Fibre-to-the-Home is slowly rolling out as an initiative between Telstra and developers is set to provide 1800 homes with a new Broadband services that will support streaming high definition video content by early 2008. The FTTH network will roll out Broadband Internet, Television & Telephone services into the respective development area which should become an alternative to copper-based ADSL Broadband.
As part of its Telstra Smart Community agreement, the telco is rolling out fibre to the home (FTTH) to about 1800 homes at a development being built by Lend Lease at Rouse Hill in Sydney’s northwest. The first customers are expected to be connected in early 2008.
“Telstra Velocity is a commercial venture and will only be deployed in new greenfield developments where there is appropriate investment by the developer, where the developer has signed a Telstra Smart Community agreement and where Telstra can make a commercial return on its investment.”
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