I'm confused. What WOULD a dedicated gigabit connection cost under the NBN? On Nov 12, 2013 5:10 PM, "Tony Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was deceptive rubbish. > > > > He implied that it would cost $20,000 for every household. > > > > It’s a blatant lie. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 November 2013 5:58 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: NBN Petition > > > > On 12 November 2013 15:51, Tony Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [ ... ] > > > > That is a typically deceptive political response and is a load of complete > Liberal Party BS and Malcolm Turnbull lost any credibility he had with me > when he said it. It won’t cost $20,000 a month for ANY household. A single > household never needs a continuous stream of data getting a maximum of > 1Gbps at all times, so it is shared among a whole bunch a households. So a > single CVC line might be split between 10 to 20 houses. > > > > There is nothing incorrect in what he said, 1gbps flat chat is $20K a > month wholesale. End of story. More over, that's *significantly more > expensive* than what you can buy today. > > > > If Joe Punter uses less, great for him, but a school or a SME might want > to use more. > > > > It begs the question, what is the average the NBN is designed for? Any > sort of application that involves bulk data transfers is out of bounds cost > wise - which is somewhat ironic. > > > > On top of this, CVC charges will have to come down over time due to > economy of scale. See: > http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-Historical-And-Projected.php > > Historically, transit pricing has dropped by around 1/3rd every year > since 1998. > > > > CVC and IP Transit are *completely different things*. NBN Co doesn't even > sell IP Transit. > > > > You need to pay for both. And you pay CVC even if the data is 'on net' and > never leaves your RSP (i.e. watching the TV or downloading freezone). > > > > CVC isn't going to go down ever because there is no incentive for it to as > competitive technologies are outlawed (except for LTE, etc) > > > > David. >
