In Todays Australian IT section, they report Telstra's plans to roll out ADSL2.
TELSTRA has begun upgrading its ADSL equipment to deliver internet services at speeds up to 16 times faster than are currently available.
The carrier revealed the plan as South Australian internet service provider Internode launched Australia's first ADSL2 service today, which could deliver services five times faster than Telstra's ADSL.
Other ISPs are also scrambling to boost ADSL speeds.
Telstra spokesperson Patrick O'Beirne said the carrier expected to install DSL equipment capable of up to 24Mbps in all exchanges by mid-2006.
The new equipment would support the next-generation ADSL2+ standard, expected to be ratified by the Australian Communication Industry Forum later this year, Mr O'Beirne said.
Telstra was unable to say when the service would be made available commercially.
Services such as video-on-demand and voice over internet protocol telephony were "still in their embryonic phases", Mr O'Beirne said.
"Plans aren't established because the demand's not there at this stage," he said.
Tuesday, 1 March 2005
