[AusNOG] Wow

[Mark Smith]

On 2 October 2015 at 14:16, Paul Jones <paul at pauljones.id.au> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Alex
>> Samad - Yieldbroker
>> Sent: Friday, 2 October 2015 1:39 PM
>> To: Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com>
>> Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Wow
>>
>> This  has gone completely in the wrong direction
>>
>> >
>> > 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."
>
> That's the thing about Engineering - it's all rather subjective at times.

Sigh.