[AusNOG] Wow

[Mark Smith]

On 2 October 2015 at 12:14, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
<Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:
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> Sorry maybe I missed something
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> “21 September 2015”
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> http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-launches-fibre-to-the-node-technology.html
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> “Our FTTN technology delivers fast broadband via fibre-optic cable that runs
> to a neighbourhood node/cabinet and from there using the copper lines to
> deliver high-speed broadband ultimately via VDSL technology.”
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> I understand there is the multi/mixed technology solution, i.e. cable and
> other techs.
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Right, so that means FTTN is not literally the mandate. If anything
was a mandate, it was to consider alternative technologies that
leverage existing infrastructure when it is cost effective to do so.

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> My read of the article, it implies if all the coper cables are bad they will
> replace them.

If it is cheaper to do that than replace everything in the area with
FTTP or HFC, what is the problem?

We really shouldn't be wasting our time on this mailing list
discussing articles that are written from such a dumbed down
perspective of "copper bad, fibre good." and that "it is only proper
Internet if it comes over a piece of glass".

Dumbing it down that much turns it into a subjective and potentially a
religious discussion, rather than an objective one. People on this
list should be smarter than that, and know that picking the right
technology to solve a problem is about choosing which are the
acceptable trade-offs, because there are *always* trade-offs.