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  From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@linuxcare.com.au>
  To  : Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:56:54 +1100 (EST)

Re: AOL? or best ISP

> IMHO ADSL is an interim technology until Australian society bites
> the bullet of constructing an optical local loop.  Note that
> the costs of this are not large by state or local government
> standards, perhaps less than has been spent on AFL and soccer
> sporting stadia in the last few years.

Optical fibre is in the process of being rolled out in Canberra at the
moment.  Standard is 10Mb/s into the home (more if you want) along
with video on demand services. Fixed monthly cost to connect to the
network. No per/megabyte charges for traffic within the network itself
- connections to the 'outside world' are done through ISPs which are
also connected to the network where presumably they will be charging
per/mb. Test suburbs have already been connected and IIRC more are
coming online either in Jan/Feb with a few more added every couple of
months.

This is what is possible if you're willing to put up with cables being
strung up along the electricity poles :-)

Chris.
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