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Im still scratching my head as to why the NBN fibre foot print doesn't encompass the ADSL footprint. NBN taking over the copper network for 10yrs and the services running over it (ADSL not just dial tone) just seems to confuse the whole NBN foundation argument. Maybe the smart service providers will move their CBD DSLAM equipment from fibre'd areas out to regional areas and draw out another few years of ROI on their capital.<BR>
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Anyway, I call the next backflip will be when the cost of labour blows out, the 97% Fibre foot print will be wound back and supplemented with VDSL style technologies while deployment is stretched out until labour pressures reduce.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: James Spenceley <<A HREF="mailto:James%20Spenceley%20%3cjames@vocus.com.au%3e">james@vocus.com.au</A>><BR>
<B>To</B>: Jason Sinclair <<A HREF="mailto:Jason%20Sinclair%20%3cJason.Sinclair@staff.pipenetworks.com%3e">Jason.Sinclair@staff.pipenetworks.com</A>><BR>
<B>Cc</B>: <A HREF="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</A><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [AusNOG] Labor backflips again.......<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:08:50 +1100<BR>
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Hi Jas,
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Not to mention that other foundation argument that NBNCo will be wholesale only, now completely "modified", It's perfectly clear NBN will nothing even close to wholesale only.
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On 24/03/2011, at 4:38 PM, Jason Sinclair wrote:
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<FONT SIZE="2">I find it truly amazing that one of the foundation “arguments” for the NBN uniform pricing and that which garnered the support of the Independents has now conveniently been “modified”. Originally all regional, rural and metro areas were supposed to pay the same price for the NBN regardless. Now it is only for the lowest speed plans and if you want comparable higher speed plans uniform pricing only applies to the “same technology”.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2">NBN: “So Mr Farmer – you want 100Mb access to the NBN – that’s 10x the price of the metro area”.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2">Mr Farmer: “But what about uniform pricing?”</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2">NBN: “But you are in the sticks and we can’t roll fibre out here – we are delivering this over satellite. And satellite is more expensive. If we rolled it out on fibre it would be the same price. You do want us to make a commercial return don’t you from your hard earned taxes that are paying for this surely??”</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2">Isn’t it kinda comical how the “good” reasons for these new Bills, gagging the ACCC, etc were convenient to support national uniform pricing, but then don’t really mean that at all…… Gotta remember that for my business plan.</FONT>
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