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About Cable Broadband

Cable Broadband is currently the fastest type of technology available to residential customers in Australia. The technology behind Cable Broadband is Coaxial Cable or Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC), with the latter of the two containing optic fibre. Currently, there are two Cable Broadband Providers in Australia who offer cable Broadband, namely Optus and Telstra BigPond.

At present, Cable Broadband can achieve connection speeds of up to 30Mbps, however Telstra BigPond have announced their intentions to upgrade their HFC network to cater for speeds up to 100Mbps (M/bits). By upgrading to the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, Telstra BigPond will have comparable Cable Broadband Speeds to that of the upcoming National Broadband Network which will be using Fibre-to-the-Home technology. Further potential upgrades could witness cable speeds hit a massive 200Mbps in the future.

Increased broadband speeds using Cable Broadband technology will be a fantastic resource, but what will you use Cable Broadband for? Both Optus and BigPond offer triple play services. This is made up from bundling Broadband with Home Phone/VoIP and Pay TV (Digital TV) service. Cable Broadband has a wide bandwidth capacity that can support simultaneous transmissions of all these services at once. Not only can a Cable Broadband subscribers use all these services at once, they will be also capable of watching streaming high definition TV broadcasts, such as those offered by FOXTEL and IPTV providers (Internet Protocol TV).

Cable Broadband coverage and availability extends to some regional areas of Australia but is mainly confined to major cities and metropolitan suburbs (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast). It’s been estimated that there is now more than 1 Million Australian Cable Internet subscribers. Although these services are found in the respective Australian cities, it’s still strongly advised that you call a cable broadband representative directly to see if you are eligible to obtain Cable Broadband plans in your area.

Cable Broadband has emerged to become an increasingly popular Broadband delivery method over the past several years due to its robust nature and high speed capabilities that can easily support multiple media services. Whether it’s Telstra BigPond, Optus or some other Telecommunication Provider, one thing is certain, Cable Internet services will continue to be a very popular broadband type for many years to come, or whenever the $43 billion National Broadband Network is completed in any case.