Date   : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:33:00 +1100
From   : station240@... (paul aslin)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

> From: me@...
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:47:35 +0000
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] [OT] Who'da thought...
>
> On 19 Nov 2010, at 01:48, Rick Murray wrote:
>
> > PS: Basic twisted pair telco wiring for *that*? You're not
> > on fibre-optic or ?wave?
>
> Er, yes, it's fibre.
>
> But still! :)

I've got 21mb/s ADSL2+ over copper here, VDSL can do even faster but is distance
limited.

Government here in Australia here are going to rewire the entire country 
with 100mb/s fibre and replace the entire copper network in the process. 
Phone company are on side as they get paid for their existing ductwork and 
get a new network for their customers without having to pay for it. Problem 
is certain disruptive opposition government members and idiots look at claims 
of high speed wireless and copper (for distances 600m or less using 2 or 
even 4 pairs) and think its practical or even the same thing. Not to mention 
its the only national infrastructure that has even been costed as a whole
and the retards are freaking about the $43B price tag, which includes profits
from the new company being fed back in.

Its only a matter of time before everything goes to fibre and copper goes
to china for recycling.