[LINK] tRe: NBN white-elephant-to-be ...

[Marghanita da Cruz]

David Boxall wrote:
> On 26/08/2010 1:36 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> ... Perhaps we already have
>> fibre to many nodes, I wouldn't know but suspect it.
>>  ...
> In 2003, when Telstra replaced disintegrating copper in my (rural) area, 
> they apparently lay fibre along with the replacement copper 
> <http://david.boxall.id.au/Phone1.html>. Shortly afterwards, a 
> contractor indicated that doing so was standard practice 
> <http://david.boxall.id.au/ISDN.html>. It's quite possible that there 
> are thousands of kilometres of fibre, installed as opportunities arose, 
> which Telstra has kept dark to maximise return on their copper. Whether 
> that will be used for the NBN and what impact it will have on
> establishment costs, we might not have an opportunity to see.
> 

There is also state rail fibre around and in the 80s it was 
fashionable to wireup buildings to future proof 
them...though I suspect some of these buildings may be 
demolished before the cable is ever used.

Marghanita
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