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

[Jonathan Thorpe]

Would it really be such a bad idea to encourage these people to use a mobile? Politically, of course it would be, but in reality, would it?

If someone really just wants a phone, I'm pretty sure vendors will be quick to build plug-n-play devices that provide an analogue voice port at one end and a fibre port at the other. Yes, this is effectively a router + ATA such as those already available, but does provide a certain level of familiarity that these people are looking for.

Similar to an ISDN to Analogue adapter perhaps?


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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Heinz N
Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 2:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Simon Hackett's presentation from Comms Day yesterday - NBN fibre on copper prices



On Fri, 19 Jul 2013, Beeson, Ayden wrote:
> 
> There is also that major point made before, that some people simply 
> require a PSTN service that is reliable and guaranteed.

+1

With NBN, Granny Myrtle McCready will now need a NTU that needs a power brick with a battery. She will also need an ATA (which ALSO needs power). 
She can't understand why she needs to have all those extra new fangled power cables going to those funny boxes with lights on them. Perhaps ditching NBN and getting a mobile would be a MUCH easier solution for her?

In order to save power because of price gouging by electricty suppliers and incompetent governments, she turns her electricity off "of the night" 
and wonders why her grand daugther isn't phoning her any more (as well as the funny beeping from one of the boxes). Typical dumb politicians trying to ram stuff through with no understanding at all on the consequences to those least able to cope!

Everyone on this list has no probs configuring any sort of CPE or a more substantial router as might be needed to handle multiple ports, as well as UPSs etc etc. However, unfortunately _most_ people are still technically illiterate and will remain so.

H.
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