I just find it surprising that instead of focussing on the issues, there is an attack an exceptionally credible personality who is an adviser to the UK parliament!
Calling Peter Cochrane OBE a hack just because of your political beliefs is quite an insult. Here is his CV: http://www.cochrane.org.uk/my-cv/ He has the technical knowledge as well, including a Masters in Telecommunications Systems, PhD in Telecoms Transmission and Doctorate in Electronic Systems Design. He is the winner of the IEEE Millenium Medal, won the 2007 Industry award for contributions to UK technology, and has won prizes and awards as long as your arm. He was a technical adviser to the United Nations, Chief Technologist at British Telecom, Head of Research at BT Laboratories So what are David’s qualifications again? Given that I believe Peter Cochrane is very credible, and that, if the New Zealand NBN study is correct, the NBN with fibre to the home is worth A$105 billion dollars to $237 billion dollars to the economy, I don’t see why it can’t be built. It looks to me like it pays for itself! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:58 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Um, since when am I a “FTTP nutjob”? Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. FWIW I think that this type of proposed infrastructure is a good idea, but I’m not wedded to this specific implementation (I just think that it’s better than the proposed alternative) Since you’re been involved in enough IT projects over the last couple of decades you should also know that “all sweeping generalisations are wrong” and that the opposite of “let’s do this right” is “let’s have a hodge-podge of different things that could cripple you in the future”. Both approaches have risks – neither is the “one true path” Cheers Ken From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Yet he was the CTO for BT. He’s probably got a reasonable level of experience in how to actually deliver “something of this size” Anyone else sceptical of “the only way to do <immensely complex project> is…” claims that come from back-seat drivers? Err I think you'll find it is the FTTP nutjobs such as yourself that are pushing 'the one true path' line. I've been involved in enough IT projects in the last couple of decades to know that you're in the shit as soon as someone says "Let's do this right and let's do this once" (English translation: "Let's be inflexible and dogmatic"). You don't need a masters degree in the blinding obvious to work out turning off 3.5 million hfc services and replacing them with 3.5 million gpon services is a stupid waste of money. Yay - let's spend a gazillion dollars turning 100mbps into 100mbps. David.
