[Register article] LLU becoming realistic in UK

Peaadina

Looks like LLU is starting to become realistic in the uk, I wonder how long before similar happens here?

Full story from The Register:
"Ofcom provokes unbundling battle"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/28/ofcom_provokes_unbundling_war/

spongebob

The Policy here is to make it Unrealistic . As long as the Margin Squeeze Pricing Scheme and LLU Bureaucracy designed by Comreg goes on there will no no further uptake !

M

eircomtribunal

Muck wrote:

The Policy here is to make it Unrealistic.

Still one hour to go and reply to the Comreg decision to set the price for Local Loop Unbundling (ULMP) at an idiotic € 14.65. As we have no cable competition to dsl we cannot afford to have the second highest LLU price fixed for the next three years. Eircom has already welcomed Comreg's pricing.

Your reply can be done in a minute at comreg's form reply, accessible from this

P.

Peaadina

Upon eircomTribunal's suggestion, I submitted a reply to ComReg's consultation request. It only took a sec, it is worth doing

"To set this charge at what amounts to the second highest in Europe (€14.65) for the next three years imposes a complete and final stranglehold upon the 'last mile' of our telecom infrastructure. Without a realistic margin on ULMP, there will simply be no competition, and hence, the Irish public will be without a free and open choice of line provider."

Mr_Man

I've added to the comments on the LLU charge, but I doubt it will make a damm bit of difference as Comreg will go their own way on this.

M.

spongebob

The IoffL Committee sent in this submission which is better than anything I could muster.

It is the view of Ireland Offline that the proposed ULMP pricing of EUR14.65 per month is excessive and a major hindrance to meaningful competition. The proposed price will continue to make Ireland one of the most expensive countries in the EU for ULMP access. It is remarkable in the current climate of prices being significantly reduced yet further in many EU countries that ComReg feel a price reduction to EUR14.65 will have any meaningful impact on the dire state of the market at the present time.

ComReg’s decision flies in the face of UK regulator OfCom in particular who recently directed the reduction of LLU pricing by 70% to bring the UK into line with the majority of the EU and kick-start meaningful use of LLU by other licensed operators. Pricing is central to the demand for LLU in any market and with the proposed price by ComReg for ULMP Ireland will continue to lag behind our EU neighbours and fall further behind in OECD rankings.

Further, it is the view of Ireland Offline that ComReg is taking a retrograde view of LLU in general. It has been noted by numerous regulators across the EU and further afield in Japan and S. Korea that low cost, effective LLU services can quickly increase competition to the benefit of the consumer and business. This apparent policy by ComReg to stifle LLU seems to be in direct contradiction of its wider remit to bring Ireland's broadband usage and availability up to the EU-15 average by mid 2005.

Ireland Offline calls on the regulator to review its ULMP pricing downwards significantly so that the LLU market can be properly stimulated in the hope of increasing competition in the broadband sector.


Regards, etc
Ireland Offline

Very Well Put y'all .

M