Telstra extends ADSL2+ to a further 2m BigPond customers

From
http://www.computerworld.com.au/inde...38;fp;2;fpid;1

Telstra has completed a rollout that will enable ADSL2+ broadband services
to an additional 2.4 million businesses and homes across the country.

The rollout, which involved the upgrading of 907 exchanges, was completed in
just over two months. Almost two million of the areas serviced are in NSW,
Victoria and Queensland.

"With around 80 per cent of the exchanges located outside the major metro
areas, this is an important step forward for telecommunications in regional
and rural Australia," said Telstra's head of Public Policy & Communications,
Phil Burgess in a statement.

According to Telstra over 1400 exchanges in its BigPond network, serving
16.6 million people, have now been upgraded to deliver ADSL 2+ services.

As an indication of the scope of the rollout, the now new OPEL broadband
network was to have only delivered ADSL2+ equipment in 312 telephone
exchanges.

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:58:58 GMT "Alan Parkington"
<patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> Telstra has completed a rollout that will enable ADSL2+ broadband
> services to an additional 2.4 million businesses and homes across the
> country.
>
> The rollout, which involved the upgrading of 907 exchanges, was
> completed in just over two months.

So if it was that easy, why didn't Tel$tra roll this "service" out much
sooner?

John Phillips wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:58:58 GMT "Alan Parkington"
> <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Telstra has completed a rollout that will enable ADSL2+ broadband
>> services to an additional 2.4 million businesses and homes across the
>> country.
>>
>> The rollout, which involved the upgrading of 907 exchanges, was
>> completed in just over two months.
>
> So if it was that easy, why didn't Tel$tra roll this "service" out much
> sooner?
I had ages ago but until some competition became viable it wasn't
supplied power /