[AusNOG] Labor to force people to connect to broadband

[Tony]

My understanding was that this is just to get the fibre from the road to the ONT on the side of your house.

Connection to an NBN provider from that point on is still totally optional and they won't be forcibly migrating anyone ? If they DO migrate your PSTN line from being copper to fibre (ie. the point from outside your house back to the exchange) then the ONT will handle all of this and your normal copper pair wiring within the house will continue to work as will any existing DSL (at least that's what I think I've read).

Doing it this way just means that you can get the installers to run cables and put a box on the outside wall of each house as they go so that IF the resident decides they want to connect to the NBN then all of the stuff is already there. If this wasn't done then every time someone wanted a new connection it would require a fibre tech to go out and run & terminate the lead in cable and install the ONT. If it went this way nobody would connect because the install fee would probably be a few thousand dollars.

You're still able to opt-out if you don't want anything changed at all.

The 50%, yeah that's rubbish, but we're in the middle of an election campaign, what do you expect ?



regards,
Tony.


--- On Fri, 30/7/10, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:

> From: Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>
> Subject: [AusNOG] Labor to force people to connect to broadband
> To: "ausnog" <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> Received: Friday, 30 July, 2010, 1:57 PM
> Labor to force people to connect to
> broadband
> smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/labor-to-force-people-to-connect-to-broadband-20100730-10yi4.html
> 
> So, if I have this correct, Conroy says:
> 
> "The cynics, the doomsayers, claimed we were only going to
> get 10 per cent or 15 per cent [on the network]," he told
> ABC Radio.
> 
> "We've already got 50 per cent signed up."
> 
> That's 50% from three towns in Tasmania, that's like saying
> "since 50% of Leonora, Wiluna and Laverton in WA have signed
> up that this is gunna be awesome". Considering the
> infrastructure, or lack thereof, in those towns, why
> wouldn't they say "yes"?!
> 
> If it was actual figures after the whole country was rolled
> out and he has 50%, that might be something to get excited
> about but even then, it's opt-out AND it's only 50%, not
> really a good update percentage considering how awesome it's
> supposed to be and what it will cost.
> 
> Tasmania's getting connected, that's great, but, who's
> providing backhaul and was that put to tender? or how was
> that decided? someone wanna put me through to Conroy's
> office so I can talk to him constructively? or at least try
> to? thanks.