One of the things I like about winter is the morning fog. It mutes the sounds of the city and lets you have some peace and quiet.
April 2005
Monthly Archive
Telstra speeds up ADSL2 rollout
Telstra hastens ADSL2+ (Australian IT / Andrew Colley)
From the article: “ Telstra has not announced a launch date for its high-speed DSL service, but The Australian understands that the carrier plans to make them available to its retail and wholesale customers across 400 exchanges in late September.
Telstra refused to confirm or deny the reports when contacted by The Australian.
“We’re on schedule to have it up and running in the second half of the year, but we haven’t publicly released a launch date,” Telstra spokesman Rod Bruem said.
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The Australian understands the carrier has taken a conservative approach with its ADSL2+ access plans, offering speeds of 3Mbps and 6Mbps.”
Personally I doubt Telstra will do very well in the market place with such low speed plans. The current ADSL1 spec is capable of speeds up to 8Mbps downstream which makes me wonder why Telstra would commit to such a large capital expenditure if they’re not going to offer higher speeds than their current infrastructure can deliver.
AFL & Uncategorized22 Apr 2005 09:19 pm
I have updated my AFL tips page to include my tips for round 5.
Whirlpool News - Telstra stalls on DSLAM migrations
Telstra stalls on DSLAM migrations (Whirlpool / Phil Sweeney)
The article above described some of the difficulties faced by ISPs when trying to move customers from Telstra Wholesale ADSL services over to their own DSLAMs. According to Simon Hackett of Internode Telstra have inflated the costs of performing the migrations and are not allowing ISPs to have their own technicians perform the work. The ACCC is looking into the issue.
Internet & Music & Entertainment15 Apr 2005 02:34 pm
Google Readies Platform for Video Distribution (Slashdot)
Well this is an interesting development. Google with host video content for producers and look after the payment system if they choose to display it on a pay-per-view basis. I wonder if they’ll accept home movies or only professionally produced content?
Australia & Current Events06 Apr 2005 10:29 am
Virgin’s super strong push (The Age / Simon Hoyle)
From the article: “Fund managers and financial planners could find their city offices and luxury cars at risk if Virgin Money succeeds in its plans to shake up the local superannuation industry.
Virgin yesterday said it had joined forces with Macquarie Funds Management, and service providers Superpartners and Trust, to launch a new superannuation product to be released on July 1, coinciding with the new choice of fund regime.”
Richard Branson likes to get stuck into market’s where there is very little competition, and he seems to do a great job of it. I’d certainly look at switching to Virgin if they offer a competitive package.