[AusNOG] FTTH - Dreaming?

[Jason Sinclair]

"an FTTH network would cost essentially nothing to maintain"

 

Guess we're all out of jobs.........

 

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From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Tom Sykes
Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2008 9:46 PM
To: McDonald Richards; ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] FTTH - Dreaming?

 


I particularly liked this comment.

"an FTTH network would cost essentially nothing to maintain" 

I'm sure we're all keen to hear the secret. Maybe he can speak at next
year's AusNOG ;-)

ts


On 16/08/2008 1:52 AM, "McDonald Richards" <macca at vocus.com.au> wrote:

	AusNOGers,
	 
	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.
	 
	
http://business.theage.com.au/business/fibre-to-the-home-a-musthave-only
-government-can-provide-20080814-3vr0.html
	 
	Some of the quotes are absolute gold.
	 
	"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."
	 
	"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.)"
	 
	"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."
	 
	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!
	 
	I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
	 
	Macca
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	
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