The Australian broadband market is "slowly getting off the ground" according to information technology advisory firm International Data Corp, with residential broadband penetration, pricing and competition levels showing improvement.
Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.
Australians are paying far more for their broadband service than their counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by IDC.
IDC Asia Pacific expects the number of broadband subscribers in Singapore to swell to 1.3 million by 2005, from the current 79,000.
Interest in Voice over Internet Protocol technology has reached fever pitch amongst Australian businesses, an Optus survey claims, but competing research by Pacific Internet suggests otherwise.
Much has been made of Telstra's decision to finally stop holding Australia to ransom, and to actually turn on the ADSL2+ equipment it has installed in what is apparently over 900 of its exchanges around the country.
Is Australia leading or lagging in the broadband stakes? Well, it depends on who you ask.
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