[AusNOG] Labor backflips again.......

[Glenn Powell]

Im still scratching my head as to why the NBN fibre foot print doesn't
encompass the ADSL footprint. NBN taking over the copper network for
10yrs and the services running over it (ADSL not just dial tone) just
seems to confuse the whole NBN foundation argument. Maybe the smart
service providers will move their CBD DSLAM equipment from fibre'd areas
out to regional areas and draw out another few years of ROI on their
capital.

Anyway, I call the next backflip will be when the cost of labour blows
out, the 97% Fibre foot print will be wound back and supplemented with
VDSL style technologies while deployment is stretched out until labour
pressures reduce.

Glenn.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Spenceley <james at vocus.com.au>
To: Jason Sinclair <Jason.Sinclair at staff.pipenetworks.com>
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Labor backflips again.......
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:08:50 +1100

Hi Jas,


Not to mention that other foundation argument that NBNCo will be
wholesale only, now completely "modified", It's perfectly clear NBN will
nothing even close to wholesale only. 


--
James




On 24/03/2011, at 4:38 PM, Jason Sinclair wrote:

> I find it truly amazing that one of the foundation “arguments” for the
> NBN uniform pricing and that which garnered the support of the
> Independents has now conveniently been “modified”. Originally all
> regional, rural and metro areas were supposed to pay the same price
> for the NBN regardless. Now it is only for the lowest speed plans and
> if you want comparable higher speed plans uniform pricing only applies
> to the “same technology”.
> 
> NBN: “So Mr Farmer – you want 100Mb access to the NBN – that’s 10x the
> price of the metro area”.
> Mr Farmer: “But what about uniform pricing?”
> NBN: “But you are in the sticks and we can’t roll fibre out here – we
> are delivering this over satellite. And satellite is more expensive.
> If we rolled it out on fibre it would be the same price. You do want
> us to make a commercial return don’t you from your hard earned taxes
> that are paying for this surely??”
>  
> Isn’t it kinda comical how the “good” reasons for these new Bills,
> gagging the ACCC, etc were convenient to support national uniform
> pricing, but then don’t really mean that at all…… Gotta remember that
> for my business plan.
>  
> Jas
>  
>  
> 
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