http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2013/11/15/technology/coalitions-fttn-network-unlikely-start-rolling-out-2015
> The Coalition government’s planned Fibre to the Node (FttN) network is > unlikely to start rolling out before 2015, potentially delaying its timetable > of providing download speeds of between 25 and 100 megabits per second by the > end of 2016 and 50 to 100 megabits per second by 2019. > > The proposed FttN network will require the installation of approximately > 50,000 to 60,000 nodes and a source told Technology Spectator that at best > NBN Co could get 200 nodes rolled out a week. > > With the rollout at scale expected to start around early 2015, it could take > NBN Co six years to roll the FttN network out at 200 nodes a week > > It is understood that the 200 nodes a week figure was flagged by senior > British Telecom executive Mike Galvin, who recently spent some time in > Australia to advise NBN Co’s senior management and Communications Minister > Malcolm Turnbull. > > NBN Co is currently conducting FttN trials (in lab) and field trials for > Fibre to the Basement (FttB) services and the nodes won’t commence until next > year. > > Commencement of the actual rollout is dependent on a number of factors – the > selection of the equipment (kit) vendor, the all-important Telstra > renegotiation and the ACCC’s approval. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
