Telstra BigPond CEO Sol Trujillo recently confirmed a
planned upgrade for their hybrid fibre coaxial cable network for later this
year. It is expected that the upgrade will deliver fast broadband
speeds of 30Mbps (30Mbit/s) to 1.7 million household subscribers by the end of
2007. The jump from the current 17Mbps Broadband speed to the new proposed
faster 30Mbps is not that significant when considering Telstra’s overall plans
for it’s hybrid cable network. However, when Mr Trujillo was quizzed over
the limited speed developments he remained tight lipped and refused to discuss
details.
The relatively small jump in speed
(17Mbit/s to 30Mbit/s) indicates that Telstra is indeed using channel-bonded
DOCSIS technology rather than the newer DOCSIS 3.0 standard that Optus is
considering.
He was tight lipped on other details,
refusing to discuss why the reach of the 30Mbit/s cable broadband was smaller
than the overall footprint of Telstra’s HFC, which covers 2.7 million premises.
Presumably, though, Telstra’s engineers have found that 30Mbit/s is only
attainable over certain distances.
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