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Telecommunications ACCC refuse to regulate access from Telstra's 'legacy' ISDN & DDAS services
Telecommunications ACCC refuse to regulate access from Telstra's 'legacy' ISDN & DDAS services | ACCC refuse to regulate access from Telstra's 'legacy' ISDN & DDAS services |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 18 June 2009 | |
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Page 3 of 3 The ACCC's view, however that the real issue was competitors being unwilling to make the investment to deliver services of equivalent quality which, it pointed out all share the same copper. Featured Whitepaper
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Even if DSL services are technically equivalent, absent regulation and competing DSLAMs in regional exchanges, Telstra would have no constraints on pricing. The ACCC acknowledges this but gave it little consideration because Telstra's competitors failed to indicate the extent of their business dependent on the services. The ACCC also acknowledges that provision of alternatives, other than reselling a Telstra service, will require competitors to invest in infrastructure, but says this will be a good thing. "Costs will ultimately provide benefits in terms of increased efficiency and investment in bandwidth and data transmission capabilities that will ultimately be in the long term interests of end-users.
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