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About ADSL2+ Broadband

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, or ADSL, is a broadband data communication method for the Internet that uses traditional copper wires (telephone lines) to distribute Internet transmissions. ADSL2+ (Standard (ITU G.992.5) is much faster than its predecessors ADSL and ADSL2 as its technology extends bandwidth capacity to deliver broadband speeds up to 24 megabits per second (Mbit/s).

Theoretical ADSL Speeds

ADSL - Up to 8Mbit/s down and 1Mbps up
ADSL2 – Up to 8 to 12Mbit/s down and 1Mbps up
ADSL2+ - Up to 12 to 24Mbit/s down and 1Mbps up

Telephone Exchanges are upgraded with hardware referred to as Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) that boost ADSL2+ range coverage and connections to the Internet much faster. Subscribers access ADSL2+ services via ADSL modems and routers that are connected to Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs) and their copper wires which then connect to a DSLAM port.

Australia's first ADSL2+ service was launched back in 2005. Currently, there's believed to be more than 2800 enabled ADSL2+ Exchanges that are operational with up to 70% of all Internet activity being performed by users on DSL type broadband services. Connections such as ADSL2/2+, those on broadband connections between 8Mbit/s and 24Mbit/s, have been estimated to be around 500,000. This figure may not sound like much, but when you consider all the other main types of Internet delivery methods available, such as Cable, ADSL, Mobile Broadband, Wireless Broadband, Satellite, Dial up etc.., it equates to just fewer than 10% of all Australian Internet subscribers.

ADSL2+ broadband speeds are subject to various types of scenarios and objects that can interfere with connectivity thus resulting in inconsistent, latent and slower transmissions. The distance from your residence and the telephone exchange that you are connected to is perhaps the governing factor that will define speeds achievable. Below is a list of theoretical attainable ADSL2+ broadband speeds based on distances.

ADSL2+ Achievable Speed (based on distance)

< 1km up to 23-24Mbit/s
1.0km up to 23Mbit/s
1.5km up to 21Mbit/s
2.0km up to 18Mbit/s
2.5km up to 13Mbit/s
3.0km up to 8Mbit/s
3.5km up to 6Mbit/s
4.0km up to 4Mbit/s
4.5km up to 3Mbit/s
5.0km up to 2Mbit/s

Other factors that can hamper ADSL2+ broadband speeds are network loads, such as users who also share the same cable sheath; line quality and configuration; electronic interferences; your ADSL modem/router configuration and quality; Internet traffic load in peak times and the software that you're running of your computer. This is not to mention the possibility of virus software infecting your computer.

ADSL2+ might be heading for the scrap heap once the upcoming Australian National Broadband Network becomes fully operational, however I think it will be one of the last broadband technology types to disappear considering its potential to simultaneously deliver triple play services such as High Definition Television, Broadband and Telephone products to homes within a couple of kilometres from a Telephone Exchange.