<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Michael Davies <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@the-davies.net" target="_blank">michael@the-davies.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">On 28/06/2013, at 4:44 PM, Bret Busby <<a href="mailto:bret@busby.net">bret@busby.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<div class="im"><br>> According to the (wonky) NBN web site, the NBN is expected to be<br>
> operational here, in about 2018.<br>
><br>
> I think that, by the time that the NBN is fully implemented, it will be<br>
> obsolete and redundant.<br>
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</div>This is just FUD. The biggest cost is the physical installation of fibre. The kit at each end of the glass can be upgraded, - to support more frequencies - as can the PCD/NTD in your home. It doesn't corrode, it doesn't attract white ants, it's not affected by water. FTTH is the best upgradable solution that you could possibly install across a whole country.<br>
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It's going to be far more upgradable that trying to squeeze 25 out of copper that struggles to support the guaranteed minimum of 1.5 today.<br>
<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Agreed. The future potential of fibre is demonstrated by announcements such as this - <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/discovery-could-boost-internet-bandwidth-20130628-2p0w3.html">http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/discovery-could-boost-internet-bandwidth-20130628-2p0w3.html</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Also Bret, you make the comparison to how your XT has aged - well they were installing optic fibre back then - and they still haven't found anything faster.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
Regards,</div><div style><br></div><div style>Charles</div><div style><br></div><div style> </div></div></div></div>