So, you have to be lucky enough to have NBN fibre (sob) and then you might well have to pay the installation fee for whatever equipment needed upgrading and $20,000 a month.
Doesn't sound like a bargain to me. On 2013/Dec/08, at 4:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: > One gigabit available on NBN this month > > December 6, 2013. By Lucy Battersby > <http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/one-gigabit-available-on-nbn-this-month- > 20131206-hv4pg.html> > > > NBN Co will start selling a one gigabit per second (1Gbps) broadband > service before the end of the year, but availability will depend on the > number of people willing to pay for the super fast speeds. > > The commercial-grade broadband service will travel at download speeds of up > to 1000 megabits per second [Mbps], also known as a gigabit, and upload > speeds of 400 Mbps. This is about 100 times faster than the average speeds > available to most households on the copper network today. > > An NBN Co spokesman confirmed on Friday the service "will be made available > to retail service providers by the end of the year", but that it was up to > retail service providers to decide whether they would sell it to customers. > > There were currently about 250,000 households and businesses within NBN > Co‚s fibre footprint that could potentially request the service. > > At least one carrier has already confirmed it would sell 1 Gbps plans, but > none of the retail providers contacted by Fairfax Media on Friday would > reveal their prices. > > „Our plans to launch a gigabit service are still being finalised, but we > will add it to our offering,‚‚ iiNet‚s NBN product manager, Rachael > McIntyre, said. iiNet also owns TransACT and Internode. > > It may be some time before consumers know how much 1 Gbps would cost > because NBN Co charges its wholesale customers ˆ the retailers that sell > services to consumers ˆ a basic monthly access charge for each active > connection plus a ŒŒCVC charge‚‚. > > The CVC charge pays for the speed and capacity NBN Co supplies to each > retailer‚s customers within a fibre serving area. Charges increase as > consumers request faster services. > > For example, the wholesale cost of buying 100 Mbps from NBN Co was $38 per > month per premise for access, plus $2000 per area per month for the speed. > Supplying 1 Gbps would cost $150 per month for access, plus $20,000 for > speed, according to NBN Co‚s 2013-16 Draft Corporate Plan. > > Each carrier splits the cost among its customers in each area, usually 3000 > premises, figuring not all of them would require the maximum speed at > exactly the same time. > > However, if only one premise out of 3000 wanted a 1 Gbps plan, that single > household or business may be asked to pay the monthly $20,000 CVC charge, > as Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull warned when he was in > opposition. > > "The reality is this: if you want to have a guaranteed one gig service, > your retail service provider will have to buy one gig of CVC for you and > that is gonna cost $20,000 a month," he said during a pre-election NBN > debate. > > Senior analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, Tony Brown, said NBN Co‚s > wholesale charging model was still a concern for telcos and some were > hoping NBN Co might change it under the new government. > > He expects the 1 Gbps service would be a ŒŒniche service‚‚ marketed to > commercial customers, with only a handful of residential customers > interested in it. > > "The issue for retailers is, it is such a huge amount of bandwidth. Do you > want to risk putting all that bandwidth into the market place?" Mr Brown > said. > > The 1Gbps service was first considered in 2010 and announced earlier this > year. > > In October, Google Fibre boss Kevin Lo said given access to 1Gbps services, > consumers and entrepreneurs would "rise to that occasion". > > Cheers, > Stephen > Loosley > > Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server > > > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- 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
