The SAU governs the price, terms and conditions under which NBN Co will supply wholesale services over the national broadband network and the company has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to vary the SAU which has been in operation since it was accepted by the ACCC in December 2013.
The ACCC published the NBN Co’s proposed variations on Tuesday and has invited submissions giving feedback on the variations, to be submitted by 26 August.
ACCC commissioner Cristina Cifuentes said that although fibre-to-the-node, fibre-to-the-basement and hybrid fibre coaxial are not currently reflected in the SAU, NBN Co has so far been offering these services in a way that is “consistent with the SAU” which provides an overarching framework for the regulation of access to the NBN.
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NBN Co wants to formalise the arrangements that are currently in operation but have not yet been incorporated into the SAU.
The company has also proposed a number of other changes to the SAU through the variation, including changes to the nature and extent of rollout progress information that it would be obliged to provide to NBN access seekers, as well as minor changes to dispute resolution arrangements.
NBN Co now wants to publish rollout progress only in its yearly construction plan rather than in quarterly updates currently published and released publically.