[LINK] FTTN in Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

Alexandra Back at the Canberra Times newspaper ask about the new VDSL2 
iiNet is offering in Canberra. This turned out to be a modem upgrade of 
the more than decade old Transact system. It is similar to the FTTN 
system proposed for the NBN by the current government, but the Canberra 
system is superior as the copper cable used was laid especially for FTTN 
and is not old telephone cable. Of course it is not as good as Fiber to 
the Premises (FTTP).

See:

* "iiNet offering VDSL2 in Canberra to compete with NBN", by Alexandra 
Back, Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times, December 29, 2015: 
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/canberra-competitor-to-give-nbn-a-run-for-its-money-20151218-glqvyu.html

* Mt First Impressions of Transact, 1 May 2002: 
http://www.tomw.net.au/links/20020501.html

* This is not the only use of VDSL2 in Australia: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VDSL_and_VDSL2_deployments#Oceania


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