Note	Operative Date	Until Date	Charge £Exc Vat
MPF Tie Pair Modification (3 working day lead time Re-termination)		01/03/2008		34.74
MPF Tie Pair Modification (Next working day Re-termination)		08/01/2007		44.74
MPF Tie Pair Modification (Multiple Re-termination)		31/10/2008		30.05
MPF Cease charge	Notes 7	22/08/2007		4.90
MPF MDF Remove Jumper Order Singleton Charge		08/09/2008		12.77
MPF MDF Remove Jumper Order Bulk Charge		06/10/2008		8.92
MPF Order rejected at initial validation	Note 8	31/05/2001		1.00
MPF Order rejected at detailed evaluation		04/03/2002		10.00
MPF Order returned for amendment		04/03/2002		10.00
Cancellation of MPF orders for Provide, Migration, Modification or Amend	Note 9	31/05/2001		9.00
Amend orders. Allowable change to MPF Order	Note 9, 10	31/05/2001		11.00
Standalone Shift of Network Termination Point		19/05/2003	03/06/2009	95.55
LLU MPF First Line shifted		04/06/2009		134.00
Additional Network Termination Points		19/05/2003	03/06/2009	72.58
LLU MPF Subsequent lines shifted		04/06/2009		49.00

Assurance Charges

For details of MPF Assurance procedures please refer to the LLU Service Assurance Manual available on the LLU web site.

Feature	Note	Operative Date	Until Date	Charge £Exc Vat
MPF Standard line test	Notes 11 and 13	01/01/2005	19/01/2009	39.00
MPF Standard line test	Notes 11 and 13	20/01/2009		3.75
Network RWT	(Note 19)	20/01/2009		70.42
MPF Special Fault Investigation ( SFI )	Notes 11 and 13	31/05/2001		144.00
MPF loop resistance measurement	Notes 14 and 13	31/05/2001		94.00
MPF insertion loss measurement	Notes 14 and 13	31/05/2001		94.00
MPF insertion loss measurement requested at provision	Notes 14 and 13	31/05/2001		150.00
MPF Enhanced Care per annum		19/12/2003		37.54
Enhanced Care Plus on Demand	Note 15	31/07/2006		164.50
Level 1 Category Check		01/04/2002	27/08/2008	103.00
Level 1 Category Check		28/08/2008		Withdrawn
Level 2 Category Check		01/04/2002	27/08/2008	94.00
Level 2 Category Check		28/08/2008		Withdrawn

Non Standard Line Terminations

Standard Connection Charges apply for all lines.

In addition the following additional Charges and Conditions apply:

Additional Charges/Conditions

Detailed can be found under Non Standard Line Terminations that can be found at:

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pricing/serviceproducts.do

Feature	Operative Date
Non - Served Premises	15/11/2006	For definition and additional pricing details see Non Served Premises at the link detailed above.
Hot Sites requiring Line Isolation Units	15/11/2006	For definition and additional pricing details see Line Protection for Hot Sites at the link detailed above.

Note:

1) Rental is charged monthly in advance and will be rounded up to the nearest penny. BT will apportion rental on a daily basis for the initial period if that initial period is less than a month and include such rental charge on the invoice for the first full month.

2) For specific singleton Migrations and Product Managed Migrations (Bulk and Mass) there is no Cease charge associated

3) The Expedite charge is payable in addition to the MPF connection charge. The charge is only raised if the revised Customer Committed Date is met.

4) The Enhanced Provision charge is payable in addition to the standard MPF connection charge. This product is currently available in the Thameswey, City of London/Docklands and Manchester areas only.

5) This price applies when a CP orders multiple migrations of an existing customer base from narrowband (WLR) to MPF where Project Managed Bulk Migrations are involved.

6) This price applies to Same CP Mass Migrations from narrowband (WLR) only where BT project management is involved. Volume restrictions will apply. MPF rental charges will apply from the date of migration and provision of the MPF will be under the terms of Schedule 06 from that date

7) If Cease and Provide orders are used to transfer an end user instead of a migration order then the cease charge is applicable.

8) This Charge is only applicable to the EMP Platform

9) Cancel or Amend orders are only allowed up until the order point of no return (For definition of PONR refer to the MPF/SMPF End to End Process Manual available on the LLU web site).

10) Allowable changes for MPF are Amend orders for in-flight change to Tie Pair, Customer Required Date, Appointment and Care Level Modification. Currently there is no charge for change of Tie Pair due to tie pair in used warnings.

11) This charge is only raised if the outcome of the standard line test is Right When Tested.

12) The SFI charge is raised if the CP and Openreach agree that further work is carried out to investigate a broadband service issue.

13) Once ordered, these test products cannot be cancelled without incurring the full charge.

14) These measurements are optional and the charges apply in addition to those for a standard line test.

15) Enhanced Care Plus on Demand can only be requested at the time of fault registration where Enhanced Care has already been purchased. The full price only applies to repairs cleared within 5 hours of receipt by Openreach. The price paid reduces by 20% per hour over 5 hours. The price will be zero for repairs cleared in over 10 hours. All clear times exclude park time.

(16) Additional charges may be raised where non standard work is required:. For work done by Openreach engineers not included in standard prices see `Time Related Charges' in the Service Products section of the price list for details: http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pricing/serviceproducts.do

Where a Communication Provider has agreed an appointment with BT for work at the End Users' site in connection with the Communication Provider service, if BT is unable to carry out the work at, or gain access to, such End User site or the appointment is broken (unless due to BT's error). BT reserves the right to raise a Visit Charge as detailed in Service Products Section of this Price List.

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pricing/serviceproducts.do

Charges for network infrastructure over and above standard requirements are charged as excess construction and can be found in `Excess Construction Charges' in the Service Products Section of this Price List at: http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pricing/serviceproducts.do

These charges include work on internal trunking & traywork; breaking through walls; additional poles, ducts and cables; radio charges and miscellaneous non-standard or specially requested items.

(17) Associated with MPF MDF Remove Jumper Order Singleton – This order type will not be available for CPs to raise until 06.10.08 however the charge will apply from the operative date when a CP requires the removal of Left In Jumpers to fulfil an LLU order.

18) Multiple MPF new provisions enhanced capability. This is included within the provision process as described in the product documentation from the 30th June 2008

19) This charge is raised when an SMPF or MPF trouble report is cleared RWT in the Openreach network following an engineering visit to the exchange or out to line.