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

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

Those cores only goto the pit in front of your house, they don't necessarily make it to the cabinet where the splitters are.

So, there's a cost to "simply activate the spare cores" - if you're doing that then unless you're needing the bandwidth I'd argue it's cheaper to do what NBNCo are doing and put an active bit of kit in.

MMC

On 18/07/2013, at 5:26 PM, Mark Delany <g2x at juliet.emu.st> wrote:

> On 19Jul13, Stephen Carter (FirstPath) allegedly wrote:
> 
>> we simply "activate" the spare 4 or 5 cores that we delivered day 1
>> (std install is a minimum 6 core cable).
> 
> Agreed, if you deliver multiple activated cores to a premise you can
> achieve RSP independence *and* off-the-shelf CPE.
> 
> But I'd be surprised if the CPE savings would be enough to offset the
> increased infrastructure cost of delivering 2-3 times as many active
> cores as is currently designed.
> 
> But if you know this cost-offset to be true, then sign me up for
> multiple activated cores. I'm with you all the way.
> 
> (This is all complicated by the PSTN emulation as you could argue that
> sans PSTN, the consumer demand for a second activated core would be
> uncommon and thus the current design would work. But my understanding
> is that switching to an RSP-per-core model doesn't fit if you expect
> substantial PSTN-emulation uptake.)
> 
> So maybe in ten years time when everyone gets off of PSTN emulation,
> then an RSP-per-core model could work with the current infrastructure.
> 
> In that light, the current CPE may well be viewed as a one-time
> component that a) solves a number of transition issues; b) reduces
> installation risks and c) entrenches a consumer controlled RSP model
> all with a modest increase in cost.
> 
> 
> Mark.
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