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

[Greg Anderson]

On 9 April 2014 12:08, Lincoln Dale <ltd at aristanetworks.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
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>> - The fibre to the home is symmetric capable
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> Not true.  Its not "symmetric capable" because of the timeslots of how the
> upstream works.
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> Not true.  In fact Lincoln, in my understanding you just mistakenly tried
to correct Skeeve's statement which was already correct.  I believe the TDM
of the NBN's PON network has no bearing on its (a)symmetric nature, only
the maximum potential speeds that may be achieved in either direction.
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