There's more to the required funding than just the capital expenditure but who knows what that would have ultimately cost under Labor given the state of the rollout when they left office.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/24/nbn_co_fibre_build_was_close_to_budget/NBN Co describes the model Morrow and Rue presented yesterday as representing "fully allocated costings" that represents "the true and full cost of building the network" in greenfields, brownfields and fixed wireless areas.
The cost fell, however, between June 2014 and December 2014, reflecting the impact of new deployment practices (such as using smaller splitters and thinner cables).
I didn't recall reading that in the AFR article I linked but I had a reasonable idea of how the calculation had been arrived at.I should have added the link I was referring to
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/24/nbn_co_fibre_build_was_close_to_budget/
There are many variables that would feed into the cost per premise (CCP) for a build that would have had the duration of Labor's FTTP model. For this reason alone, it's therefore problematic to apply a CCP at a fixed point in time over a life of a project over such a timescale. One example is the 10% discount rate applied to Telstra for a significant proportion of the value of its deal with NBN Co. Over the long term that becomes very expensive, in particular if there are project delays.I have my doubts that these practices only occurred because of the new NBN co board under the coalition government, like any repetitive practices done it just takes time to get through the initial problematic issues and then more efficient ways will be found as well as technological developments.
The price of a standard postage stamp could rise from 70 cents to $1 and mail will take longer to arrive, under a plan announced by the Government today.
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia Post would introduce a two-speed mail service, with a regular service operating two days slower than the current delivery speed, and a premium-rate priority service.
A 60 cent stamp price will remain in place for pensioners and Commonwealth concession card holders, and Christmas cards will still cost 65 cents to send.
"Australia Post is facing significant structural decline as people choose to communicate over the internet," Mr Turnbull said in a statement.
"Australians are now sending 1 billion fewer letters a year than they were in 2008, with letters losses rising to more than $300 million a year.
"While Australia Post has been able to offset these losses by growing its parcels business, losses in letters are now so large that they are overwhelming all profitable areas of the business.
"Without reform total projected company losses could reach $6.6 billion over the next 10 years, with letters losses of $12.1 billion."
He said that despite the decrease, the postal service was still required to provide a Monday to Friday delivery service to most homes.
While not strictly NBN, the following is part of the communication's portfolio,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/70c-stamps-could-cost-1-under-plan-for-australia-post/6276704
It's good to see someone standing up for business.A brilliant idea /sarc
Raise the cost while lowering the standard. Should see a further exodus from snail mail.
About 97 per cent of letters sent in Australia were posted by government or businesses.
The new regulations do not require changes to legislation but can be disallowed by the Senate.
I know its off topic but does anyone know a good paid vpn service that allows you to access US content that is geo blocked
I meant to comment on this.I can't believe the Govt is considering doing FTTN at over 1.5KM
http://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-co-out-to-tame-troublesome-copper/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
I meant to comment on this.
A while ago when a Telstra tech was around doing line repairs I asked about FTTN in the local area. He suggested a node would be placed where there is currently a Telstra pillar. He advised that the pillar itself is on a fibre line which runs from an exchange to a local school.
It's possible that Bill Morrow could be talking about initially placing nodes where fibre already exists before broadening the fibre backbone for more nodes.
His comment could also refer to low density semi-rural environments.
In short, it might be a bit hasty to pass judgment without knowing the context.
A pillar was what he said. He mentioned a fibre cable going through there from the exchange to a local school.Either your tech isn't talking about a pillar, or he has no idea what he's talking about.
He might have been talking about a RIM which is more like a mini exchange.
Pillars are pure copper. They just distribute the copper pairs from a main cable to the premise.
Key tenders worth more than $500 million have been sent to select vendors without the media being informed, technical documents including the NBN Design Rules have not been updated to include the multi-technology mix (MTM) NBN technologies, nor released for public scrutiny.
A successful completion to the NBN rollout is, according to the definition of the “End of the Rollout Date”, when “the number of premises that have been either passed or adequately served is at least 92 per cent of the number of premises in Australia as at that date.”
Here we go again. Many Australians live in suburbs where premises are “passed” by HFC, yet cannot get HFC connected for one reason or another. The rollout should not end until “at least 92 per cent of the number of premises in Australia as at that date” are connected to the NBN or there is a legislated guarantee that premises will be connected to the NBN when requested by residents. Why should Australians expend $43 billion only to find 15-30 per cent of consumers cannot get connections similar to the areas deemed to have HFC now?
NBN Co has been asked monthly for the new or draft design rules and other associated technical documents that will provide an engineering perspective on what the MTM NBN will look like but NBN Co has indicated the documents are not yet ready for release. How can this be? How can NBN Co release tenders worth more than $500 million (possibly several billion dollars) without an engineering solution?
How 5G will push a supercharged network to your phone, home, car
The next evolution in wireless networking holds promises of self-driving cars and movies that download in the blink of an eye. 5G is big at this year's Mobile World Congress, but don't expect it until 2020.
Whatever the date, 5G is coming.
To deliver 5G, carriers will need to boost network capacity between phones and the big antennas, called base stations, they install every few miles.
They can start by tapping into unoccupied spectrum -- radio-wave territory relatively uncluttered with signals today. Radio waves vibrate with a frequency measured in megahertz or even faster gigahertz. Today's phones communicate at less than 3GHz; 5G will require higher frequency bands.
But radio waves at higher frequencies are harder to transmit over longer distances or if buildings and walls are in the way. To compensate, carriers will rely on advanced antenna technologies. These include massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) antennas, which send many radio signals in parallel, and beamforming, which focuses radio energy in a specific direction.
Carriers will also pack base stations more closely together to improve the odds your phone will be near one. They will also supplement today's long-range "macrocells," which can reach up to about 20 miles, with lots of short-range "small cells," which can cover up to a few hundred feet.
Installing one macrocell and getting it running costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, while mounting small cells every block on power poles costs tens of thousands of dollars apiece, Fujitsu's Adeyemi says.
It's too soon to say how much 5G will cost, but carriers' ongoing 4G build-out may total $1.7 trillion through 2020, says Dan Warren, senior technologist for the GSMA mobile industry group. Carriers won't foot the 5G bill without the prospect of lots of new paying customers.
IoT should deliver those customers. The market will hit $3.04 trillion by 2020, says researcher IDC. Network-equipment maker Cisco Systems, which has a vested interest in IoT's success, predicts the market will be worth $19 trillion over the next decade.
Where is NBNMyths?
I mentioned 5G a while ago and got shot down.
Hmm....
I can see why he shot you down. Read the text you quoted. Have a look at the issues NBN and the mobile carriers are having with approvals with base station installs. 5G to deliver the needed speed with good costumer density will need a lot more towers.
In the most recent draft of the Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA 2.2) released Access Seekers for FTTN Business Readiness Testing, nbn has revealed that speeds will be limited to 12/1 Mbps during the so-called “Co-existence Period” on the Fibre to the Node network.
During this period, all bandwidth profiles will be restricted to reduce interference with existing legacy services that run on the Telstra network. A similar limitation will apply to Fibre to the Basement, however, the maximum speed will be limited to 25/5 Mbps rather than 12/1 Mbps.
For customers who live close to the exchange, the speed attainable over the Fibre to the Node network may actually be lower during the “Co-existance period” than what’s possible over their existing ADSL2+ service.
However, since the duration of the Co-existence period varies depending in the area still using ADSL or special services – customers who experience greater speeds over ADSL greater than the 12/1 Mbps offered would still need to migrate to NBN before NBN Co declares the “Co-existence period” over.
Once the Co-existence Period is over, nbn™ will provide 12/1 Mbps and 25/5 Mbps speed profiles similar to those on Fibre to the Premises with higher speeds only available as an “up-to” range. However, NBN Co also states in the document that it is considered acceptable if the customer only receives speeds set out in the PIR or PIR range “once” in 24 hours.
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