Mid-tier telco People Telecom today said it would soon start selling ADSL2+ broadband services based on Telstra's wholesale platform, making it the first telco to do so.

Telstra has for the past several years demonstrated an unwillingness to wholesale ADSL2+ services to other telcos as it does ADSL1, as rivals like iiNet and Optus are speedily rolling out their own ADSL2+ networks. However, the nation's former monopolist has appeared to change its tune over the past several months.

Telstra has the largest ADSL2+ network in Australia, touching some 900 telephone exchanges. People Telecom is already an extensive reseller of Telstra services and inked a $200 million deal earlier this year with the bigger telco.

People Telecom chief executive John Stanton claimed the "high-quality" Telstra-based ADSL2+ service would allow his firm to debunk what he called some broadband "myths".

"There tends to be a consumer perception that all ADSL2 services are higher speed and higher quality, compared to standard ADSL services," he said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange this morning announcing the deal.

"That's always the case, because many ADSL2+ offerings in the marketplace are highly contended, low-cost products that actually offer slower speeds than, for example, a high-quality 8Mbps ADSL service."