Telstra has revealed the cost of replacing the pair gain technology that has caused so much anguish throughout Australia would hit AU$2 billion, according to the Opposition.
The federal opposition and Telstra are at loggerheads over a proposal by the carrier to overcome limitations to Internet access created by use of pair gain technologies.
Telstra has moved to downplay the demand for high-speed Internet services in Australia, claiming only "a few thousand" people whose access standard is presently restricted by controversial "pair gain" technologies will want to upgrade.
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