Some time ago there was a topic about internet speeds on this site[quote=“grahroll, post:25, topic:4131”]
I may also add these speeds are about what you will get with FTTN (Fibre to the Node) and so you may find no extra benefit from FTTN when it comes to your area.
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However the current top speed achievable on FTTN is actually the 100/40 Mbps but this is somewhat rare due to a number of factors including your distance from the node, state of the copper wire from the node to your premises, quality of connections, and water and other contaminants in the pits between your premises and the node. Your upload speed can/should be a bit better than the ADSL2 upload speeds even in the situation of only getting 25/5 Mbps. On whirlpool there is a bit of a discussion about Max speed on FTTN http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2566944. Of course some RSPs (Retail Service Providers) are only selling 25/5 Mbps on the FTTN networks rather than have complaints that the end users are not getting the 100/40 they paid for (many would get a speed somewhere 1/2 way between 25/5 and 100/40 if they were paying for the higher tier).
There are some emerging technologies that will allow FTTN to achieve much higher speeds. But I think we will see NBN Co pulling the copper out sooner rather than later once they have completed the full NBN provisioning (sometime around 2020), this will of course increase the cost way above what FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) would have cost us.
