Openreach ACCN :          OR 089
 
   
New    
Effective Date 14-Aug-08  
Notification Date 16-Jul-08      
OPENREACH ACCESS CHARGE CHANGE NOTICE
ACCN NUMBER: OR 089
PRODUCT: Excess Construction Charges
EFFECTIVE DATE: 14-Aug-08
SUBMITTED TO OFCOM ON:   16-Jul-08
 Price List
 
   
 Section : Service Products    
 Product : Excess Construction Charges    
 Page :      
 Reference : 4.1.3      
Excess Construction Charges
Excess Construction Charges will be due and payable (in addition to normal connection charges) where: 
(a)  additional infrastructure is provided to give new or an extended service at an end user’s site or;
(b) an alternate location requested by the Communications Provider (where there is no regulatory obligation to provide)
except in the circumstances where Openreach has decided in its reasonable discretion to extend its network for commercial reasons.  
When Excess Construction is required, a survey will be carried out and charges will be individually assessed based upon the following rates. These charges are in addition to the standard connection charges which apply for the applicable service.
  Operative Date Until Single Payment Charge
£ Ex VAT
Survey Fee / Planning Charge (Previously included in other charges)

This item will only be charged if Excess Construction Charges are accepted by a customer.  It will be included as an item within the excess charges calculation and each resurvey additional to the first survey will increment the cost by a further £350.  
30.08.2007   350.00
Breaking/Drilling through each external wall  02.01.2001 29.08.2007 270.00
30.08.2007   330.00
Breaking/Drilling through each internal concrete wall  02.01.2001 29.08.2007 150.00
30.08.2007   200.00
Breaking/Drilling through each internal non-concrete wall  02.01.2001   60.00
Provision of other building entry points (eg underground through floors) will be individually priced against customer requirements      
Provision of each Pole 02.01.2001 29.08.2007 400.00
30.08.2007   550.00
Provision of each Radio Mono Pole  30.08.2007   N/A
Not provided via Openreach
Provision of a new small size footway box
(Surface area up to 0.5 sqm) 
Customers are advised that the smallest footway box necessary to provide service will be charged for.
30.08.2007   750.00
Provision of a new medium size footway box
(Surface area between 0.5 sqm and 1 sqm)
14.08.2008   1,650.00
Provision of a new large size footway box
(Surface area greater than 1 sqm)
14.08.2008   2,850.00
Provision of a new small carriageway box
(Surface area up to 1 sqm)
Customers are advised that the smallest carriageway box necessary to provide service will be charged for.
14.08.2008   3,150.00
Provision of a new medium size carriageway box
(Surface area between 1 sqm and 1.25 sqm)
14.08.2008   3,850.00
Provision of a new large size carriageway box
(Surface area greater than 1.25 sqm)
14.08.2008   4,400.00
  Operative Date Until Connection Charge per metre or part thereof
£ Ex VAT
Cable (fibre or copper) including any jointing required   02.01.2001 29.08.2007 11.20
30.08.2007   7.50
Copper cable supplied for the customer to lay to agreed entry and termination points. (minimum 20m supply) This charge includes on site termination and jointing work by Openreach to connect and terminate the cable. If the order is for less than 40 metres then a visit charge will apply - Please See Visit Charges for details. 01.09.2005  29.08.2007 5.60
30.08.2007   4.00
Directly buried cable (including any cable and wayleave costs) 30.08.2007   30.00
Moleploughing cable or fibre in subduct (includes any cable and wayleave costs) 30.08.2007   25.00
Blown Fibre 30.06.2007   4.00
Blown Fibre Tubing in Duct 30.06.2007   3.50
Internal cabling (including Internal Blown Fibre Tubing) 30.06.2007   8.00
New Ductwork - Softsurface (includes wayleave costs) 30.08.2007   35.00
New Ductwork - Footway (includes wayleave costs) 30.08.2007   80.00
New Ductwork - Carriageway (includes wayleave costs) 30.08.2007   140.00
Trunking and traywork within enduser's curtilage  02.01.2001    40.00
Miscellaneous or non standard items will be priced on application.  (This can include joint boxes that are larger than the normal item defined in the price list)
Additional charges will be raised where applicable for:
Internal/external shifts
Out of Hours (Time Related Charges will apply)
The above charges will apply to requirements on the customer or end user's premises, and on third party land and the public highway or BT exchange (subject to any applicable third party and/or planning consents required)
EXEMPTIONS FROM EXCESS CHARGES
Excess construction charges are paid at the same time as the normal product connection charges. The table below details exemptions from excess construction charges. 
Exemptions apply to individual sites and are not transferable to other sites. 
Only one exemption is available per site.
If the customer requests a method of providing service which is more costly than the least cost network solution Openreach would normally provide it will charge the customer the actual charges for this requested method of providing service less the lower of either:
(a) the exemption or;
(b) the full charges for the least cost network solution.
General condition - applies to Wholesale Access, Wholesale Digital Access and Local Loop Unbundling
Where an order is received for concurrent provision of service to a number of individual end user sites (including those in multi-tenanted premises) on the same date, the exemption for each end user can be added together and the exemptions will be applied collectively. However, this only applies to the concurrent provision work on the same date and the application of the exemption cannot be deferred to a later date.
EXEMPTIONS
THIS TABLE IS OPERATIVE FROM 30 AUGUST 2007
Product Exemption limit Description
(Ex VAT)
General Exemptions £0 No exemption will apply to:
- Non-Served Premises
- Short Duration Lines
- Time Related Charges for out of hours working
- Alternatively Routed Lines
No exemption is available if an exemption has been given already at the site on an earlier occasion
Wholesale Access  £3,400 First Line
The first £3400.00 of charges will not be raised against the first narrowband voice service provided at a site. 
£1,000 Second and subsequent lines
Only one exemption is available per premise.  If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise..
Local Loop Unbundling £3,400 First Narrowband Line
The first £3400 of charges will not be raised against the first narrowband voice service provided at a site. 
£1,000 Second and subsequent lines or Non Voice Narrowband line
Only one exemption is available per premise.  If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise.
Wholesale Digital Access (ISDN2 products) £1,000 Only one exemption is available per premise.  If no other exemption has been applied to a premise the first £1000 of charges will not be raised where network capacity needs to be increased for second or subsequent lines at that premise.
- also applicable if service is provided by conversion of exchange lines.
Wholesale ISDN30  £0 No exemptions to the existing or a previous customer 
Excess Charges do not apply for Wholesale ISDN30 products where existing capacity needs to be increased
Private Circuits, WES/BES circuits and Broadband conversions of analogue lines)  £0 No exemptions to the existing or a previous customer 
Excess Charges do not apply for WES/BES products where existing capacity needs to be increased
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Date: 16 July 2008   www.openreach.co.uk