01/11/99
Seriously OP? Seriously?
1999? It was only a few years before that that we didn't even have the World Wide Web. Can you imagine that? In 1994 they were still trying to work out whether HTML would even be used in any great capacity.
And you produce an article from 13 years ago as your proof that fibre optics aren't any more useful than copper? Fibre optics weren't even made commercially available until after 1999.
Here's a hint - technology moves very F.A.S.T. Your proof needs to come from articles that are 15 minutes old, not 15 years.
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While he's pulling out old info
Try this
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=ecita_ctte/completed_i...
Recommendations
4.67 The Committee's recent report on the Australian telecommunications network examined the ability of the network to give all Australians affordable access to high speed data services. That report made a range of recommendations about improving access to broadband, which the Committee commends to the Government. The recommendations that follow are complementary to those made in that report, aimed as they are at enhancing broadband competition.
A national target
4.68 The Committee believes that Telstra's continued investment in ADSL technology is an interim solution. Optic fibre to the home in combination with wireless technology should be the long-term vision for telecommunications in Australia. To promote this vision the Commonwealth Government should show leadership and encourage the strategic deployment of optic fibre technology.
Recommendation 1
4.69 The Government should set, in consultation with industry, a ten-year national target for an optic fibre consumer access network roll-out and should invest the necessary regulatory and compliance powers with the Australian Communications Authority to ensure that this target is met.
Recommendation 2
4.70 The Committee recommends that the Government's accepted definitions of ADSL and broadband speeds reflect international best practice standards and should not be determined or overly influenced by product definitions of speed offered by Telstra and other carriers. The Government should review these definitions every twelve months to ensure that speeds remain contemporary.
