[AusNOG] VDSL2, was Re: 4G advances

Glen Greig glen at greig.net.au
Fri Oct 19 12:13:27 EST 2012


Not true, Telstra has just rolled out over 1800 ISAMs (VDSL capable) in the
form of Tophat.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:52:12AM +0000, Mark Delany wrote:
>
>  > So sure, maybe Telstra was stymied, but squirt-sized ISPs were never
>  > going to do a massive VDSL deployment without huge government or
>  > regulatory assistance.
>
> No, but they might have said, "We're going to stop buying
> ADSL1/ADSL2/ADSL2+ DSLAM modules, and start buying ADSL1/ADSL2/ADSL2+/VDSL
> DSLAM modules for replacements and future deployments."
>
> Alternatively, they might have said, "Here are bits of our market
> where we think we'll get more revenue out of VDSL, let's put it
> in those areas." (like they did with SHDSL)
>
> What's actually happened is, "We're not going to buy anything at all."
>
>   - mark
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