[AusNOG] Simon Hackett's presentation from Comms Day yesterday - NBN fibre on copper prices

[Joseph Goldman]

I wouldn't be able to give you exact figures personally, I only just 
learned a lot of this information myself. The over-arcing point however 
was that because of this structure, NBNCo is now locked into a single 
vendor, meaning there are no continuous competitive pricing between 
major vendors. Mixed with the outlay for the product itself to be 
developed, and the likely very specific support and future development 
required from the single vendor, the cost of each unit separately into 
each premises, then the battery backup systems on top of that, it 
probably would be a large chunk of cost (at a semi-educated guess).

On 18/07/13 12:05, Mark Delany wrote:
>> I agree on the premise that multi ports for multi-use is great, but the
>> presentation is highly geared towards doing it cheaper up front. The
> How much cost difference in the scheme of things does cheaper end-user
> equipment make compared to the civil engineering exercise of laying
> all that fibre?
>
>
> Mark.
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