From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Monday, 16 December 2013 9:18 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition
On 15 December 2013 20:04, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I can’t see any benefit to being forced onto HFC. It’s not a network designed to deliver fast broadband – it’s a network designed to multicast TV. A hertz is a hertz. And? Those in the HFC areas will end up with the worst of the possible options. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/367668,hackett-promises-fast-hfc-for-nbn.aspx "High upstream rates of 30 to 40 megabits per second will be possible after the upgrades are made to the HFC network, substantially faster than the one to two megabits per second customers enjoy today. Ultimately, Hackett expects HFC networks to deliver one gigabit per second data rates through DOCSIS 3.1<http://www.cablelabs.com/cablemodem/specifications/specifications31.html> standard upgrades, as published this year." So, here’s some more of Simon’s statement: “In fact, the review proposes to take the existing Telstra and Optus HFC cable networks, and to transform them into a modern broadband network via major investment in these areas,” wrote Hackett. “For standalone premises in the rollout areas concerned this includes repairing all existing lead-ins that need it, building all the missing lead-ins that were never done in the original HFC rollout, and expanding the HFC rollout into all the ‘black spots’ inside those overall rollouts that were left behind when the original rollouts ceased.” a) Who is going to pay to acquire this network? And where is this budgeted in the review? b) How much does Simon think this major investment is going to be, to upgrade the network? c) When the rest of the world moves to post-40mbps uploads (something that we haven’t even worked out is possible on our HFC network), what are we going to do? Pave over the whole thing with FTTP? That’s what’s stated on page 100 of the review. This is entirely a band-aid solution designed to get the headline CAPEX figure down. But it’s a decision we’re going to be ruing in 10 years’ time, when another multi-billion dollar bill comes to replace it.
