[AusNOG] Aust Govt will build National Broadband Network, no company will be awarded the tender.

[grenville armitage]

Martin Thygesen wrote:
	[..]
> 12Mbps to 68% of the population is not going to be sufficient, I've got 
> 16Mbps CIR sync and it's almost impossible to get greater than 3 Mbps 
> worth of flows.

I'll use this line as my excuse to solicit feedback (not directing my point
at Martin in particular).

Back in 2006 one of my students and I sketched out a rough estimate of how
much bandwidth would be 'enough' to a home. We waved our arms wildly on things
like how much a human's eyes and ears could consume, the possible impact of
compression techniques, etc.

Now, I recognise the inherent danger of an academic dipping their toes into
reality - I end up with shortened toes, and reality ends up being perplexed ;)
But I'd be interested in people's thoughts about our paper from an ops perspective
(and with a few extra years of hindsight).

http://caia.swin.edu.au/pubs/ATNAC06/Harropm.pdf   (5 pages)

cheers,
gja