[LINK] NBN and Batteries

[Stilgherrian]

On 24/02/2011, at 9:40 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> In the case of the NBN, the use of the system during a power outage 
> should probably fall into type 1. Even if it doesn't it is a critical 
> second order problem (i.e. a problem caused by the solution) which needs 
> to be addressed as a problem in its own right, not as a wrinkle of the 
> original solution.

Um, but this stuff was in early engineering proposals, with the first suggestion offered by NBN Co [from memory it was from then rather than the Communications Alliance] being an opt-in to get battery backup if you wanted it.

Stil


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