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New Generation Telecommunications: Fibre Based Services
Dial up Internet - The past Formerly Australia's most commonly used Internet connection, dial up connections deliver Internet via a modem across a traditional telephone line. The most popular Internet connection within Australian homes, broadband is often delivered across "copper networks" at speeds varying on the latest ADSL2+ services. Dial up and ADSL connections are not the ideal manner for delivering the Internet applications being built today: video on demand, IPTV, conferencing, voice and other applications of the future will be best supported and performing on higher speed networks. The Australian Federal Government has announced its plans to deliver high speed broadband over a National Broadband Network based on fibre technology. The Government has stated*: "FTTP is widely recognised as the optimal communications technology for the future....FTTP will provide significantly faster broadband speeds.... FTTP will also provide upgrade capacity for future growth in the use of broadband applications, is readily upgradeable and will lead to significant direct and indirect economic, environmental and social benefits". We invite you to conduct an internet search of optic fibre to see for yourself why optic fibre is "the optimal communications technology for the future"*. *Source: Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010 Explanatory Memorandum. Fibre networks allow access to multiple applications with enough bandwidth to simultaneously deliver high speed Internet as well as other applications such as high definition TV, video and voice. As the case for all kinds of telecommunications networks, all speeds achieved depend on a variety of factors including backhaul transmission networks, customer hardware and software, general internet congestion and the volume of customers using the network at any given time. The information provided here is a guide to speed considerations and is not reflective of actual network speeds that are ascertained through network tests.
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