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Telstra告诉发展商它即刻起停止在新开发区安装传统铜电话线，因为xx政府有可能要求从7月1日起铺设光缆。

业界团体说上周四的决定已经造成了很多房屋无法按时交工，进一步夸大了住房短缺。

开发商因为没有电话线将无法从市政府拿到证书，没有证书，房屋就不能销售。

Telstra的城市发展部经理Jeoffrey Keogh上周四向开发商发了封电邮，说“根据政府的宣布，我们预计新的相关立法从7月1日起执行，新法律要求新开发区必须铺设光纤到户网路。因此，Telstra改变了政策，将不再铺设普通铜线”

铺设光纤的费用预计在$3000每户，只有新开发区才有此项要求。



Telstra blocks sale of houses
March 22, 2010
THOUSANDS of new houses will be delayed from coming onto the market, and will cost up to $3000 more, because of a sudden decision by Telstra to stop installing copper phone lines, large developers warn.
Telstra has told developers it has immediately ceased installing copper phone connections in greenfields developments due to a federal government requirement for fibre optic cable in new housing from July 1.
Stephen Albin, the head of the Urban Development Institute of Australia in NSW, the largest group representing developers of new housing projects, said the decision last Thursday had caught many developers by surprise and would cause long delays in selling homes, exacerbating the housing shortage.
He said developers would not be able to get certificates to satisfy councils that telephone services have been installed. Without those certificates, developers could not sell the properties.
Mr Albin said he expected the decision by Telstra would effect ''scores of developers'' and ''thousands'' of homes.
An email sent from Telstra's Urban Development Manager, Jeoffrey Keogh, to developers on Thursday said that ''based on government announcements, we expect new legislation to commence from 1 July 2010 that mandates the provision of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) technology in new housing developments.
''As a result, Telstra has changed its policy regarding the installation of telecommunications network infrastructure in greenfields developments … Where the developer has not made arrangements to have FTTP infrastructure installed, Telstra will no longer deploy copper cable.''
While copper was provided free, Mr Keogh told developers it may ''require'' them to pay a contribution towards the cost of installing fibre optic cables.
Fibre optic cable will provide a better service, but Mr Albin said many companies were in the midst of negotiating the installation of copper when Telstra announced its decision.
''It seems like an entirely commercial decision … it's quite an aggressive move,'' he said.
He said Telstra should have provided a transition period until July 1 so that companies would not be forced to begin new rounds of negotiations with Telstra or other providers to install communications and find the money to cover the extra costs. Some companies had been told these would be around $3000.
The costs will only be levied on greenfield sites. They will be met by the National Broadband Network in existing urban areas.
A Telstra spokesman denied the decision had been made on Thursday and said it had been announced at an Urban Development Institute of Australia conference a week earlier.
He said the decision was a response to the government's policy that ''greenfields estates be wired with fibre rather than with copper''.
''The higher cost of fibre means it's not viable for us to provide fibre to the premise, without a contribution from developers,'' he said.
The new greenfield requirements are part of preparations for the government's forthcoming $43 billion National Broadband Network.
Telstra and the government are embroiled in difficult negotiations over what communications infrastructure will become part of the network.
Legislation to pave the way for a separation of Telstra's infrastructure and retail arms has also stalled in the Senate. The government delayed a vote last week after crossbench senators refused to offer their support.