Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

2016-04-04 Thread Scott Howard
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Andy Farkas wrote: > David, you've mentioned this "anticipated service life" a few times now. > > None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something > that can go at the (constant) speed of light? The life of a fibre cable >

Re: [LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

2016-04-04 Thread Karl Auer
On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 09:53 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something > that can go at the (constant) speed of light? The life of a fibre > cable is vastly longer than a century. They will probably only have > to replace broken/crushed

[LINK] Anticipated service life of fibre (was: Does NBN need a third satellite?)

2016-04-04 Thread Andy Farkas
On 05/04/2016 08:59, David Boxall wrote: How far it can go in the century-or-so anticipated service life, it's our duty to find out. David, you've mentioned this "anticipated service life" a few times now. None of us can see into the future, but what would replace something that can go at the