Telstra challenges “ludicrous” Optus to get “independent audit”

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Page 2 of 3 Besides the fact that 85% is clearly a smaller number than 99%, Telstra offers some additional comparisons. Telstra says its network covers 2 million square kilometres of coverage today, and that Optus “hopes to cover 98% in 2009” which would only equal 1 million square kilometres, three years after Telstra launched Next G in the first place. Telstra boasts that its network operates at 14.4Mbps speeds today (with a report I read elsewhere claiming Netcomm will deliver 14.4Mbps-class modems later this year). Telstra also says its network will be at 21Mbps by the end of 2008, while Optus “peaks at 3.6Mbps”. I called Optus to find out if they had planned to have faster speeds by the end of 2008 or 2009, as I’d be surprised if speed boosts weren’t at least planned. I've heard back from Optus and will incorporate their statements into a follow-up article, although they do promise "faster speeds" at an undetermined time in the future. Telstra has also talked up its choice of the 850MHz spectrum for 3.5G, saying that it has enabled a “single national wireless broadband network”, blasting Optus for having to build a “patchwork 3G network built using coverage-unfriendly 2100 MHz spectrum and a limited block of 2G 900MHz spectrum it must now share for its 3G users.” And, while Telstra hasn’t mentioned it in their press release, the 850MHz network is certainly one that has dozens models of phone now available for it, with lots of models for the 900MHz 3.5G yet to actually arrive. That said, Nokia’s upcoming N96, the successor to the still amazing N95, will support, depending on the model, either 2100/900 or 1900/850 MHz, so the 900MHz network certainly isn’t being ignored by the major manufacturers. So, what else did Telstra’s Geoff Booth have to say in blasting Optus? Please read on to page 3. << First page <   1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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