[LINK] Battery back-up mandatory for NBN?

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Tom Worthington wrote:
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> On 28/10/2010 9:20 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>> My view is that the NBN is intended to replace the current telephone
>>> service
>> No it isn't. The NBN will be offering new and different services ...
> 
> My understanding is that fibre will be laid instead of copper telephone 
> cable in "greenfield estates". If you want a telephone service (or data) 
> you will need to plug into the NBN box or use wireless.

Assuming the NBNCo doesn't lock/price wireless service
providers out of the market/access to the fibre to protect
their fibre revenue stream.

And ofcourse the cost of laying the fibre is passed onto the
householder. Be aware in NSW there is pressure from developers
that complying with BASIX adds cost. In NSW we don't yet have
a requirement to provide house energy ratings - which would
go some way to inform purchasers of operating costs.

While, I don't think there is a lot of value in trying to
develop a cost benefit analysis for the NBN, I think there
has to be much more discussion/scrutiny of the Governance
mechanisms for the rollout.
<http://www.nbnco.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/main/site-base/resources/about-nbn-co/governance/>

Just note the behaviour of governments in relation to
existing utilities:
> NSW Premier Kristina Keneally announced today the government would slash the tariff by 40 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), saying it needed to slow down higher-than-expected demand for its solar bonus scheme.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/nsw-to-slash-costly-solar-feed-in-tariff/story-e6frg6nf-1225944190886>

> Dr JOHN KAYE: I will get to that. If storage levels had been at 80 per cent at the time of the climatic events I referred to, 500 billion litres would have been used to fill the dams and the remaining 300 billion litres, about 11.6 per cent of all of Sydney's storage, would have gone over the spillways at Warragamba Dam and other dams. At about 70¢ per kilolitre, that means that $210 million of water would go over the spillways. That is $210 million of pumped water and desalination water, an unnecessary cost on Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra households and businesses. Members might say that my analysis is fanciful. My analysis is supported by a number of Sydney water experts, including Professor Stuart White from the University of Technology, Sydney. Members might say that both Professor White and I have got it wrong.
<http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20100909036>

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