May 26 (Reuters) - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- finalises regulation of non-NBN high-speed internet
- Has finalised its decision on the regulation of high-speed internet services supplied by non-nbn fixed line networks
- ACCC has permitted non-nbn networks to pass on government's proposed regional broadband scheme (rbs) charge on their customer lines
- ACCC says very small providers of some high-speed internet services (supplying less than 12,000 customers) will not be regulated under this decision
- decision sets wholesale prices and other terms and conditions that are expected to provide customers with a larger number of retailers to choose from
- consistent with our draft decision, the prices have been set in line with nbn prices and will change with nbn prices over time
- Accc says final decision exempts SBAS (but not LBAS) providers supplying up to 12,000 end users from all wholesale access obligations
- has permitted non-nbn networks to pass on government's proposed regional broadband scheme charge on their customer lines
- consistent with draft decision, the prices have been set in line with nbn prices
- Accc- initial prices for providers other than telstra will be $27.00 per port per month plus between $8.00 and $17.50 per mbps per month for aggregation
- Telstra's fibre network prices for 2017-18 are $16.03 per port per month (zone 1) and $21.10 per port per month (zone 2) and $29.27 per mbps per month for aggregation
- Telstra's fibre networks are subject to different pricing arrangements due to the cost of separating these networks from telstra's legacy network systems
- decision exempts SBAS providers supplying up to 12,000 end users from all wholesale access obligations
- ACCC says terms set in final decision only apply if access providers and access seekers cannot reach their own commercial agreements on prices