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Thread ID: 42356	2004-02-09 01:23:00	Unbundling submissions today	stu140103 (137)	Press F1

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213859	2004-02-09 01:23:00	From NZCity: home.nzcity.co.nz Unbundling submissions today Commerce Commission will today be hearing submissions on the issue of unbundling the local communications loop 9 February 2004 Submissions will be made today to the Commerce Commission on the issue of unbundling the local communications loop. The unbundling of telecommunications networks is a means of allowing competitors to use parts of the network on a wholesale basis in order to build up a competitive offering of retail services. Telecom's competitors want Telecom to allow them access to its phone line networks. On 18 September 2003, the Commission released its draft decision that there would be substantial net benefits from unbundling Telecom New Zealand?s local loop network and its fixed Public Data Network. However, just before Christmas, the Commission executed an about-face, and decided it was no longer recommending unbundling of the local loop, because of what had been learnt about the costs and difficulties of that solution in comparison with the potential benefits. The decision means only residential customers living in Wellington and Christchurch would have a choice of an alternative provider, where TelstraClear has laid its own lines. Telecom's competitors are so keen to get a look in they have set up a website and taken out newspaper ads to educate the public on what they want. They claim New Zealanders pay an extra $84 a year on their phone bill if they do not live in Wellington or Christchurch because they are tied to Telecom. The Communications Minister is also looking at allowing wider use of broadband technology, but the product which is to be made available is 50 times slower and 50 percent more expensive than what is available in Australia. © 2004 NZCity, IRN	stu140103 (137)
213860	2004-02-09 02:04:00	>The Communications Minister is also looking at allowing wider use of >broadband technology, but the product which is to be made available is 50 >times slower and 50 percent more expensive than what is available in >Australia . think im gonna cry,what a pathetic and stupid situation .	metla (154)
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