[AusNOG] Discussion point: Why aren't the NBNCo tails symmetric in speed?

[Joseph Goldman]

Wow - so if you wanted to supply those services not only do you need to 
pay the extra for the tail cost, but you'd need another lot of CVC 
purchased for that TC only? Very big outlay when you take in all the POI's!

Is there much point in the different Traffic Classes? Are there actually 
concerns for congestion throughout the network, then giving an advantage 
to a better traffic class? Or are there other things between traffic 
classes that also benefit the users? (Better SLA/Support etc) ?


On 09/04/14 08:09, myNBN Admin wrote:
> Recently, NBN Co made TC-2 AVCs available that do provide symmetrical 
> speeds of up to 40Mbps/40Mbps.  This isn't Traffic Class 4... but it 
> is a symmetrical product provided by NBN Co.
>
> See Page 6 for pricing: 
> http://nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/sfaa-wba2-product-catalogue-price-list_20140430.pdf
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> On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 8:52 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I am sure this will spurn a healthy discussion... perhaps with 
>> conflicting views...
>>
>> But I was wondering the other day 'Why aren't NBNCo tails sold as 
>> symmetric speeds?'
>>
>> Considering:
>>
>> - The transit the RSP buys is symmetric (nearly always)
>> - The network core of the RSP is symmetric
>> - The handoff to either NBNCo or an aggregator (and then NBNCo) is 
>> pretty much always symmetric
>> - The PoI's core is symmetric
>> - The fibre to the home is symmetric capable
>> - The NTU is just ethernet - symmetric
>> - Anything they plug into the NTU is symmetrical - ethernet
>>
>> Google Fibre in the US is 1G/1G in speeds...
>>
>> So... unless I am missing something obvious (always possible)... Why 
>> are NBNCo tails not sold as symmetrical speeds?
>>
>> I am not sure why there is this artificial design in these products 
>> to make them asymmetric.  There doesn't seem to be any gain by doing 
>> this that I can think of.
>>
>> Gone are the days of DSL like speeds and unbalanced design... even 
>> ATM was symmetrical.
>>
>> Keen for peoples opinions.
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
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