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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gold!<BR>
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From: ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net><BR>
To: ausnog@ausnog.net <ausnog@ausnog.net><BR>
Sent: Sat Aug 16 07:31:00 2008<BR>
Subject: [AusNOG] FTTH - Dreaming?<BR>
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We need a 4 point plan to ensure success with this idea, i have done a<BR>
rough plan up... feel free to correct me if im wrong.<BR>
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1, Build FTTH Network<BR>
2, Free Internets<BR>
3, ???<BR>
4, 600 billion profit.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Bruce<BR>
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008, McDonald Richards wrote:<BR>
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> AusNOGers,<BR>
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> While working on the early hours of a Saturday morning as I know so many of<BR>
> us do I stumbled across this gem of an article. I'd love to know who<BR>
> 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-gov">http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only-gov</A><BR>
> ernment-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html<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<BR>
> speeds of at least 100 megabits a second. This would require a capital<BR>
> 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<BR>
> modest annual administration fee of $50-100 but nothing for actual use. This<BR>
> would cover the network's administrative and minimal running costs.<BR>
> (Maintaining our copper network reportedly costs a lot more - about $600<BR>
> million a year.)"<BR>
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> "A FTTH network would give Australians free national phone calls and fast<BR>
> access to the internet. And its applications would have obvious social and<BR>
> commercial benefits."<BR>
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> In fact I think I had a good chuckle at almost every paragraph. Don't even<BR>
> get me started on the technical points! With the cost analysis of 98% FTTN<BR>
> coverage done by Pipe coming it at ~16 billion I'd love to know how the<BR>
> author of this article believes an FTTH network can be built by the<BR>
> government for "about 15-20 billion". They didn't even reference the total<BR>
> population coverage and there's only a 5 billion dollar window in that<BR>
> highly scientific cost estimate - which is more than Labor plan to<BR>
> 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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