Hugh,
You say you have Telstra cable to your house. That means that you can
get Foxtel, and Telstra-only Internet trough that cable. That
Internet should have very satisfactory speed.
The national telecommunication competition arrangement forces Telstra
to allow other providers to use its landline network where there is
enough space in an exchange for other providers' DSLAMs. However, the
arrangement does not include Telstra's cable network, so Telstra
maintains a monopoly over its cable network.
The result is that providers other than Telstra can only provide you
with ADLS+ services through Telstra's landlines, and not through
Telstra cable. Telstra sometimes claims that some of its exchanges
are too full to allow other providers to rent space for their DSLAMs.
Such exchanges are therefore 'not eligible' for other providers to use.
However, I have heard of several cases where Telstra suddenly 'found'
space for other providers' DSLAMS in an exchange soon after
subscribers contacted their local federal MPs about their problems.
You may wish to contact your local MHR, or any of the 12 senators
that represent you to see if they can organise a bit of telecom
competition in your area. If you can get together with some other
similarly-effected residents from your area you will have greater
success.
Good luck.
Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my
phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers
and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with
Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers
using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra
claim from the new modems.
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