Telstra boosts Melbourne cable to 100Mbps
By Chris Duckett on 19 November 2009
Telstra has announced an upgrade to its HFC broadband network within Melbourne as well as its Velocity fibre-to-the-home network and will begin trailing a new TV set-top box.
Both networks have had their download capacity upgraded to 100Mbps, with the HFC upload having an upper limit of 2Mbps. The HFC upgrade will reach one million residences in Melbourne.
"This means the actual download speeds an individual customer will receive on the services will depend on factors including customer equipment, server limitations, Wi-Fi reception/capacity, and so will be less than the total capacity into the home," Telstra said in a statement.
Telstra said in August that it had spent $1.5 billion on the upgrade.
The telco also announced a new set-top box called T-Box that uses two digital TV tuners and has the ability to record, rewind and pause live free-to-air television. The device also connects to BigPond's TV and movie rental services.
"T-Box also gives users unmetered access to the seven BigPond TV internet channels including live news, sport and online music all streamed directly to the television set," Telstra group managing director of product management, Holly Kramer, said.
The T-Box will be trialled by Melbourne customers, due to the network upgrades, over the coming months.
Topics: broadband, ftth, hfc, network, set top box, telstra, tv
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Comments (6)
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HelderD commented on 08/12/2009 23:07
Most likely the inner eastern suburbs will get the upgrade first. Because as we all know they are such a good market indicator for the rest of us in Melbourne!!
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Denis Z commented on 24/11/2009 14:25
I live 18 km from Melbourne's CBD, and can't even get access to ADSL or cable internet. Howabout providing some sort of access before 'boosting' speeds? Its a pathetic attempt to increase their profile.
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Dae commented on 22/11/2009 19:50
Wow even a faster way to use up my extremely small cap on an expensive plan
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Slam commented on 20/11/2009 22:55
Typical smoke and mirror crap. Look at me, look at me! Most people can't wait for the carve up of Telstra...only 15 years overdue!
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Andy commented on 20/11/2009 21:35
So, is there any word on exactly who in Melbourne will be able to get the alleged 100Mbps?
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