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* 1. The Commerce Commission is proposing to increase wholesale prices for phone and internet services delivered along Chorus’ fixed line copper network. While the Commission's proposed prices have yet to be finalised, a number of retailers have responded with plans to increase retail prices for phone and internet services in 2015.

DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT PRICES YOU PAY FOR PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE?

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* 2. SPARK HAS SAID THAT IN 2015 THEY WILL INCREASE THE MONTHLY PRICE FOR AN ENTRY LEVEL BROADBAND (40 GB) AND HOME LINE PACKAGE FROM $75 TO $79. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS TYPE OF PRICE INCREASE FOR YOU?

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* 3. ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY HIGHER PRICES TO RECEIVE THE SAME QUALITY OF PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE?

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* 4. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY HIGHER PRICES IF IT MEANT THAT PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE QUALITY IMPROVED?

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* 5. The Commerce Commission has recently released a report showing that the quality of broadband services in rural areas is declining.

HOW DO YOU RATE THE QUALITY OF YOUR EXISTING TELEPHONE AND INTERNET SERVICE?

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* 6. IN YOUR VIEW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WOULD YOU SAY THE QUALITY OF TELEPHONE AND INTERNET SERVICES THAT YOU RECEIVE HAS ....

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* 7. The Commission is only considering prices for phone and internet services delivered along Chorus’ fixed-line copper network. The Ultrafast broadband (UFB) network and other technologies like satellite and mobile may provide an alternative in some areas for phone and internet services.

APART FROM PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICES DELIVERED ALONG CHORUS' COPPER NETWORK, WHICH OF THE BELOW TECHNOLOGIES/NETWORKS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR PHONE AND INTERNET SERVICES?

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* 8. WHICH OF THE OPTIONS BELOW WOULD YOU CONSIDER AS AN ACCEPTABLE OR BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO PHONE AND/OR INTERNET SERVICES DELIVERED ALONG CHORUS' COPPER NETWORK?

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* 9. The reason the Commission is raising wholesale prices for phone and internet services is to enable Chorus to recover the cost of maintaining its copper network.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS A FAIR REASON FOR WHOLESALE PRICES TO GO UP?

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* 10. Retailers have said that they did not anticipate wholesale prices increasing and will therefore be increasing retail prices for phone and internet services in 2015.

DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR FOR RETAILERS TO PASS WHOLESALE PRICE INCREASES ON TO CONSUMERS IN THE FORM OF HIGHER RETAIL PRICES?

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* 11. DO YOU THINK THAT RURAL CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE SUBSIDISED FOR RETAIL PRICE INCREASES, AND IF SO WHY?

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