Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:13:20 +1000 (EST) From: Enno Davids <nconedd@mensa.national.com.au> To: jesse@va.com.au (jesse reynolds) Cc: jwyatt@rwsystems.net, danny@clari.net.au, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modems and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199910182313.JAA07949@mensa.national.com.au> In-Reply-To: <v04205504b4313fc0e7cd@[1.1.1.3]> from "jesse reynolds" at Oct 19, 99 07:22:13 am
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| jesse@va.com.au wrote: | | This is a bit off the topic, but how accessable is ADSL in Australia? | I'm very keen to know how much, who to organise it through, where | they'll install it etc. | Not offerred anywhere commercially yet AFAIK. Telstra has been dragging their heels for some time now and finally announced plans to deploy it about 2 weeks ago. The suggestion was though it wouldn't actually be available till this time next year. The other item of note was that the ACCC recently ruled that Telstra had to allow 3rd party providers access to their local loops, i.e. the wires from exchange to customer premises. That means its now possible for those 3rd parties to provide things like xDSL without the need to lay cable to every house in the country. Needless to say this is all a bit new and while policy now exists, the mechanics of getting non-Telstra equipment into their exchanges are still being worked out. Sadly this is all moot anyway, as the big disincentive in Oz till now has been the ongoing tariffs applied to data circuits not the costs of having them installed in any event. Until we find out what they're going to charge for xDSL it would be foolish to make decisions about it. Cheers, Enno. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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