Comreg Consulation Closing Today 27 march

Sponge Bob

Someone may fancy answering a few of these questions

http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0911.pdf

Page one of the link has the contact info .

There are only 62 Questions and only 61 of them require a DETAILED reply .

Q8 and Q19 are the same question twice

If in a hurry only answer Q50 , "Are eircom hard on tables ", discuss.

Consultation Questions

Q. 1. Do you agree or disagree that it is appropriate for ComReg to
undertake this review at this time? Please explain in detail your response .

Q. 2. Do you agree or disagree with ComRegs preliminary conclusion above
taking into account the views of RGL? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 3. Do you agree or disagree with ComRegs preliminary conclusion that
the Eircom’s fixed asset register (in an equivalent form to that received as
part of this consultation process) should be submitted annually to ComReg at
the same time as the due date for submission of the HCAs to ComReg? Please
explain in detail your response.

Q. 4. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 4 years for
customer sited DSL equipment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 5. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 8 years for
customer sited Data, Ethernet and IP terminating equipment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 6. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 8 years for
customer sited transmission terminating equipment? Please explain in detail
your response.


Q. 7. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 8 years for
customer sited application capability equipment? Please explain in detail your
response.

Q. 8. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 30 years for
poles? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 9. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 35 years for
towers? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 10. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 40 years for
duct, roadway, and footway boxes? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 11. Do you agree or disagree with ComReg’s preliminary conclusion that
it is likely that the rollout of NGN will also use the same ducts to provide
services extending the lives of ducts, and associated civil works even further? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 12. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 15 years for
overhead cables and fibre? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 13. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 20 years for
both underground cables and fibre? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 14. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 20 years for
equipment associated with the maintenance of cables? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 15. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 8 years for
active equipment including DSLAMs, MSAN’s in exchanges or other
conditioned areas? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 16. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of a regulatory asset life of 8 years for switching: line terminals? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 17. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 20 years for
pair gains systems, 10 years for radio access and 8 years for antennae?
Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 18. Do you agree or disagree with ComRegs preliminary conclusions that
the regulatory asset lives of the physical assets, common between both the core and access networks should be the same? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 19. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 30 years for
poles? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 20. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 35 years for
towers? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 21. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 40 years for
duct, roadway, and footway boxes? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 22. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 15 years for
overhead cables and fibre? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 23. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 20 years for
underground cables and fibre? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 24. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 11 years for
transmission equipment less than 155 M/bits? Please explain in detail your
response.

Q. 25. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 11 years for
transmission equipment greater than or equal to 155 M/bits? Please explain
in detail your response.

Q. 26. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 9 years for
international satellite equipment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 27. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 9 years for
submarine transmission equipment and 15 years for submarine cable? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 28. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset life of 6 years for IP and Internet router hardware? Please
explain in detail your response.

Q. 29. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 6 years for
Ethernet: Transport and switch equipment? Please explain in detail your
response.

Q. 30. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 6 years for
ATM Frame relay equipment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 31. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 9 years for
the “MARTIS” system and 6 years for other data equipment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 32. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 10 years for
class 4 / 5 switch hardware (excluding line terminals)? Please explain in detailyour response.

Q. 33. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 5 years for
class 4 / 5 switch software? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 34. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 6 years for
custom hardware and applications? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 35. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives of 5 years for
server hardware? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 36. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 5 years for
Applications and OS? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 37. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives for network management systems of 4, data and traffic management systems of 5 years and OPS support systems of 9 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 38. Do you agree or disagree with regulatory asset lives for specific test equipment of 5 years, miscellaneous test equipment of 11 years and line
testing equipment of 20 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 39. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the non
depreciation for land freehold and land leasehold for regulatory purposes?
Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 40. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives for exchange buildings of 40 years? Please explain in
detail your response.

Q. 41. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives for buildings fixtures and fittings and security equipment of 5 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 42. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives for phone and internet kiosks of 8 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 43. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives AC/DC power equipment and air conditioning of 5 years for fixtures and fittings, 17 years for electrical equipment and 22 years for
power?

Q. 44. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the existing
regulatory asset lives for generators of 25 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 45. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life for standard
vehicles (cars, vans and trucks) of 6 years? Please explain in detail your
response.

Q. 46. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life for specially
fitted out vehicles of 6 years? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 47. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 4 years for
P.C.’s and miscellaneous hardware and 5 years for ancillary equipment?
Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 48. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 5 years for IT networking equipment? Please explain in detail your response

Q. 49. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 6 years for
bespoke, specialised or in-house developed software and 3 years for “off the shelf” packages? Please explain in detail your response

Q. 50. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 4 years for
furniture? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 51. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 4 years for
PCs and server hardware? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 52. Do you agree or disagree with a regulatory asset life of 4 years for
PCs and server software? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 53. Do you agree or disagree with the maintenance of the regulatory
asset life of 4 years for other electrical equipment? Please explain in detail
your response.

Q. 54. Do you agree or disagree that the regulatory asset lives of licences
and intellectual property rights should be for the duration of licences,
copyrights, or agreements? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 55. Are there any other issues or assets which should be taken into
consideration when assessing the regulatory asset lives of a fixed line
telecommunications operator? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 56. Do you agree or disagree with ComReg's proposal that all amended
regulatory asset lives be implemented with immediate effect from the date ofa ComReg decision? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 57. If you do not agree with the above preliminary view of ComReg, do
you agree or disagree that any proposed changes to regulatory asset lives are implemented by a “glide path” rather than immediate implementation from
the date of the direction? If such an approach were adopted do you believe one to two years is a reasonable period. Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 58. Do you agree or disagree with ComRegs preliminary conclusions that
the impact of the introduction of NGN, from an Irish regulatory asset life
context, is greatly reduced? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 59. Do you agree or disagree with the proposal that NGN assets be
accounted for separately and that the related accounting policies should be disclosed separately? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 60. Do you believe that once the movement and extent of NGN becomes
clearer that ComReg should review the regulatory asset lives of those assets
separate to this consultation? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 61. Respondents are requested to provide views on whether the
proposed direction is proportionate and justified and also to offer views on
other factors (if any) ComReg should consider in completing its Regulatory
Impact Assessment? Please explain in detail your response.

Q. 62. Respondents are request to provide their detailed views from a commercial, practical and legal perspective in relation to the Draft Decision Instrument.

watty

Poles last about 50 to 75 years. Easily 30.

eircom have never been effectively regulated since privatised.

clohamon

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Someone may fancy answering a few of these questions



Q. 58. Do you agree or disagree with ComRegs preliminary conclusions that
the impact of the introduction of NGN, from an Irish regulatory asset life
context, is greatly reduced? Please explain in detail your response.

Its English Jim, but not as we know it.