You may want to look into if your area had a “Tophat” (also know as CAN) installed (see this excel file from Telstra Wholesale about areas covered and amount of connections in each area https://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/download/document/tw-report-can-adsl-available-capacity.xls ). There is more information and other reports about ADSL here: https://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/products/broadband/adsl/adsl-reports-plans.html
If you are lucky to have one for your DA (Distribution Area) then you may…I say may be able to get them to connect you to the “Tophat”. As these tend to be close to where you live, if installed, you may be able to achieve speeds up to 24 Mbps download and 1 - 1.5 Mbps upload. Telstra Retail are not very knowledgeable about these so it often takes great perseverance to eventually get connected. 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.
