Eirpac (Irish National Packet Switched Data Network) Scheme, 1984.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Scheme may be cited as the EIRPAC (Irish National Packet Switched Data Network) Scheme, 1984.
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paragraphs: This Scheme shall come into operation on the 10th day of December 1984.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme.
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paragraphs: This Scheme shall apply in addition to the applicable provisions of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Acts 1983 and 1984 and of the appropriate Schemes relating to Telecommunications Services in force from time to time under the said Acts and in particular the scheme entitled Telephone Regulations 1980 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1980 ) as amended. Such provisions shall be deemed applicable unless provision is made separately in this Scheme or the contract requires otherwise.
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paragraphs: In this Scheme and in relation to the charges for packet switching service, except and in so far as the contrary is provided or the context requires otherwise, the following expressions have the meaning respectively assigned to them:—
"Packet Switching Exchange" means switching equipment and apparatus which forms part of the Irish National Packet Switched Data Network and is operated by Bord Telecom Ãireann for the purpose of conveying data by means of telecommunications through the medium of that system, and where the context so requires, includes the building, vehicle or other external covering which houses such equipment and apparatus.
"EIRPAC" is the name assiged by Bord Telecom Ãireann to the Irish National Packet Switched Data Network and, where the context so requires or admits, applies to apparatus, facilities or service pertaining to the said Network.
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paragraphs: (1) Every applicant for EIRPAC service shall, before he is provided with such service, be required to enter into an agreement with Bord Telecom Ãireann for that purpose and such agreement shall be known as the Agreement for EIRPAC Service.
(2) The Subscriber shall be responsible for obtaining at his own expense all necessary consents from the owners or operators of computers or terminals with which he wishes to communicate. Provision of service to a Subscriber does not give the Subscriber or any other person access by right to any computer or terminal to which access is available.
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paragraphs: The Charges (including as to rental) fixed for EIRPAC are in addition to any charges in respect of telephone services, or any equipment or apparatus rented by the Subscriber from Bord Telecom Ãireann for use directly or indirectly in connection with EIRPAC.
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paragraphs: (1) Bord Telecom Ãireann may at its discretion and where appropriate:
( a ) Allocate to the Subscriber, such code, called a Network User Identity as Bord Telecom Ãireann may think fit;
( b ) At the request of the Subscriber or a person appearing to Bord Telecom Ãireann to be acting on behalf of the Subscriber, allocate to the Subscriber, for such minimum period as Bord Telecom Ãireann may determine, either generally or in relation to a particular case, one or more additional Network User Identities, or withdraw from the Subscriber any additional Network User Identity so allocated. Any such request, if not made in writing, shall he confirmed in writing by the Subscriber or the person making the request (such confirmation to be received by Bord Telecom Ãireann before the day upon which such allocation is requested to take effect).
(2) Bord Telecom Ãireann may, at its discretion, alter any Network User Identity at any time.
(3) Bord Telecom Ãireann may at its discretion from time to time, at the request of the Subscriber or a person appearing to Bord Telecom Ãireann to be acting on behalf of the Subscriber, temporarily invalidate any Network User Identity allocated to the Subscriber. Any such request, if not made in writing, shall be confirmed in writing by the Subscriber or the person making the request, such confirmation to be received by Bord Telecom Ãireann witin seven days of the making of such request. The rental charge for any Network User Identity shall continue to be payable in respect of any such period of invalidation.
(4) Bord Telecom Ãireann may at its discretion and where appropriate allocate to the Subscriber from time to time such code, called a Network User Address, as Bord Telecom Ãireann may think fit. Bord Telecom Ãireann may at its discretion alter a Subscriber's Network User Address at any time.
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paragraphs: (1) The Subscriber shall pay to Bord Telecom Ãireann in respect of any call or attempted call originated from equipment and apparatus under his control call charges calculated, except where Bord Telecom Ãireann otherwise determines or the Subscriber agrees otherwise with Bord Telecom Ãireann, by reference to the total charges applicable to:
( a ) the volume of data passed through, and measured in units (each capable of containing 64 characters of data, including non-alphanumeric characters and spaces, and called segments) determined and recorded by the packet switching exchange and not by reference to the volume of data originated and received by the Subscriber's equipment and apparatus; and
( b ) the duration of the call determined and recorded by the packet switching exchange.