Australia is a little slower on the bandwith uptake. However this will start to change in the first quarter of 2000 as new technologies start to come into affect. MagnaData are already offering HDSL in sydney and melbourne, with ether over fibre to some buildings. The big movers however will be LMDS (apparantly) up to 100mbps and wireless of 45mbps over distances of up to 35kms. CDMA is set to be released in second quarter of 2000 giving a defined local call zone being able to deliver high speed internet access to mobile devices for the cost of a local call. Considering we have in the last 2 weeks seen AAPT release 15c local calls and unlimited 56k modem access for $35 a month, Australia is just starting to see the results of competition.
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Australia is a little slower on the bandwith uptake. However this will start to change in the first quarter of 2000 as new technologies start to come into affect. MagnaData are already offering HDSL in sydney and melbourne, with ether over fibre to some buildings. The big movers however will be LMDS (apparantly) up to 100mbps and wireless of 45mbps over distances of up to 35kms. CDMA is set to be released in second quarter of 2000 giving a defined local call zone being able to deliver high speed internet access to mobile devices for the cost of a local call. Considering we have in the last 2 weeks seen AAPT release 15c local calls and unlimited 56k modem access for $35 a month, Australia is just starting to see the results of competition.