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    re: broadband Network Operator TransACT, spun-off from ACTEW
    Corporation - the energy and water utility in ACT, has
    built and manages a VDSL network that offers broadband
    services to over 95,000 homes in Canberra and environs.
    The TransAct network is based on a FTTC (Fibre to the
    Curb) architecture in which high capacity optical fibres
    are taken "deep" into the neighbourhood via the overhead
    power poles. The "drop" or last segment (up to 300
    metres) of the connection to the subscriber consists of
    a pair of copper wires (deployed and owned by Transact),
    which utilise VDSL technology to achieve 50 Mbps
    downstream and 1.6 Mbps upstream.
    As previously stated, Telstra, the only other network
    operator with its own copper pairs to subscribers’
    homes, is likely to pursue an evolutionary path for a
    future broadband network based on a combination of fibre
    in the loop and copper for the drop segment of around
    1.5Km, utilising both ADSL 2+ and perhaps VDSL. The
    strategy referred to as Fibre to the Node (FTTN) will be
    installed in five central cities covering 20,000 nodes
    and four million homes.
    New entrants, on the other hand, whilst not being
    encumbered by any legacy network, have a starting
    position with no existing access infrastructure. They
    have three basic alternatives to providing access:
    Rental of the existing access network, building their
    own (wireline) access network or building their own
    (wireless) access network – the question is: "Which
    one?"
    Rental of the access network
    The access network or local loop has long been regarded
    as a natural monopoly for the incumbent
    telecommunication company like Telstra. The unique thing
    about Telstra’s access network strategy, and worth
    bearing in mind is that, unlike other incumbents around
    the world (who may have a copper plant that constitutes
    an access network), Telstra also owns a second access
    network, namely its HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coax) cable
    network that it also uses to deliver broadband services.
    Unbundling the Local Loop (ULL) refers to the process of
    allowing new entrants to gain access to either the
    twisted copper pairs, a portion of the digital
    bitstream, or a portion of the frequency spectrum in a
    telephone local loop installed and owned by the
    incumbent (i.e. Telstra). ULL enables potential new
    entrants to test the market first before they build
    their own network, and competition in the local loop was
    expected to stimulate broadband penetration and the
    development of e-commerce. Since Telstra controls the
    majority of telephone lines into homes and DSL only
    requires a modem at each end of the copper wire to
    operate, unbundling this local loop was a way to
    encourage competition in the last mile, and accelerate
    the broadband rollout. But is it the case?
    It comes as no coincidence that the more competitive
    markets are those in which competitors have built their
    own networks, rather than just reselling capacity on
    Telstra lines. For example, corporate and business
    customers have benefited to a much greater extent than
    residential customers by virtue of infrastructure
    rollout by new players. Similarly, the development of
    competing mobile networks has created a structure for
    more sustainable competition in this area of
    telecommunications.
 
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