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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 4 Hansard (3 April) . . Page.. 1428 ..


to access its services is commercial in confidence and, hence, not for public release. However, I understand that if prospective TransACT customers are willing to have a phone number with TransACT's standard 6161 prefix, the connection time for TransACT's is approximately two weeks. Connection times can vary markedly depending on a range of issues, including legislated contractual cooling off periods, the time taken for customers to change telecommunications carriers and phone numbers, network availability and the customer's individual requirements.

(2) TransACT does offer its services to body corporate housing complexes. However, due to the construction and siting of some medium density complexes, it may not be commercially and/or technically feasible for TransACT to deliver its services in an efficient manner. Also, additional body corporate consents are also required before TransACT can offer services to residents in medium density complexes.

(3) See the answer for Question (2).

(4) TransACT's current business plan involves providing:

a range of telephony services utilising Telstra's existing infrastructure; and

broadband services, such as Internet and Video On Demand, via its optic fibre cable which is installed on ActewAGL's existing above ground electricity network.

Eventually, TransACT plans to offer services to all areas of the ACT. However, due to the progress in rolling out the TransACT network, technical and/or commercial reasons, connections may not be possible for all residences. Connections to residences such as Urambi Village are assessed on an individual basis, considering the issues identified under Question (2).

(5) TransACT can provide telephony services to all areas of the ACT. Broadband products and services can only be delivered via TransACT's network. As at April 2003, TransACT had completed the rollout of its network in the following suburbs.

Ainslie

Farrer

Kaleen

Red Hill

Aranda

Fisher

Kingston

Reid

Barton

Forrest

Latham

Rivett

Braddon

Garran

Lyneham

Scullin

Campbell

Giralang

Lyons

Stirling

Chapman

Griffith

MacGregor

Torrens

Chifley

Hackett

Mawson

Turner

Curtin

Hawker

Monash

Waramanga

Deakin

Higgins

Narrabundah

Watson

Dickson

Holder

O'Connor

Weston

Downer

Holt

Oxley

Yarralumla

Duffy

Hughes

Pearce

Source: TransACT Communications Pty Ltd website (http://www.transact.com.au).

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