Thread: Telstra 4G

Following a soft launch to around 2000 test and business customers at the end of August, Telstra will today open up its LTE network to consumers who sign up for a new 24-month plan with the new BigPond USB 4G dongle.
Telstra has indicated that typical download speeds will now be between 2 megabits per second (Mbps) and 40Mbps, with upload speeds of between 1Mbps and 10Mbps. This is an approximate doubling in download speeds, and a tripling of upload speeds, the telco told journalists in a briefing yesterday.
LTE will also bring about improved latency, around half of that of existing 3G technology.
In a demonstration to journalists yesterday, with eight laptops streaming high-definition videos over Telstra's LTE network through the one cell, the average download speed was 32.47Mbps, while the average upload speed was 18.53Mbps, with a latency of 32 milliseconds.

Telstra's 4G LTE goes public - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia

no comments? i busted a but to get this going

butt

But yeah - more comments when my phone can use it

Continuous expansion around Brisbane suburbs?

Will leave some comments if my new iPhone 5 is a 4G handset. Will post back late Oct.

Originally Posted by insidious

no comments? i busted a but to get this going

Thanks Aaron for all your hard work.

The Speeds and Latency is amazing and puts ADSL2+ to shame.

Originally Posted by RakeR

Thanks Aaron for all your hard work.

The Speeds and Latency is amazing and puts ADSL2+ to shame.

if that is true, then it's only because noone is using it yet.

I don't really care about the speed, what is the data plans? 10Mbps is great but a data plan of 500mb at $49.95 just makes me laugh.

Harb, you need to understand that LTE is using the same backhaul as NextG so that would invalidate your statement.

Chad, very understandable.

Here is the Bigpond Plans:

BigPond Liberty® 1GB	1GB	24 months	From $19.95
BigPond Liberty® 4GB	4GB	24 months	From $29.95
BigPond Liberty® 8GB	8GB	24 months	From $39.95
BigPond Liberty® 15GB	15GB	24 months	From $79.95

These plans will shape to 64K once the allowance is reached.

Business has non-shaped plans at the same cost but with excess usage per MB.

Perfect as a travel companion for your laptop.

Also remember LTE is only available within CBD areas of capital cities.

Originally Posted by RakeR

Harb, you need to understand that LTE is using the same backhaul as NextG so that would invalidate your statement.

but that was never going to be the bottleneck - it's the bit between the client device and the gateway into the backhaul that's the problem.

Give me an example of what you mean.