World's First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data "Call" 95
gadgetopia writes "Although data 'calls' on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009."
Re:All networks are fast... (Score:3, Informative)
Not everything will be blocked. Only the really dangerous stuff like cartoon porn!
Re:Contents of the call (Score:2, Informative)
[Censored by Australian Internet Censorship Agency]
Australian Communications and Media Authority [acma.gov.au]
frickin' telstra (Score:5, Informative)
Re:frickin' telstra (Score:5, Informative)
Before any mods mark this as a troll, let me point out that Tel$tra still charge $150/GB for excess downloads on their broadband plans [bigpond.com].
Re:Bring Lysol with me... (Score:3, Informative)
Forget the porn filters, they are just another politicians wet dream...
And forget the glitzy hey look at us and our new tech marketing.
The real issue here is Tel$tra's obscene data pricing on their mobile networks - even on their fixed line ADSL.
While the majority of ISPs in Oz shape you once you exceed your download cap, Tel$tra are still charging 15c / MB for excess on ADSL.
You think that's bad. How about 15c / KB for excess on mobile data plans. There are plans that avoid that rate, but not the stock plans that they push. So they sell you the (not so cheap anyway) base plan with a measly download limit, and the next thing those who are not aware of what they are doing (most) get a huge bill. Then they switch you to the higher per month plan to avoid the excess, making out that they are good corporate citizens. Truth is they set it up that way to deliberately catch the ignorant.
There are plenty of people here paying $130 / month for 3G mobile just to get a decent bandwidth / download connection coz they can't get ADSL. Telecoms / Internet pricing in this country sucks. All because of one dominant more or less monopoly Telco.
Re:Is it a breakthrough? (Score:3, Informative)
Standard lines in Japan are 100mbps up/down with 24 people sharing a head-end switch. That switch has 100mbps going back to the ISP. The price is about $20 for the fiber-optic line lease and $50 for the ISP service.
Typical rates are 20mbps down and 5mbps up [speedtest.net]. They are higher in the city, but I live out in the boondocks of Japan.
If you want, you can pay $75 per month and they will move you to a head-end switch with 12 users and 1gbps link back to the ISP. Then, you are almost guaranteed the full 100mbps service.