[LINK] NBN retail cost and 12 year technology bell curve

[Tom Worthington]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> On 2011/Apr/09, at 2:31 PM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>> ... December 2010 ABS data, which shows continuing growth in DSL 
>> alongside wireless: 
>> http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/8153.0Main+Features1Dec%202009?OpenDocument
>> 
> 
> Interesting.  I notice their definition of broadband is effectively 
> "not dial-up"  or 256k or more ...

Yes. The definition of broadband was discussed at the Australian Bureau 
of Statistics ICT Reference Group meeting in 11 October 2005. I was at 
the meeting (for the ACS) and went along with 256kbps, which comes from 
the OECD:
<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2005/10/ict-reference-group-meeting_13.html>.

If anyone has a suggestion for what the Australian definition should be,
with authoritative references to back it up (not the Wikipedia), I would
be happy to put it to the group on Thursday. But if that definition is 
too different from what is used in other countries it is unlikely to be 
accepted.

The definitions can lead to strange results. As an example, my apartment
building has a Transact fibre optic node in the basement. But this does
not count as "fibre to the home" for statistical purposes, as the last
20m or so of cable from the node to the apartment is copper. In contrast 
NBN "fibre" connection for a house is copper for the last few metres, 
but that is on one property so counts as "fibre".


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