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Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Price-quality regulation

201: Geographically consistent pricing

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"Same price for same internet services everywhere"

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If you are a company that provides fibre internet services and you have to follow certain rules about prices and quality, you must charge the same price for the same services no matter where your customers live. You cannot charge different prices for the same services just because your customers are in different locations. This means that you will charge the same price for fibre fixed line access services that are basically the same, no matter where the person or company using the service is located.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Price-quality regulation

201Geographically consistent pricing

  1. A regulated fibre service provider who is subject to price-quality regulation must, regardless of the geographic location of the access seeker or end-user, charge the same price for providing fibre fixed line access services that are, in all material respects, the same.

Notes
  • Section 201: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).