[LINK] Revealed: the fastest telcos and cities in Australia for broadband

[David Lochrin]

On 10/11/2017 10:01, Roger Clarke wrote:

> Much of the city uses TransACT VDSL2.  Is it an appropriate characterisation to call that an updated version of an early form of FTTN?  If so, then 32/14 MBps could be seen as being current state of the art?

I'd suggest it's an updated form of ADSL2+.  But you should be grateful for the 72/18 Mbit/s speeds you're seeing with VDSL2!

I think the data rate is much more a function of network engineering, principally the copper distance between user and node, and then the fibre architecture.  I'm under the impression TransACT uses much denser nodes, and fibre to the building in the case of apartments; is that correct?

I wish we had Transact in the Southern Highlands.  And I'm pleased to see Trumble is feeling the heat generated by his stupid MTM decision.

David L.