[AusNOG] NBN Review shows FTTN blowout of 12bn, FTTH blowout of 29bn

[Gavin Rogers]

On 12/12/2013 12:02 PM, Beeson, Ayden wrote:
> That's the poke in the eye for me, I always saw fibre as a great way to get more speed, but more than that, a much more reliable medium with a clear resolution path for faults, to say I'm disappointed in this would be an understatement.
>
This.  I could (almost) put up with my 10Mbit ADSL2 service at home if, 
when it goes bad - and it goes bad every winter for the last 11 years - 
that there are clearly defined and published fault thresholds and 
minimum performance  specifications and if the line isn't up to scratch, 
then it's *replaced*. Not jumpered onto an almost not-quite-as-rubbish 
pair on the same rubbish multipair cable, assuming that my ISP pesters 
Telstra enough that they begrudgingly do so.

So sick of this, "lol. you have dialtone, your line is fine" nonsense. 
If we're stuck with FTTN, then how are copper CAN faults handled? If a 
line really, truly ends up being bad, does it just get "remediated" 
(bodged up) or is it a shot to the head of the queue for fibre?


Gavin.