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start of AUSTRALIAN BB
Interent was only avalible in darwin via a UUCP dial up. -
first perminant internet conection
First permanent circuit connecting AARNet to ARPANet using TCP/IUP over X.25 was established in May 1989. It linked the University of Melbourne with the University of Hawaii via a 2400-bit/s (bits per second) satellite connection. Later upgraded to 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and then 256 kbit/s, at a time which the US end-point was moved to San Jose at a NASA facility. -
new roll out of separate cable internet
In the late 1990s, Telstra and Optus rolled-out separate cable Internet services, focusing on the east coast. In 2000, the first consumer ADSL services were made available via Telstra Bigpond, at speeds of 256/64 kbit/s - 512/128 kbit/s, and 1500/256 kbit/s. Telstra chose to artificially limit all ADSL speeds to a maximum of 1500/256 kbit/s. As ADSL required access to the telephone exchange and the copper line — which only Telstra had — this allowed Telstra to be dominant du -
50 exchanges
The first competition to Telstra's DSLAMs was provided by then Optus subsidiary XYZed, launching business-grade xDSL services from 50 exchanges in September 2000. -
residential market began
Competition in the residential infrastructure market began in 2003, when Adelaide-based ISP Internode installed a DSLAM in the town of Meningie, South Australia. Several other service providers have since begun deploying their own DSLAMs. The presence of non-Telstra DSLAMs allowed the service providers to control the speed of connection, and most offered "uncapped" speeds, allowing the customers to connect at whatever speed their copper pair would allow, up to 8 Mbit/s. Ratification of ADSL2. -
telstra upgrade
In 2005, Telstra announced it would invest A$210 million in upgrading all of its ADSL exchanges to support ADSL2+ by mid-2006, though they did not say whether they would continue to restrict access speeds. -
Telsras new roll out
In 2006, they announced new intentions to substantially alter their copper phone network and setup a "Fibre to the Node (FTTN)" network. This was later scrapped, with Telstra citing regulations forcing it to provide cheap wholesale access to its competitors as the reason not to invest in upgrading their network. -
funding agreement signed
The funding agreement was signed on 9 September 2007, which was dependent upon further planning by OPEL and confirmation that it would reach the agreed levels of coverage. The then federal opposition communications spokesman stated that they would honour the agreement, a stance maintained after winning government two months later, despite their own competing National Broadband Network proposal -
REJECTED
On 2 April 2008, it was announced that the funding agreement for Opel Networks had been cancelled. -
NBN
The new broadband network NBN is being announced and published. -
NBN
On 20 February 2014, the Minister for Communications published the full results of this analysis, following the release of a national summary report on 23 December 2013. -
LINKS
http://www.communications.gov.au/broadband/national_broadband_network
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