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VIRTUALISATION FTTH provider adopts Australian-designed hardware
VIRTUALISATION FTTH provider adopts Australian-designed hardware | FTTH provider adopts Australian-designed hardware |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 19 March 2009 | |
  
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Very sensibly, OptiComm takes care of the pipes and allows customers to select from a range of service providers for broadband, telephony (PSTN or VoIP) and TV. For example, the company already has arrangements with Foxtel, Austar and SelecTV, as well as several (unspecified) ISPs. Broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps are supported by the planned network. Other applications include environmental monitoring, security services, smart metering, and community services such as surveillance. The same equipment can be used by businesses requiring VLAN services. OptiComm's Eline service is said to be equivalent to a Metro Ethernet service. "Just like electricity, gas and water infrastructure are essential in the construction of new housing, Fibre to the Home is no longer a nice to have, but a must for new residential and mixed use developments," said Phil Smith, general manager at OptiComm. "Indeed, we're seeing it being mandated by many of the large developers who have identified it as a disadvantage not to have high speed broadband connectivity in new homes," he added. The equipment selected by OptiComm can deliver up to 1Gbps per port, allowing headroom for future bandwidth increases without requiring hardware replacement. It was developed in Australia by NEC, and the entire OptiComm network will be managed from NEC's national operations centre in Melbourne. |
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