On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 18:05 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
Wow, very modern - Ethernet-To-The-Home.
This is common here, nobody uses xDSL. I have Ethernet here from 2007.
I guess you (i.e. your city) was able to skip DSL altogether because the infra-structure was late in coming? Fibre is slowly becoming available here too, but so far only in the cities. The DSL speeds go to 20Mbps, but that's on copper.
Awww, you are way behind the times! *We* have 24Mbps on copper!
But you will only get this if you live on top of the telephone exchange!
Look at this graph for example:
http://www.tpg.com.au/dslam/faq.php
This is why, in the UK, there are complaints about false advertising about what you get for what you pay.
Here some real-life results based on end-user reports, from NL http://adsl.xandrios.net/ Though the site is dutch, the graphs speak for themselfs. Clearly, any subscription while living more than 3km from the local exchange, is a waste of money (unless you have no alternative) Biggest telco around here is succesfully obstructing any other players around here, who might be introducing ftth. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org