[LINK] fibre distance issues?

[steve jenkin]

Adrian Chadd wrote on 24/10/07 7:32 PM:
> G'day,
>
> Could someone please decode Coonan's relayed statement from an Optus
> Engineer about fibre builds and the new broadband system, as quoted
> here:
>
> http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/24/2069263.htm?section=justin
>   

There is an alternative build-out model not discussed.
    Municipal Networks

What's clear for Australia: there is no single technology/structure
suitable for all locations.
Who better to chose what's appropriate and acceptable than the community
that'll use it...
Not going to happen because it breaks the Telco monopoly.

This article describes "Triple-Tier": FO backbone, WiMax interconnect &
WiFi local loop.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/etel/blog/2007/06/muniwireless_conference_city_p.html>

I believe with high-gain antennas 802.11 wireless will do around 40km.
[Correction?]
There is already a good infrastructure of mobile phone towers around
that might be leveraged.
[platform + power + telco links]

I don't know if the towers could support the extra load of many extra
small antenna.
But these would only be used in remote locations with small user bases -
which seems a good fit.

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