1About the Basic Telephone Service Section 3
Our Customer Terms 3
Inconsistencies 3
Parts of the Basic Telephone Service Section 3
2The Basic Telephone Service 4
What is the Basic Telephone Service? 4
3Connecting a Basic Telephone Service 4
Timeframes 4
Timeframes: auto activated telephone line connection 4
Timeframes: other connections (ie other than auto activated telephone line connections) 5
When we can refuse to connect 5
Connection charges 6
Basic Telephone Service conversion 9
Additional charges 9
MDF buildings 11
What is not included 11
Reconnecting your Basic Telephone Service 12
Relocating your Basic Telephone Service 12
4Telstra Velocity 13
Equipment 13
Ownership of equipment 13
Back-up battery 13
What services are not available? 14
5Temporary disconnections 14
6Faults 15
Fault reporting 15
Fault repair timeframes 15
Temporary repairs 16
Faults you cause 16
Emergency repairs 16
Call diversion 16
7Fast Fix 17
What is Fast Fix? 17
Eligibility 17
How do you request Fast Fix? 18
Fast Fix exclusions 18
Charges 18
Faults you cause 18
8Charging 18
Calculating charges 18
Statements 19
9Calling line identification 19
What is CLI? 19
Presenting or blocking CLI 20
When you cannot block CLI 20
How we use your CLI 21
Calling number display 21
10Telephone numbers 22
Change of telephone number 22
Telephone number search 22
11Rental telephones 22
Available rental telephones 22
Disability rental equipment 23
Initial charges 23
Ongoing rental charges 24
Upgrade charges 25
Disability rental equipment charges 25
Ownership 25
New technology 25
Your obligations 26
Cancelling your rental equipment 26
Replacing faulty rental equipment 27
Caring for rental equipment 28
Our liability to you 28
Your liability to us 28
12Change of customer 28
Service transfer 28
Account changes 29
Exceptions 29
Responsibility for charges 29
Wholesale customers - service transfer 29
13Local Number Portability 30
14Other work we do for you 30
Installation of additional PSTN sockets 30
Fee-for-service charges 31
Altering cabling or equipment 31
15Performance specifications 32
Network access 32
Call clarity 32
Call connection 32
Things that affect our performance 32
Things we do not support 33
16Special meanings 33
Certain words are used with the specific meanings set in this Part or in the General Terms of Our Customer Terms.