Hi Pia, haven't had a chance to read the subscription, but could you outline the role of local councils in the delivery of broadband ?
There is a reason i ask. Let me explain... We recently relocated back to Oz late last year and have taken up residence in a town just outside of Melbourne (for now anyway). We are only about 30min drive to the center of town. BUT.. This area has had a lot of development, in fact there are over 5000 new houses planed over the next few years. Where we live are 100's (maybe 1000's) of new homes (ie. less than 5 years of age). But non of them have access to ADSL2. Only ADSL1. I infact I live less than 1 KM from 2 major switchs (has a pile of optical running into them). At the moment they service 3G towers. But no one in the town (thats a few thousand people) can access any of this new tech ? And I live in a house less than 1 year old. In fact they are just building the last house in my street. My suburb is basically brand new. And NO ADSL2. Why ? All the houses have been wired up in what is known as (I always get this back the front, so if i do, excuse me for not being a sparky) a PAIR GAIN configuration - from wikipedia - "pair gain is a method of transmitting multiple POTS signals over the twisted pairs traditionally used for a single traditional subscriber line in telephone systems. Pair gain has the effect of creating additional subscriber lines". So adsl2 needs 2 POTS but someone - don't know if its telstra or the developer - have wired up 1000's of new homes in a manner that STOPS the deliver of high speed broadband. The infrastructure is here. The optical is here. Just all the houses have been wired up in a manner that NO ONE can get it. Instead we are being offered ADSL1 (or high end ADSL is available ie. 8M) or 3G (which just doesn't work). So whats my point? I suspect this is probably pretty rampant. Why are councils allowing this? Who is responsible. We are about to spend billions , but what are we doing to leverage all these new developments ? why are telephone services being provided to new developments in a manner that will not connect us to the current decade ? What provision is being made in the new proposal to engage councilors and developers to help build this network ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
