TransACT allowed to upgrade its network

Will they still throttle it down to dial-up speed so that YouTube videos keep stalling?

Yay .. Faster speeds now rather than 10-20 years!

Dont need an NBN

* Insert to the start of Para2 of my last post:

“Aside from the ADSL DSLAMs and SkyData..”

Solidarity said :

Why can’t TransACT just make the Canberra internet all fast and stuff and then when the NBN comes along just plug the TransACT thingy into the NBN thingy and then the NBN wouldn’t need to come and do Canberra?

Because the TransACT’s network that looks most like the NBN – the FTTH network – is only in a couple of Gungahlin suburbs. It is a suitable network for acquisition by NBNCo.

The rest of TransACT’s network is VDSL and therefore nothing like the NBN. (Also, it only covers about half of the ACT.)

TransACT are probably trying to convince NBNCo to install in TransACT areas last, as they will claim the area is well-serviced. VDSL2 upgrades will help with this claim, but whether it’s acceptable is a matter of opinion.

TransACT allowed to upgrade it’s network

ZOMG the head of poetix will explode at that headline!

Solidarity said :

Why can’t TransACT just make the Canberra internet all fast and stuff and then when the NBN comes along just plug the TransACT thingy into the NBN thingy and then the NBN wouldn’t need to come and do Canberra?

Because construction requires significant capital and TransACT would not be able to deploy it any faster than NBN Co. can. Nor does TransACT have enough capital or debt I suspect to build much of anything. They wouldn’t be able to build it with the same scale of economy so would need to somehow build it at a higher cost than NBN, then convince NBN to buy it for more than NBN can build it, which obviously they wouldn’t do.

Had TransACT not cheap-skated and bothered to roll out fibre Canberra wide years ago, then they may have an argument for doing such a thing now, because all the channels and node hardware would be in place. But instead they opted for installing their own dSLAMS piggy backing on ageing Telstra equipment to expand their coverage.

Solidarity said :

Why can’t TransACT just make the Canberra internet all fast and stuff and then when the NBN comes along just plug the TransACT thingy into the NBN thingy and then the NBN wouldn’t need to come and do Canberra?

For that to happen, the NBN would have to purchase the TransACT network, and it would need to become a wholesale only network. The TransACT fibre network doesn’t come close to covering all of Canberra either – there are plenty of areas where TransACT is only available via an ADSL connection.

Why can’t TransACT just make the Canberra internet all fast and stuff and then when the NBN comes along just plug the TransACT thingy into the NBN thingy and then the NBN wouldn’t need to come and do Canberra?