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Thread ID: 124938 2012-05-28 21:55:00 Anyone gone fiber internet yet? Nomad (952) PC World Chat
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1278138 2012-05-30 02:51:00 HD do VDSL2 at very reasonable prices. Most other places like Maxnet and Telstra do it but label it as a premium business product, and for the better part it's incredibly bloody expensive.

I wonder why though considering at a port-level the ISPs only pay Telecom Wholesale roughly $20 more vs ADSL2+? Yet if the customer is offered a comparable data-plan, why not charge them *roughly* the same as the ADSL2+ plan plus an additional $20?!

It leaves the entry-level UFB stuff pointless if you ask me.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1278139 2012-05-30 05:17:00 There really is no point in Fiber if the speed is only gonna be 5mbps. goodiesguy (15316)
1278140 2012-05-30 05:46:00 There are plenty of reasons for Fibre, such as:
1) Distance from the Exchange / Cabinet
2) Avoids issues with outside interference better than copper
3) Upload speeds
4) SLA's can be given for a business on it's uptime, vs ADSL as a 'best effort'
5) CIR options available vs PIR

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Chilling_Silence (9)
1278141 2012-05-30 07:07:00 i think what goodie might be getting at is like me (for personal use), if we are getting more or less 8+ Mbit speed with our ADSL connection let alone the price difference why get fiber if it is 5 Mbit. :) Nomad (952)
1278142 2012-05-30 10:04:00 i think what goodie might be getting at is like me (for personal use), if we are getting more or less 8+ Mbit speed with our ADSL connection let alone the price difference why get fiber if it is 5 Mbit. :)

Yeah, that's what I was getting at.
goodiesguy (15316)
1278143 2012-05-30 11:11:00 Because the peak speed matters less than the 5 aforementioned reasons I posted.

He's a home user who wants to download youtube videos without buffering. Great. Other people not so much.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1278144 2012-06-05 06:03:00 As promised :)
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Be great to have you along if you can make it.
quentinreade (16545)
1278145 2012-06-05 21:13:00 Awesome, thanks heaps, can't wait! :)
Just emailed now, hope I get in...
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