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

[Frank O'Connor]

Yo Jan,

At 8:50 PM +1000 on 9/8/06 you wrote:
>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?

That's all the FTTN was supposed to supply ... at a 'guaranteed 
6Mbs'. (Be still my beating heart!
:
>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.

And most of us who sign up end up waiting a long time before being 
shifted from Telstra's DSLAM to the new providers ADSL 2(+) DSLAM ... 
due to Telstra regulations.

					Regards,