The premise of the national $50/$75/$100bn investment in the NBN was so that we could have a free market in retail supply. If that access is subject to restrictive practices, that's a question for the ACCC.
Kind regards Paul Wilkins On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 14:54, Evan Dent <e...@evandent.com> wrote: > The flip side of all of this is that you let any Tom, Dick and Harry in, > how can the building manager vouch for who they are and what they are > doing. What happens if they do indeed break someone else's service. > > I always contact an owner/building manager to seek access to a locked MDF > before booking any site visit to avoid just this and to comply with any > requests. I believe from the legal side of it, only the carrier would have > to be granted access. The person who came to do the jumpering is not the > carrier, therefore access does not have to be granted. Kinda sucks but just > suck eggs and call the manager/owner and seek for permission for a tech to > enter their property. > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:13 PM Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> No experience, but this doesn't sound right. The building manager's view >> and body corporate, presumably, is that the MDF is private property on >> private property. I think this is wrong headed. The function of the MDF is >> to provide a utility, and restricting access to supply looks like monopoly >> enforcement. >> >> Of course you can bill the body corporate, and see how they react. >> >> The people whose preserve this is is the ACCC. I'd write them (not call) >> a letter, who knows, they may take a view which they're prepared to enforce. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Paul Wilkins >> >> >> On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 13:42, Matt Perkins <m...@spectrum.com.au> wrote: >> >>> On a daily basses >>> and good luck getting anything back. It's there property. Move on and >>> welcome to the NBN. >>> >>> Oh and my dry humor aside it's helpful to have a check list of things to >>> do before scheduling staff to attend site. We always contacts the building >>> manager and provide insurance make an appointment etc. Just showing up is >>> bound to get them offside from the start. This is their castle treating >>> them like the king helps. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On 14/5/19 1:35 pm, Alex Moorhouse wrote: >>> >>> So I arranged for an MDF tech to do some jumpering after the NBN FTTB >>> tech completed their side. Should have been a 5 minute job, but the >>> building manager refused entry to our contracted tech and said we had to >>> use their preferred contractor. Now I am out of pocket for the first visit >>> and need to pay their contractor to visit again, not only wasting money but >>> also time and customer frustration. >>> >>> Has anyone come across this before? I believe I should be able to >>> invoice the body corp for the first visit as I doubt it is legal for them >>> to refuse entry to the MDF. Anyone have some legal codes/links I can attach >>> to my email to them? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AusNOG mailing >>> listAusNOG@lists.ausnog.nethttp://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >>> >>> >>> -- >>> /* Matt Perkins >>> Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd. >>> Office 1300 133 299 m...@spectrum.com.au >>> Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000 >>> Spectrum Networks is a member of the Communications Alliance & TIO >>> */ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AusNOG mailing list >>> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net >>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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