[LINK] Question re Telstra/NBN deal

[Richard Chirgwin]

Jan,

The fibre will have "PSTN emulation" - ie, you'll get PSTN services over 
the fibre instead of the copper.

To maintain a phone connection, post-NBN, the customer will need to 
connect to the fibre. But the PSTN emulation means a PSTN telephone will 
plug into a suitable port on the box that terminates the fibre.

RC

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/coming-your-way-a-telco-revolution-20100620-yp74.html
>
> "Telstra chief executive David Thodey signed a heads of agreement 
> with the government yesterday that spells generational change for the 
> company, as it will abandon its traditional core business of 
> fixed-line communications networks. "
>
> "Telstra will then decommission its copper and cable networks, 
> getting out of the business of wholesale networks to concentrate on 
> providing retail services and mobile and wireless services. "
> Decommission
>
> "Telstra will transfer customers from its copper and hybrid fibre 
> coaxial cable networks to the new network in return for further 
> payments from NBNCo. "
>
> So if someone has no desire to buy/sign-up for internet services and 
> want to keep their POTS line (plain old telephone service), will they 
> be allowed to? What does 'abandon' mean? Does 'decommission' mean the 
> consumer would need to shift to fibre connectivity? Is there a change 
> in the required phone system in the house as a result?
>
> If the copper and coax networks are going away, what happens to all 
> this Foxtel/cable internet installation going on and already in 
> place? Does all this total shift increase the cost of the project 
> since by the way I read this ALL houses will need to be reinstalled 
> in order to have comms service of any sort?
>
> Sounds like a lot more work to be done.
>
> Jan
>
>
>
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