[AusNOG] Long live the NBN. The NBN is dead?! [personal]

[Chris Chaundy]

Well at least the basic NBN infrastructure will have a 1Gb capacity down the track (how much further can copper be stretched and wireless has it's own limitations).

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On 11/08/2010, at 8:27, Mark Smith <nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:41:28 +1000
> Stephen Carter <Stephen.Carter at workingtech.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just can help myself...
>> 
>> Bringing a political view to this forum with no real technical value is very disappointing.
>> 
> 
> What might be a bit more useful, and this should be one of the better
> forums for it, would be to identify the pros, cons and justifications
> or lack of for it.
> 
> One thing I'd like to know is why 100Mbps is the "magic
> acceptable threshold". Why would 50Mbps be inadequate? Why not go for
> 1Gbps? If it cost another $5BN on top of the $43BN, to get to 1Gbps, I'd
> say spend it. If we're borrowing money for it, and can borrow more, why
> not build the latest and greatest? 100Mbps seems artificially low in
> that context.