[LINK] Telstra - taking its ball and going home.

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:32 PM 9/08/2006, Danny Yee wrote:
>And if you look at iiNet's analysis of _actual_ bandwidths for
>customers with ADSL2 modems, it's obvious that nearly everyone
>in those areas can get 6Mbps+ using existing infrastructure.

is this a case of needing new DSLAMS in the exchanges to enable people to 
get adsl2+?  The guy in one of the stories yesterday, may have been Paul 
Budde, but not sure, said that all Telstra needed to do was flip a switch 
and 6+Mb would be available from their exchanges as well.

If that was done, what would it to do the backhaul ability to meet that 
increased demand?

BTW, many ISPs with ADSL2/2+ are selling it cheaper for faster rates. But 
unfortunately, there isn't enough competition or installed base in that 
space outside the inner burbs -- yet.

Jan


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