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The Register said:The question is: what about the copper the coalition's plan will rely on to bring broadband into the majority of homes? On our reading of the policy, its contribution to operational expenditure seems to be ignored completely.
We make that assertion on the basis of the fact that in the 2011-2012 financial year, Telstra's direct operational expenditure (opex) on fixed broadband was around $AU1.3 billion. But the PSTN – which runs the copper – was a separate line item, consuming another $1.93 billion in opex, for a total of $3.23 billion a year
The Coalition's plan in their background paper had opex/year at $90 per premises for FTTN vs $60/year for FTTP.Can anyone more informed than I on this issue comment
Not history, just future. Except for those lucky enough to be in areas already under construction of course.
I fully expect the coalition to win in September. All it means is that in 10 years time when the luddites are all senile and the next generation is voting, we'll look back at Tony and Mal's prophetic "25Megs is enough" with comedic incredulity, and spend another $40bn fixing up the mistake.
Such is life.
I fully expect the coalition to win in September. All it means is that in 10 years time when the luddites are all senile and the next generation is voting, we'll look back at Tony and Mal's prophetic "25Megs is enough" with comedic incredulity, and spend another $40bn fixing up the mistake.
I'm sure we can dig out more anecdotes.
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I remember a hardware salesmen who was working with me at the time (1996) that a 10GB drive was all you would ever need and no one could possibly come up with a reason for why you would need more in a typical home computer.
I remember when Telstra implemented 3GB caps to their plans in 2001 and reading comments that anyone who needed more than 3GB was either downloading things they shouldn't be or at best over using a limited resource.
I'm sure we can dig out more anecdotes.
If you are talking 1996, I think you must be referring to a 10MB drive, not a 10GB. I think the IBM PC Junior, I think it was called, had an external 10M drive that cost well over $1K.
1996, not 1986. I'm sure you'll be able to find ads for computer being sold in about that time frame (1996) coming with 2-4 GB HDDs. I know the Pentium 1 with MMX purchased in 1998 came with 3.2 GB Maxtor HDD.
If you are talking 1996, I think you must be referring to a 10MB drive, not a 10GB. I think the IBM PC Junior, I think it was called, had an external 10M drive that cost well over $1K.
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What they have said is that they can deliver 25MB/sec to most homes a lot sooner and cheaper that the NBN can deliver their product. 25MB/Sec is sufficient to meet foreseeable needs of most households. When that is no longer the case and households need more, households will of course be able to upgrade to FTTP or whatever technology is most suited at that time (and who knows, it may well not be fibre).
If you are talking 1996, I think you must be referring to a 10MB drive, not a 10GB. I think the IBM PC Junior, I think it was called, had an external 10M drive that cost well over $1K.
I remember a hardware salesmen who was working with me at the time (1996) that a 10GB drive was all you would ever need and no one could possibly come up with a reason for why you would need more in a typical home computer.
I remember when Telstra implemented 3GB caps to their plans in 2001 and reading comments that anyone who needed more than 3GB was either downloading things they shouldn't be or at best over using a limited resource.
I'm sure we can dig out more anecdotes.
Does that mean we need duplicate tracks everywhere?
If a pattern of usage and demand can be identified that warrants what you suggest and will be beneficial in some economic sense, then yes.
I remember when single lane roads, were big enough to carry the traffic flows, now they are choked: Does that mean all roads built in Australia, should be built to carry three times their current flow requirements?
In 10 years time, the NBN might still be getting rolled out, $40bn over budget and superseded.Not history, just future. Except for those lucky enough to be in areas already under construction of course.
I fully expect the coalition to win in September. All it means is that in 10 years time when the luddites are all senile and the next generation is voting, we'll look back at Tony and Mal's prophetic "25Megs is enough" with comedic incredulity, and spend another $40bn fixing up the mistake.
Such is life.
In 10 years time, the NBN might still be getting rolled out, $40bn over budget and superseded.
That's if Labor wins.:
In 10 years time, the NBN might still be getting rolled out, $40bn over budget and superseded.
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