6 ACCAN Priorities in the interest of consumers Teresa Corbin CEO, ACCAN.
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6 ACCAN Priorities in the interest of consumers
Teresa CorbinCEO, ACCAN
No Ports
Only voice services
guaranteed
Lack of information
Repeated failures
Poor to no captioning
Outside fixed
footprint
No mobile
coverage
‘Underserved’
Digital First
Cost
No guarantees
Charged more for being low
income
Content
6 Priorities
1. Improved affordability for low income consumers
• Lack of products that are sufficiently flexible that address barriers faced by low income consumers
• Conference sessions highlighted barriers and groups of consumers that face issues.
2. Future protections and universal communications services
• Customer Service Guarantee (CSG)
• Wholesale level guarantees
• Universal Service Obligation (USO)
• Regional Telecommunication Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) paper and findings
3. Better services for poorly served areas
• Coordinated approach • Interim solutions for
‘underserved’ areas
• Increased mobile coverage– Mobile Black Spot
Programme round 1 & 2
4. Improved consumer decision making
• Information supplied to consumers – ACCC broadband
performance monitoring– Research on consumer
knowledge from information provided at point of purchase
– Progression on Harper recommendation on informed choice recommendations
5. Improved accessibility
• DTO
• Web video captioning
• Broadcast captioning
6. Fair access to content
• Using the market rather than regulation to combat piracy
• Net neutrality in an Australian context