S.I. No. 315/1995 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 5) Scheme, 1995.

1. Ordinary Quality Voice

(2,)(3)

Bandwidth

2 or 4 wire Analogue

(4)

ITU.T M.1040

65

41

47.48

27.58

2. Special Quality Voice

(2) (3)

Bandwidth

2 or 4 wire Analogue

(4)

ITU.T M.1020

(5)

85

61

31.2

22.66

3. From 64 kBit/s Digital to

(2), (3), (6)

X21 bis

ITU.T G.821

65

45

8.74

9.19

1544 kBit/s Digital

4. 2048 kBit/s Digital

(2), (3), (7)

Unstructured

ITU.T G.703

ITU.T G.821

83

63

5.63

5.86

5. 2048 kBit/s Digital

(2), (3)

Structured

ITU.T G.703 and G.704 (excluding Section 5)

(8)

ITU.T G.821

(9)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(1) The ITU.T recommendations referenced refer to the 1988 version. ETSI has been requested to carry out further work on standards for leased lines.

(2) Minimum contract period is one year (shorter term contracts may be provided for international circuits).

(3) Leased Lines may be ordered from Bord Telecom Éireann public offices details of which are to be found in the telephone directory.

(4) M.1020 and M.104O circuits are provided as 4 wire circuits.

(5) The special quality voice circuit provided by Bord Telecom Éireann is supplied to M.1020 specifications.

(6) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these leased lines are described in Common Technical Regulation 14 (CTR14).

(7) The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these lines are described in CTR12.

(8) With cyclic redundancy checking in accordance with ITU.T.G.706.

(9) In-service monitoring can facilitate improved maintenance by Bord Telecom Éireann .

(10) This refers to the period counted from the date when the customer has made a firm request for a leased line, in which 80% of all leased lines of the same type have been put through to the customer.

(11) This refers to the time duration (in hours) within which 80% of leased lines of the same type are repaired. The time duration starts when a failure message is given to the appropriate unit in Bord Telecom Éireann and finishes when the line is re-established and in appropriate cases notified back to the user.

(12) The description above of the Typical Delivery Period, Average Delivery Period, Typical Repair Time and Average Repair Time does not constitute a legally binding commitment on the part of Bord Telecom Éireann to deliver or repair leased lines within such periods or times.

Present when the Common Seal of Bord Telecom Éireann

was affixed hereto, this 1st day of December 1995.

NICKY RYAN,

Director.

Martin Giffney,

TEX VII,

Telecom Éireann ,

St. Stephen's Green,

Dublin 2.

A. KANE,

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of the Scheme is to provide for the reduction of certain telecommunications charges; the introduction of a Call Answering facility, 1890 Calls and specified Volume Discounts; the alteration of leased line charges; and to effect certain other modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994.

S.I. No. 315 of 1995.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 5) SCHEME, 1995.

Bord Telecom Éireann, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 90 of the Postal and Telecommunications Service Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983) hereby makes the following Scheme