[LINK] Resilient Broadband Network needed for Australia

[Glen Turner]

Tom Worthington wrote:

> It is likely that consumers and businesses will replace their wired 
> phone services with VOIP over this new network. Most VOIP services are 
> currently not designed for emergency communications, nor to operate 
> during a mains power failure. The RFP asks about provision of battery 
> backup of the equipment and also mentions emergency calls, but this is 
> priority 16 out of 18.

Batteries in CPE are two-edged. You'd need to run one of those
distasteful exercises estimating deaths from disaster against
deaths from additional house fires.

VoIP resilience is currently problematic. There's insufficient
redundancy of call routing, insufficient peering between
ISPs, and insufficient connectivity into the PSTN and mobile
networks.  The situation needs a technical directive from ACMA,
but Telstra and Optus won't be happy as they'll lose PSTN
revenue as a result.

-- 
  Glen Turner