Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
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Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
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Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#2Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#3Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
As long as latency still matters. Gigabit wireless service can certainly be usable for a broad range of consumer applications, but you still have people playing online games, streaming, etc. that are heavily impacted by latency.
Personally, I wish I could get a decent 100/10 fiber connection in my area just for the latency advantages over DOCSIS alone (it takes roughly 10ms to even get out of my ISP's internal network onto their transit provider).
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#4Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
As long as latency still matters. Gigabit wireless service can certainly be usable for a broad range of consumer applications, but you still have people playing online games, streaming, etc. that are heavily impacted by latency. Personally, I wish I could get a decent 100/10 fiber connection in my area just for the latency advantages over DOCSIS alone (it takes roughly 10ms to even get out of my ISP's internal networ…
+VR
Latency's going to be a real bear if it takes off and multi-user applications prove popular.
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#5It's widely acknowledged that Telstra's LTE network is by far the best in Australia.
It's also by far the most expensive.
The 180GB of data used for the tests would have cost them - assuming "BYO device" plans and that Telstra did not give it to them for free:
On the "Large" (50/30GB) home wireless plan:
$150/month + $1300 for the 130GB extra used during peak times.
On the "M" (25/15GB) home plan:
$100/month + $1550 for the 155GB extra.
On a "M" mobile phone plan (10GB):
$45/month + $74,800 for the 170GB.Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#6Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
The Telstra LTE bandwidth is extremely expensive too at around $5 per Gigabyte, so their test of just 180GB would have cost about USD $75.
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#7Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
The Telstra LTE bandwidth is extremely expensive too at around $5 per Gigabyte, so their test of just 180GB would have cost about USD $75.
I get 10$ per GB. :(
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#8Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
Spectrum is finite though. You can add more fixed clients by adding more hardware at the CO and running more fibre. Eventually, even if no one is even actively downloading, your cellular network will saturate just from the number of clients.
The same is true of wireless networks today. An 802.11n wifi network is also limited by the number of clients, even if none of them are consuming their share of bandwidth.
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#9Epic read – and makes me wonder how long fixed services can truly survive. These kinds of speeds with little infrastructure surely scale better for those making the money, and are easier to implement for consumers too.
As long as latency still matters. Gigabit wireless service can certainly be usable for a broad range of consumer applications, but you still have people playing online games, streaming, etc. that are heavily impacted by latency. Personally, I wish I could get a decent 100/10 fiber connection in my area just for the latency advantages over DOCSIS alone (it takes roughly 10ms to even get out of my ISP's internal networ…
Nothing about wireless inherently causes more than a millisecond of latency. It's all about system design.
Re: Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network
#10It's widely acknowledged that Telstra's LTE network is by far the best in Australia. It's also by far the most expensive. The 180GB of data used for the tests would have cost them - assuming "BYO device" plans and that Telstra did not give it to them for free: On the "Large" (50/30GB) home wireless plan: $150/month + $1300 for the 130GB extra used during peak times. On the "M" (25/15GB) home plan: $100/month + $1550…
I'm honestly take TPG's crappy DSL, which is cheaper and has unlimited plans, over high speed connection at prices like that. It's easier to simply queue up stuff overnight.
What's the current state of the NBN network in major cities? What's the availability of Fibre in cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Perth? Are there unmetered plans? Are they affordable?