[AusNOG] Why not Symmetric ingress and egress?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <002701cb0dbb$8dc9f720$6500a8c0 at hal>, "Tim McCullagh" writes:
>   I really do pity the 55% of homes that are going to get aerial FTTH, =
> talk about recipe for disaster.  It isn't the same as copper, you can't =
> just scotch lock a bit into it when it gets brought down by wind, fires =
> trucks etc.   For those that want to remind me about backhoe fade, yes =
> that happens in one spot.   In the case of fire and wind it will happen =
> in many spots, over large geographic areas.  Trying to reconstruct =
> quickly will take time.  You cant run fibre acress a driveway to effect =
> quick repairs like copper.  I could go on but I am already off topic.
> 
>   regards Tim

Having been on aerial delivered cable for years now and comparing it to
the in ground copper plant for the phone.  They have both been about as
reliable.

Mark
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