cyril7:
Hi, Telstra/Voda in HFC areas also have their own copper overlay for pots with their own exchanges and remote extenders. Just like Chorus's NEAX's the gear is aging and on death row. Hence in both fibre and HFC connections Voda is pushing customers to their VOIP solution via the RGW, which is totally reasonable.
Cyril
Vodafone use the Nortel DMS100 which is supported by Genband after Nortel went belly-up - So at least you can get parts unlike the NEAXs run by Spark/Chrous