Just makes me thankful that in Sydney, Australia we have cable overbuild [both major cable companies Telstra (www.telstra.com) and Optus (www.optushome.com.au) covering the same area] which means we have a choice of whichever provider we possibly want and since DSL was introduced last year, it too features a selections of carriers allowing competetition and a better result for the end user with pricing, service and product.
Long live the ACCC and TIO (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman) who keep the industry fair for the consumer.
Completely correct...
Most Australian ISP's rely on the SME cable as the alternate Southern Cross Cable was only activated last week
Telstra's largest competitor Cable & Wirless Optus was just as affected as all of their residential and small business users, beit narrow or broadband, were having exaclty the same connectivity problems...
Has southern cross access been used as an alternate route, perhaps it wouldnt have reached such havoc, but alas.... for a few hours people just began to realize how much they relied on their net access and stopped complaining about Optus @Home Agreed User Policy, Telstra Bispond Advances speed cap and all net users were finally one in begging for service to be restores.
Ahhh, the joy of unity...
As an Aussie, a) I recommend evacuating the whole western seabord of our land down under...
and b) Wonder if the Australian government is aware of this... god knows that its not on any of our mass media yet
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Just makes me thankful that in Sydney, Australia we have cable overbuild [both major cable companies Telstra (www.telstra.com) and Optus (www.optushome.com.au) covering the same area] which means we have a choice of whichever provider we possibly want and since DSL was introduced last year, it too features a selections of carriers allowing competetition and a better result for the end user with pricing, service and product. Long live the ACCC and TIO (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman) who keep the industry fair for the consumer.
Completely correct... Most Australian ISP's rely on the SME cable as the alternate Southern Cross Cable was only activated last week Telstra's largest competitor Cable & Wirless Optus was just as affected as all of their residential and small business users, beit narrow or broadband, were having exaclty the same connectivity problems... Has southern cross access been used as an alternate route, perhaps it wouldnt have reached such havoc, but alas.... for a few hours people just began to realize how much they relied on their net access and stopped complaining about Optus @Home Agreed User Policy, Telstra Bispond Advances speed cap and all net users were finally one in begging for service to be restores. Ahhh, the joy of unity...
As an Aussie, a) I recommend evacuating the whole western seabord of our land down under... and b) Wonder if the Australian government is aware of this... god knows that its not on any of our mass media yet