[LINK] Turnbull's NBN

[David Lochrin]

On 2013-04-11 Paul Brooks wrote:

> On 11/04/2013 9:18 AM, David Lochrin wrote:
>> But as others have pointed out, battery backup will be required if a power outage is not to take out telecommunications with it, and the cabinets will need to be ventilated.  So what happens when floods occur?  Will the kerbside nodes be somehow made impervious to water immersion, or will they all have to be replaced in an area affected by flooding?
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>> Flooding on the Queensland-Flood scale is likely to become more common with global warming.
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> What happens now when floods occur and RIM cabinets are inundated?
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> We already have experience with FTTN networks - Telstra's collection of RIM cabinets can all be considered FTTN nodes. FTTN is nothing new in Australia.

Good point - does anyone know?

A company Telstra has contracted to upgrade RIMs (with gigabit fibre back to the core network!!) shows a picture of them at http://www.superiorbroadbandservices.com.au/newsdetail.php?item=rim-project  There seem to be ventilation slots at top & bottom of the sides of the cabinets.

David L.