[LINK] 500-Mbits/s over copper

[Paul Brooks]

Tom Koltai wrote:
> Thank-you Paul,
>  
> You filled in a coulle of gaps in my knowledge base.
> Although I am pretty sure that eftel, iinet and a couple of others in 
> sydney are using vdsl-2. but I could be wrong.
> My reference is Zyxel hardware sales. (i.e.: 
> http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family_detail.php?PC1indexflag=20040812093058&display=6239&CategoryGroupNo=4B84BD2B-12CA-4A20-9247-3A214B94B578 
> <http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family_detail.php?PC1indexflag=20040812093058&display=6239&CategoryGroupNo=4B84BD2B-12CA-4A20-9247-3A214B94B578>)
>  
> Regards,
>  
> tom
Tom, the CPE might be available (does the Zyxel have an A-tick?) , 
however VDSL2 is not yet permitted on the Australian copper loop 
network, by the Comms Alliance (ex-ACIF) interference rules.
The working group put together to include VDSL2 into the permitted 
technologies ran into (ahem) "irreconcilable differences" and the 
revised code is still unfinished and stalled.
EFTel certainly announced publicly they are deploying VDSL2-capable 
DSLAM equipment, however until the Comms Alliance code is completed, 
submitted and ratified by ACMA they cannot enable the VDSL2 modes, 
falling back to ADSL2+.


Of course, there is nothing wrong with deploying VDSL2-capable CPE that 
is administratively restricted to train up only in ADSL2+ mode, or that 
is connected to DSLAMs that only support ADSL2+, in preparation for the 
day VDSL2 is ratified.

Your link is only to a US-based product brochure - do you have a link to 
actual sales data in Australia for this model?

Regards,
    Paul.