[AusNOG] Wow

[Alex Samad - Yieldbroker]

This  has gone completely in the wrong direction

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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?

^^^ This was my point
And this

"picking the right technology to solve a problem is about choosing which are the acceptable trade-offs, because there are *always* trade-offs."

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Smith [mailto:markzzzsmith at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 2 October 2015 12:53 PM
To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com>
Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wow

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-relea
> ses/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.