The other part is the "not invented here" syndrome from the coalition. And their owing a favour to murdoch, bigtime.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nathan Chere <[email protected]>wrote: > **Ø **Interesting reading. Why the Labor Party had so much difficulty > selling this we will probably never know.**** > > ** ** > > Probably something to do with the public face of the plan being a > patronising power-tripping imbecile with no significant IT or Telco > industry experience or credibility and even less respect for the public he > was (still is) getting paid a motza to supposedly serve – Stephen “Spams & > Scams” Conroy.**** > > ** ** > > For such a significant public investment, things like a detailed > cost-benefit analysis made available for open review should be mandatory > before approval much less roll-out. To the best of my knowledge this still > isn’t the case. They were also pushing things like the mandatory internet > filter as part-and-parcel of the NBN which didn’t help (imagine the > backlash if PRISM was making news while they were still pushing it?).**** > > ** ** > > If you push your product from day #1 with an iron fist attitude and > constantly behave like you have something to hide, people won’t want to buy > in whether you’re selling a bona fide cure for cancer or rancid snake oil. > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright > *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:15 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* [OT] NBN revisited**** > > ** ** > > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > Now, I should start this by pointing out that it is looking like the > Coalition is going to win this election, so this little excerpt is unlikely > to change anything, but it’s always good to be informed.**** > > ** ** > > This is an excerpt from Peter Cochrane, ex-head of British Telecom, who > essentially told the UK parliament how fibre to the node was one of the > worst mistakes they’ve ever made. Just about every country that implemented > fibre to the node now regrets that decision.**** > > ** ** > > As far as governments are concerned, he said "…just getting them to > realise that they have been misinformed and need to start thinking about > the needs of a nation rather than the easy life desires of companies with > outmoded thinking."**** > > ** ** > > From Peter:**** > > "The Problem With DUDES in Telco’s**** > > 1) They come infected with the limited thinking aligned with their business > **** > > 2) And their business is founded on a 200 year legacy of copper and not > future IT needs**** > > 3) They have been used to a monopoly past**** > > 4) Like the bankers they have lost all sight of their full > responsibilities to the society in which they live**** > > 5) Their old technology choices and management systems mean they cannot > respond fast to change**** > > 6) BUT their was a bit of a golden time when their networks were > transformed by optical fibre linking cities**** > > 7) In BTs case this saw staffing fall from 242,000 to 110,000, and if they > did FTTH it would fall to 30,000 or less**** > > 8) AND THEN they did really dumb things like MPLS which is a concatenation > of decision errors**** > > 9) More equipment and interface types than necessary is really bad > engineering**** > > 10 And so is over 6000 buildings when you need less than 100 – and this is > copper v glass**** > > Here are things telco’s real don’t get:**** > > 11) The world is not asymmetric**** > > 12) The cost go getting bandwidth to any location is zip – 1 bit/s or > 10Gbit/s it is the same – civil engineering dominates all cost – even when > you already have ducts in place**** > > 13) The cost of fibre is much less than copper for long lines and the > local loop – there is no difference….**** > > 14) FTTH provides a future proofing, ease of operation, lowest cost and > the ultimate flexibility**** > > 15) FTTC/K et all with electronics between switch and customer just adds > unreliability operating costs**** > > 16) PONS – GPON AND BPON et al made sense when fibre was 25p/m but not any > more!**** > > 17) Direct fibre is simple cheap and reliable and can be built with office > grade EtherNet kit**** > > 18) Without FTTH we will never have effective 3G or 4G – we need these > nodes in offices and homes**** > > 19) The UK will be frozen out of Cloud Computing without a bandwidth > everywhere**** > > 20) Bandwidths like 1Gbit/s might look huge today but they will look puny > tomorrow**** > > 21) In my lifetime fast was: 90, 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 9600, 18,200, > 56,000, 64,000, 365 bit/s…,1, 2, 10, 20, 100, 200, 1000Mbit/s……why would > anyone think this progression would stop or even slow down ??**** > > 22) No surprise then the leading industrial nations look upon the UK and > its silly debates with pity and amusement whilst they get on with the job. > **** > > 23) It is worth visiting China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Scandinavia, > Jersey +++ to see the actuality and their plans to move up to 10Gbit/s to > the home.**** > > 24) Over 35% of the UK population work on the move from home office/s, > hotels. cars +++ and without bandwidth on the move they cannot achieve what > is possible.**** > > 25) This country has its back to the financial wall and needs to focus on > the GDP enabling technologies and those members of the population that can > invoke +ve change to the benefit of all.**** > > The very saddest thing for me:**** > > 26) I realised that all this was possible in 1979 when I completed my PhD > – and then I demonstrated that FTTH worked and was cheaper than copper > in1986. By the early 90s BT had built the factories to build these systems > and we had commence roll out when the Thatcher government stopped the > programme in favour of getting in the USA cable companies – who by the way > were not allowed to supply telephony service in the USA! Our collaborators > at that time were the Japanese and Koreans….and they just kept > going….looking at the UK in amazement as we were left in the dust of time! > **** > > Now to my position – lest you think me some impractical academic. In my BT > life I was employed as:**** > > 1) A digger of trenches**** > > 2) An installer of poles, cables, telephones PBXs, exchanges**** > > 3) A maintainer of PBXs, switches, repeater and radio stations**** > > 4) A network designer and planner**** > > 5) A research engineer**** > > 6) A software writer**** > > 7) A designer of test equipment**** > > 8) Systems and networks designer**** > > 9) Head of Group a then Head of Section and then Head of Division for > Transmission Systems**** > > 10) Head of Research and then CTO**** > > And since leaving BT life and experience has been even faster and even > broader…**** > > ** ** > > I do hope this helps, Peter**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Peter also has a couple of interesting articles on the future of the > internet:**** > > FTTH The only solution, found here: > http://www.nexstdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NExsT-2012-02.pdf** > ** > > No broadband, no future, found here: > http://techcitynews.com/2013/01/28/no-broadband-no-future/**** > > His personal website is found here: http://www.cochrane.org.uk**** > > ** ** > > Finally, I have added a link to the New Zealand NBN cost/benefits study, > titled “Building the benefits of broadband : How New Zealand can increase > the social & economic impacts of high-speed broadband”. Extrapolating for > Australia, it indicates that the NBN could bring in between A$105 billion > dollars and A$237 billion dollars over 20 years, which means a boon in > economic activity, new businesses, products and services, jobs and taxes > paid. Interesting reading. Why the Labor Party had so much difficulty > selling this we will probably never know.**** > > http://www.tmcnet.com/redir/?u=1006058**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Click here <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ==> to > report this email as spam.**** > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
