Over the past couple of weeks another two ISPs have joined the great Australian ADSL race, with CIA and Netspace announcing that they will be providing an ADSL service in the near future, however neither has released pricing or coverage details, other than Netspace mentioning that they will be "providing competitive rates for this high-speed digital Internet access." (Netspace ADSL website)

CIA and Netspace join the fast growing ADSL club that so far includes Telstra Big Pond Advance, DSL Direct, ihug, iPrimus, Request DSL and One.Net. OzEmail has also mentioned some ADSL plans, the service to be known as OzEmail Broadband.

Meanwhile XYZed, a subsidiary of Optus, has officially launched their ADSL operations, aimed at wholesale customers. (more)

With the amount of ISPs providing an ADSL service of some kind, competition will naturally have to force Telstra's pricing downwards. Can the stubborn telco hold out much longer?