> New Zealand went with fibre to the node stage 1 then stage 2 fibre to the house.
I feel like this would have been a better way to go about the problem. I agree with Fibre being the ideal solution as an end-game but having a well fleshed out staged implimentation over a few years possibly would have been more robust. Thanks for the detailed reply! On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 23:45, Chris Hurley <[email protected]> wrote: > NBN ws a classic case of a race horse designed by a committee (you get a 3 > legged camel) and noses in the trough. It’s now here and a growing a number > of customers are resisting moving across but under the rules once in an > area you have X months to migrate – end of story so a new monopoly. To > eventually be sold off for a profit?????? > > Personally the original plan of fibre to the house was the correct > solution, and some people 100’s of Km from main route mmm sadly might have > to accept an alternative solution or pay $$$$$, but touchy feely people > didn’t like that reality. The NBN got too political to achieve what the > initial design wanted sadly. New Zealand went with fibre to the node stage > 1 then stage 2 fibre to the house. > > Another minor fact that slipped through was Telstra offered free of charge > to connect every politicians office (and maybe home to fibre – source vary) > so of course our leaders think internet is great. I was at a Malcom > Turnball town hall meeting when he promised the world with the NBN and his > minders tried to shut down my questions "Why are politicians getting ‘free’ > fibre and the people in this area can’t even get sub ADSL speeds". > > Regards, > > Chris Hurley BE (Elec) > Signal Manager > > ****************************************************** > Dragon Rail Pty Ltd Phone: 1300 730 531 > 5 The Close > Scoresby, 3179 Victoria > > Australia > ****************************************************** > > > From: AusNOG <[email protected]> on behalf of Bryan > O'Reilly <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 4:44 pm > To: 'Jason Leschnik' <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] NBN as an end to end solution - Failure or Success? > > As a telco mentor of mine said (no names as he’s on this list) > > “NBN co are doing a good job with a sh&t set of policies.” > > > > Kind regards, > > Bryan > > > > > > *From:* AusNOG <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jason > Leschnik > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 January 2019 2:04 PM > *To:* AUSNOG <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AusNOG] NBN as an end to end solution - Failure or Success? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm just trying to get myself a little bit better informed about NBN as an > end to end solution. I see a lot of angst out in the community about the > different access types (FTTx) and the remaining aging Copper portion of the > network and how far behind we are. I also see people happy with the > upgrades and improvements. So it's hard to gauge the real success or > failure of the network. > > > > Currently I've been seeing people using "NBN" both as a tool to vent > frustration about the Government and their own Internet access. All that > aside, with the mixed media network we have now, is it as bad as people > say? Or is it just a case of an incremental step forward? > > > > Regards, > > Jason. > _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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