The SMH's "$20,000 per month" presumes zero contention on the CVC - a gigabit clear channel.
At 20:1 contention ratio, it'd be $1000 a month. Contention ratios are set not by NBN Co but by the retailer. RC On 8/12/13 6:00 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
