[BITList] Telstra and its "future" 100 Mbps
John Feltham
wulguru.wantok at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 00:40:17 GMT 2009
http://www.current.com.au/2009/03/12/article/Telstras-100-Mbps-broadband-still-400-times-slower-than-Swedens-best/TWDGMACNLH.html
SYDNEY: Telstra might be impressed with its new "hybrid fibre coaxial
cable broadband network", but it’s nothing compared to 75-year old
Swede Sigbritt Löthberg’s home internet connection, which is 400 times
faster at 40 Gbps.
If they can do it in Sweden, they should be able to do it here in
Australia, but Telstra is settling for 100 Mbps as it rolls out its
hybrid fibre coaxial cable broadband network, starting with Melbourne.
Telstra proudly declared that its new network will more than triple
the current peak speed when it becomes available by Christmas this
year. Wow. But Sigbritt Löthberg had her 40 Gbps connection four years
ago according to Swedish news website, The Local.
"It will enable households to do the things that they want to do, but
can't do at today's broadband speeds,” said the outgoing Telstra CEO,
Sol Trujillo.
"Families will be able to choose a high-definition movie from an
online catalogue and download it in a little over a minute to watch on
the family's big-screen TV.”
Over a minute! Sigbritt Löthberg couldn’t wait that long, she can
reportedly download an entire full high definition DVD in two seconds.
Trujillo continues, “At the same time, they could watch their
favourite sport on FOXTEL in high-definition, with instant match
statistics at their fingertips and … Simultaneously, they could share
a video file in a high-resolution video conference with friends and
family..."
Sorry Sol but Sigbritt Löthberg could watch 1,500 high definition HDTV
channels simultaneously if she wanted to.
If Trujillo says that Telstra’s new 100 Mbps network “will turn the
cable network into a two-way, fully interactive platform paving the
way to an array of existing and next generation services for
customers”, imagine what we could do with 40 Gbps!
In fairness to Telstra, Sweden’s 75-year old Sigbritt Löthberg is a
bit of an exceptional case. She is the proud Mother of Peter Löthberg,
one of the original developers of the Internet in Sweden. He hooked
his Mum up with the world’s fastest home internet connection.
However, it shows what can be done, or what could already be done
years ago.
According to a web report on The Local, Peter Löthberg has developed a
method to transfer data directly between two routers up to 2,000
kilometres apart, with no intermediary transponders.
He is also quoted as saying, “I want to show that there are other
methods than the old fashioned ways such as copper wires and radio,
which lack the possibilities that fibre has.”
Why are we settling for 100 Mbps if they can already do 40 Gbps in
Sweden?
The Rudd government is proposing to spend $4.7 billion of taxpayers'
money on its National Broadband Network (NBN).
Has the Australian Government spoken with Peter Löthberg yet though?
Maybe they should at least drop him an email to find out what’s
possible before spending any more money.
ooroo
Bad typists of the word, untie.
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