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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>“an FTTH network would cost essentially nothing to
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ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tom Sykes<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 16 August 2008
9:46 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> McDonald Richards;
ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [AusNOG] FTTH -
Dreaming?</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I particularly liked this comment.<br>
<br>
“an FTTH network would cost essentially nothing to maintain” <br>
<br>
I’m sure we’re all keen to hear the secret. Maybe he can speak at next year’s
AusNOG ;-)<br>
<br>
ts<br>
<br>
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On 16/08/2008 1:52 AM, "McDonald Richards" <macca@vocus.com.au>
wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>AusNOGers,<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
<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>
<br>
Some of the quotes are absolute gold.<br>
<br>
“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>
<br>
“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>
<br>
“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>
<br>
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>
<br>
I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.<br>
<br>
Macca<br>
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