It varies. depends if they used cable location services or not & the owner of the cable. but I believe it is usually it is all or a portion of the cost of the repair.

Greg Soffe
Mail Administrator

Manager Telecom Internet Registry

Telecom NZ Ltd

From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc@internode.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:27 p.m.
To: Simon Allard
Cc: nznog
Subject: Re: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage?

Hey,

What's the penalties for the contractor in NZ if they cause an outage?

MMC

On 05/02/2009, at 1:55 PM, Simon Allard wrote:

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05 February 2009, 16:00 Telstraclear has advised two cables were damaged. Downer technicians are hauling through the 96F overlay cable (300m) and should start splicing soon. The 216 fibre cable has not arrived at site yet. The offending contractor responsible for the cable cut is DCN Drilling Ltd.


05 February 2009, 14:00 Telstraclear Downer technicians are onsite locating and excavating the damaged ducts and fibre cables.

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05 February 2009, 12:00 The Fibre break has been located on Curran St, Auckland CBD end of the Harbour Bridge.
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05 February 2009, 11:15 Telstraclear Trans North technicians have located the fibre break and are investigating the extent of damage.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Allard [mailto:simon.allard@team.orcon.net.nz]
Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:16 p.m.
To: Chris Hodgetts; nznog
Subject: Re: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage?

Yes, The fibre cut in on Curran St in Auckland city. It's been down since around 8:30 am.

No ETR that I know of.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hodgetts [mailto:chris@archnetnz.com]
Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:11 p.m.
To: nznog
Subject: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage?

Anyone else experiencing any issues with Telstra Clear fibre?

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