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

[Troy Cowin]

How does Telstra handle this now in Velocity estates - AKA Telstra's version of FTTP, I don't have copper my house only fibre. Was given the option of battery backup, but was quoted approx $150 to add the battery, which at the time of building my new home was too much.

Another point to note is I would assume just like any UPS units these batteries would need to be tested periodically and replaced every X years too?

Having had a "grandma myrtle" living at home by herself with a personal alarm that was tied onto her phone line, I would have some real concerns over using an ATA for that. What happens when the ATA crashes or dies completely? Or the power goes off. 


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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Delany
Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 11:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Simon Hackett's presentation from Comms Day yesterday - NBN fibre on copper prices

> Didn't know that, wonder how that'll all translate over with the NBN though.

More interestingly. How does that (Telstra's CSG mobile substitute for
copper) work for folk who need 24x7 safety monitors and the like?

All the hand-wringing over PSTN resilency to failures and here we have presumably thousands of residents around the country connected solely via a mobile service anyway.

Do Telstra roll out PSTN for those customers that need health monitors or do they recommend that the customer move?

As I understand it, these are not just a few rare folk in far flung corners of the country, they are often in new suburbs that haven't rolled copper infrastructure.


Mark.
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