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<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ">Recently, NBN Co made TC-2 AVCs available that do provide symmetrical speeds of up to 40Mbps/40Mbps. This isn't Traffic Class 4… but it is a symmetrical product provided by NBN Co.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ">See Page 6 for pricing: <span style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/sfaa-wba2-product-catalogue-price-list_20140430.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 106, 227); ">http://nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/sfaa-wba2-product-catalogue-price-list_20140430.pdf</a></span></div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 8:52 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I am sure this will spurn a healthy discussion... perhaps with conflicting views...</div><div><br></div><div>But I was wondering the other day 'Why aren't NBNCo tails sold as symmetric speeds?'</div>
<div><br></div><div>Considering:</div><div><br></div><div>- The transit the RSP buys is symmetric (nearly always)</div><div>- The network core of the RSP is symmetric</div><div>- The handoff to either NBNCo or an aggregator (and then NBNCo) is pretty much always symmetric</div>
<div>- The PoI's core is symmetric</div><div>- The fibre to the home is symmetric capable</div><div>- The NTU is just ethernet - symmetric</div><div>- Anything they plug into the NTU is symmetrical - ethernet</div><div>
<br></div><div>Google Fibre in the US is 1G/1G in speeds... </div><div><br></div><div>So... unless I am missing something obvious (always possible)... Why are NBNCo tails not sold as symmetrical speeds?</div><div><br></div>
<div>I am not sure why there is this artificial design in these products to make them asymmetric. There doesn't seem to be any gain by doing this that I can think of.</div><div><br></div><div>Gone are the days of DSL like speeds and unbalanced design... even ATM was symmetrical.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Keen for peoples opinions.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div>
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