[LINK] Forum on high speed bandwidth in Australia

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Pia,

A couple of storiess....that may be of relevance to the subject if not the form 
of the forum:

 > Demand for broadband services is quickly growing in India's dynamic market, 
and Gowton Achaibar, President, Ericsson India and Sri Lanka, predicts that 
adoption of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology will be dramatic.
 >
 > The solution is operational in a residential complex near New Delhi. It 
allows the 3000 residents in the complex to enjoy personalized IPTV in 
high-definition, video-on-demand and other advanced entertainment services.
<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Communication_to_be_easy_and_faster_-nid-56273.html>

 > It is believed that the IP4 addresses will run out by April 2010, which will 
make it necessary for users to move over to IPv6, or the next version that 
supports a total of 16 billion IP addresses, reports Business Standard. The 
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has urged the Department of 
Telecommunications (DoT) that the fast growth of Internet and likely migration 
towards NGN (next generation networks) will require IPv6 addresses. In this 
background, (the) creation of a National Internet Registry (NIR) is urgently 
required.
<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/India_will_run_out_of_IP_addresses_by_2010-nid-56298.html>

Marghanita
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