[AusNOG] GoodBye NBN

[Joseph Goldman]

As Previously mentioned - In case of major fault or natural disaster - 
Telstra's main focus seems to be getting a mobile network available 
before restoring landline and internet services (Assuming mobile network 
is down too).

Those who don't require something like medi-alert tend not to have 
'unpowered' devices (basic corded phones etc), and in this age of 
technology it is not unreasonable to expect even an elderly person to 
have a mobile phone if even just for emergencies.

I haven't personally encountered how a MediAlert system is handled on 
the NBN, but that (and B2B alarm systems) are really my own personal 
worries about losing copper connections.

The worst part so far is my grandparents were 'forced' on to NBN by 
Telstra (just for phone line). Telstra, instead of using Uni-V, have 
been deploying a router with VoIP and a DECT handset using data. Went 
and visited them the other day and they said randomly they have to 
restart the router to get the phone working again (i.e. the SIP/IAX 
registration probably drops). In that time, they have no idea how many 
inbound calls they may have missed, and don't know its broken until they 
try to make a call out.

On 09/09/13 10:20, Noel Butler wrote:
> Dang hit enter too early
>
> On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 10:15 +1000, Noel Butler wrote:
>> On Sun, 2013-09-08 at 22:47 +1000, James Hodgkinson wrote:
>>> I don't know of any houses in my circle of friends/family that have 
>>> a "landline" phone that'd last past the first power outage, with 
>>> portable phones being the choice du jour these days...
>>>
>>>
>> So, your landlines die after an hour of power outage now? find that 
>> hard to believe... sniff sniff, yes, troll day appears to have come 
>> early this week..
>>
>> and as for portable, how many old folk (70/80+) run around living on 
>> their mobiles. SFA thats how many.
>> just because the average person and their inner circles here live on 
>> the things, dont assume the rest of the population does as well.
>> and the elderly are the MOST and highest "at risk"   from this change.
>>
> Up around where I live, Bribie Island, there is a high proportion of 
> elderly people, a good summer storm can often see power outages from 
> an hour to six hours, I really hope none of them gets pains in the 
> chest after the four hour mark, if a few pass away, might make for a 
> rather interesting law suite.
>
> cheers
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