[AusNOG] Very funny NBN skit

[John Edwards]

On 16/04/2013, at 6:32 PM, Joshua D'Alton wrote:

> Aye, except the over subscription is insane. Obviously it is probably similar with google fiber, but those japanese plans are designed mostly for national traffic, not international.

How much Japanese content do you reckon is hosted outside of Japan? A quick search suggests that out of asia, only North Korea has a lower score in english skills.

On 16/04/2013, at 7:12 PM, Tom Sykes wrote:

> There's no indication that it is based on GPON. Indeed, isn't google fibre based on direct fibre? (active Ethernet). 

10GPON is a thing now (although I'm sure Tom is aware of this). ITU-G.987 has 10 gigs down, 2.5 up, can run over the same splitters as existing GPON.

John