Not true, Telstra has just rolled out over 1800 ISAMs (VDSL capable) in the form of Tophat.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Newton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newton@atdot.dotat.org" target="_blank">newton@atdot.dotat.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:52:12AM +0000, Mark Delany wrote:<br>
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> So sure, maybe Telstra was stymied, but squirt-sized ISPs were never<br>
> going to do a massive VDSL deployment without huge government or<br>
> regulatory assistance.<br>
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</div>No, but they might have said, "We're going to stop buying<br>
ADSL1/ADSL2/ADSL2+ DSLAM modules, and start buying ADSL1/ADSL2/ADSL2+/VDSL<br>
DSLAM modules for replacements and future deployments."<br>
<br>
Alternatively, they might have said, "Here are bits of our market<br>
where we think we'll get more revenue out of VDSL, let's put it<br>
in those areas." (like they did with SHDSL)<br>
<br>
What's actually happened is, "We're not going to buy anything at all."<br>
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- mark<br>
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