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<TITLE>Re: [AusNOG] FTTH - Dreaming?</TITLE>
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I particularly liked this comment.<BR>
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“an FTTH network would cost essentially nothing to maintain” <BR>
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I’m sure we’re all keen to hear the secret. Maybe he can speak at next year’s AusNOG ;-)<BR>
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On 16/08/2008 1:52 AM, "McDonald Richards" <macca@vocus.com.au> wrote:<BR>
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While working on the early hours of a Saturday morning as I know so many of us do I stumbled across this gem of an article. I’d love to know who actually edits and fact checks this junk before they publish it online.<BR>
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<a href="http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only-government-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html">http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only-government-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html</a><BR>
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Some of the quotes are absolute gold.<BR>
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“The Federal Government should build and control a FTTH network capable of speeds of at least 100 megabits a second. This would require a capital expenditure of about $15-20 billion but this cost is easily justified.”<BR>
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“The Government should maximise public use of a FTTH network by charging a modest annual administration fee of $50-100 but nothing for actual use. This would cover the network's administrative and minimal running costs. (Maintaining our copper network reportedly costs a lot more - about $600 million a year.)”<BR>
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“A FTTH network would give Australians free national phone calls and fast access to the internet. And its applications would have obvious social and commercial benefits.”<BR>
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In fact I think I had a good chuckle at almost every paragraph. Don’t even get me started on the technical points! With the cost analysis of 98% FTTN coverage done by Pipe coming it at ~16 billion I’d love to know how the author of this article believes an FTTH network can be built by the government for “about 15-20 billion”. They didn’t even reference the total population coverage and there’s only a 5 billion dollar window in that highly scientific cost estimate – which is more than Labor plan to contribute in total to FTTN!<BR>
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I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.<BR>
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Macca<BR>
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