[LINK] Is the NBN Ready for Extreme Weather?

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 7/12/2012 12:56 PM, Paul Brooks wrote:
> On 7/12/2012 12:36 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> IMHO,It's always a good idea to start with the demand, unlike the 
>> "focused" technologists who push their "solutions". 
>
> Indeed. To be fair, the original kick-off for this discussion was a 
> demand-driven query - will the NBN (and mobile networks) be prepared 
> for extreme weather events, as discussed in the ToR of a new Senate 
> Inquiry:

...
>
> Its a reasonable question to ask, and starts with an assessments of 
> demands and outcomes, not starting with a solution.
>

I agree, the kick-off asked a demand centric question, but most of the 
responses to the question focused on how the current solution could be 
changed to meet new or different demands.

> My main issue with the original post was the characterisation of the 
> current network as somehow resilient or prepared to withstand these 
> extreme weather events, and an assumption that the new network 
> necessarily needed to.
> The current network isn't, and doesn't.
>

Yeah, what he said.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
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