[AusNOG] NBN Legislation

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

Are there any cable operators in AU who have _not_ upgraded to DOCSIS3.0 already?

MMC

On 28/11/2010, at 9:23 AM, Mark Smith wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:45:50 +0000
> Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com> wrote:
> 
>> Let me give you some more examples to chew on:
>> 
>> Any HFC network owner such as looking to upgrade their network to DOCSIS 3.0
> 
> Hmm, so no IPv6 for HFC customers then, other than tunnelled
> over IPv4.
> 
> 
>> Any provider installing in-building DSLAM's delivering high speed broadband to residential towers using VDSL
>> Any provider installing in-building DSLAM's delivering high speed broadband to commercial buildings using VDSL
>> Any DSLAM provider considering upgrading their DSLAM's to be able to provide VDSL (particularly in inner metro)
>> Any provider installing GPON to residential communities or buildings
>> Any provider installing GPON to commercial buildings
>> Any provider offering Ethernet services over fibre and decides (due to necessity) to upgrade core/distribution/edge components
>> Any provider possibly offering bonded EFM services of greater than 25Mbps
>> *maybe* any Submarine Cable owner with network elements in Australia
>> 
>> [b]
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
>>> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Bevan Slattery
>>> Sent: Saturday, 27 November 2010 9:34 PM
>>> To: James Andrewartha
>>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] NBN Legislation
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: James Andrewartha [mailto:trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]
>>>> Isn't that exempt under the following?
>>>> 
>>>> "Second, where a telecommunications network (other than the NBN)
>>> comes
>>>> into existence or is altered or upgraded, after 25 November 2010, to
>>>> supply or be capable of supplying a superfast carriage service to
>>>> customers, other than individual government or corporate end-users, ..."
>>> 
>>> Have a read of the actual clause and let me know what your interpretation is.
>>> It's a network that is used *or is capable of being used*.  It is where the
>>> "network" is not used *wholey* to supply carriage services.
>>> 
>>> Sure seems captured to me.
>>> 
>>> [b]
>>> 
>>> For the purposes of this Part, if:
>>>                     (a)  a telecommunications network is used, or is capable of being
>>> used, to supply one or more Layer 2 bitstream services to customers, or
>>> prospective customers, in Australia; and
>>>                     (b)  the network is used, or is capable of being used, to supply a
>>> superfast carriage service to customers, or prospective customers, in
>>> Australia; and
>>>                     (c)  the network is not the national broadband network; and
>>>                     (d)  either:
>>>                              (i)  the network came into existence after 25 November 2010;
>>> or
>>>                             (ii)  the network was altered or upgraded after 25 November
>>> 2010 and, as a result of the alteration or upgrade, the network became
>>> capable of being used to supply a superfast carriage service to customers, or
>>> prospective customers, in Australia; and
>>>                     (e)  the network is not used wholly to supply carriage services to a
>>> single end-user, where that end-user is:
>>>                              (i)  a public body (within the meaning of the
>>> Telecommunications Act 1997 ); or
>>>                             (ii)  a company;
>>> the network is a designated superfast telecommunications network .
>>> 
>>> To my (non-legal) reading, it's captured.
>>> 
>>> [b]
>>>