Rural Australia

Telstra has thanked the new Fed Government by connecting 900 exchanges to its faster ADSL2+ service. The Govt has said it doesn’t think there is a compelling reason for 3rd parties wishing to onsell such services to be regulated. i.e. It’s up to Telstra to decide how much such parties should pay to use the service. This is a bit like the Microsoft anti-trust case where Microsoft (given its dominance) had to unbundle its Internet Explorer (IE) product from its Office product to give competitors a fighting chance. In the case of Telstra, it has been allowed to continue to control the products it has invested in and developed as free market enterprise ideal would seem to support. Whirlpool forum notes. Are you thankful ADSL2+ is now available more widely? Do you think ADSL2+ will help you? Please leave a comment below.