16Untimed local calls

16 Untimed local calls

(1) Telstra must not charge a price of more than 50 cents for each untimed local call made from a public payphone. (2) Subject to subclauses (2A), (3) and (4) Telstra must not charge a price of more than 22 cents for each untimed local call (other than a local call made from a public payphone, or a local call made using a calling card). (2A) Subclause (2) does not apply to: (a) local calls offered as part of a service supplied by Telstra using the national broadband network, other than local calls offered as part of a telephony‑only service; or (b) local calls offered as part of a service supplied by Telstra using a designated superfast telecommunications network, other than local calls offered as part of a telephony‑only service. (3) Subject to subclause (3A), subclause (2) does not apply to a local call offered as part of a product or arrangement of a kind referred to in subclause 18(3) of this Determination that Telstra has made available. (3A) Subclause (3) does not apply to a local call offered as part of a product or arrangement offered in combination with a basic line rental service. (4) Subclause (2) does not apply to a local call offered as part of a subscription pricing package, provided that when offering such a package Telstra advises customers to whom the package is offered that, depending upon the number of local calls they make in a particular period, the effective average price which they pay for a local call may exceed the cap set under subclause (2). (5) Telstra must offer local calls to residential and charity customers, in non‑metropolitan areas, at the same or a lower price per call and on the same price‑related terms as it offers to residential and charity customers in metropolitan areas. (6) Telstra must offer local calls to business customers, in non‑metropolitan areas, at the same or a lower price per call and on the same price‑related terms as it offers to business customers in metropolitan areas. (7) Telstra must offer local calls within a bundle in all non‑metropolitan areas at the same or a lower price per call and on the same price‑related terms as it offers local calls in a comparable bundle in metropolitan areas. (8) In this clause:

metropolitan area means the inter‑carrier charge area for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide.

non‑metropolitan area means any area of Australia other than a metropolitan area.

price‑related terms means terms relating to price or a method of ascertaining price.

(9) For the purposes of this clause, a call made to an Internet service provider using a data network access number commencing with the numerals 0198 is not an untimed local call.

Note: By virtue of clause 10A, clause 16 applies to services supplied by Telstra over one or more of the following: