[AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigleyannounces architectural"stakeinthe ground"

[Curtis Bayne]

I'm sure they will - about as happy as they'd be giving up their HFC  
network...

How's coax as a power transport medium... ;)

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On 17/09/2009, at 11:42 AM, "McDonald Richards" <macca at vocus.com.au>  
wrote:

> Yes I am sure Telstra will happily want to maintain their CAN so  
> they can
> provide free power to the NBN ONTs.... :)
>
> Macca
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Curtis Bayne
> Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 11:29 AM
> To: Curtis Bayne
> Cc: Jason Sinclair; ausnog at ausnog.net; Paul Brooks; Bob Purdon
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces
> architectural"stakeinthe ground"
>
>  or we could use that copper to supply LV dc power to the ONT for
> redundancy...
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 17/09/2009, at 11:26 AM, "Curtis Bayne" <curtis at bayne.com.au>  
> wrote:
>
>> I may be missing the point entirely but why not use the POTS we have
>> already for emergency? By the time that has finally degraded to a
>> point of unusability mobile penetration should negate the issue
>> entirely.
>>
>> Curtis
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 17/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, "Jason Sinclair"
> <Jason.Sinclair at staff.pipenetworks.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> They stated that it would be a battery-backed POTS line to answer  
>>> the
>>> issue of emergency call services........
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bob Purdon
>>> Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:33 AM
>>> To: Paul Brooks; Jason Sinclair
>>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] Quigley announces architectural
>>> "stakein the ground"
>>>
>>>
>>>> I expect there will be an argument from government that a
>>>> built-in PSTN port is mandatory, to provide emergency call
>>>> capability if nothing else.
>>>
>>> Ouch.
>>>
>>> I expect that comes with a requirement for local battery backup
>>> (since
>>> you can't line power it), with all the ongoing maintenance costs
>>> associated with that.
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