Telstra Australia admits it lied about net

http://www.australian.aust.com/computer/fulltext/c1014b.htm

         Telstra: We were wrong about Net
         By GEOFF LONG 

October 14: A Telstra official has admitted that the carrier
overestimated the congestion problems associated with the Internet,
one of the prime reasons given when it wanted to introduce timed local
calls.

Speaking at the launch of Telstra's Big Pond Business services, Big
Pond general manager John Rolland said congestion caused by Internet
users connecting for long periods was not as big an issue as they
first thought.

He added that the about-face was in line with similar findings from
North American carriers and switch manufacturers Alcatel and Ericsson.

Mr Rolland said that the main problem areas are where ISPs are
situated, but that these were manageable: "What is clear is that in
the medium term we will have hot spots, especially around ISPs."

However, these could be addressed by working with the ISPs and
managing connectivity better.

The remarks came in response to Telstra promoting permanent modem
connections as part of its Big Pond Business offering.

According to an article in today's Mercury News or SFExaminer,
Telstra has also decided that 70% of the bits on US-Australia
Internet connections are now going from Australia to the US
rather than the earlier ~100% US->Australia direction -
so it wants a major reevaluation of who pays for the
trunks connecting the Internets in the two countries
(currently Telstra pays most of the costs.)

>http://www.australian.aust.com/computer/fulltext/c1014b.htm
>         Telstra: We were wrong about Net
>         By GEOFF LONG 
>October 14: A Telstra official has admitted that the carrier
>overestimated the congestion problems associated with the Internet,
>one of the prime reasons given when it wanted to introduce timed local
>calls.
>
>Speaking at the launch of Telstra's Big Pond Business services, Big
>Pond general manager John Rolland said congestion caused by Internet
>users connecting for long periods was not as big an issue as they
>first thought.

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					Bill
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