[LINK] No batteries required in new broadband plan

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Hi Bernard,

As I understand it the Coalition is proposing to retain the copper from the
node to the home - which puts the conversion from light to electricity in
the node. The problem might be getting electricity to the node (little green
box in the street)! Perhaps solar panels and storage?

Marghanita

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> <brd>
> The headline (and maybe the story) is a bit misleading. It only refers 
> to subscribers and exchanges. Don't know what happens at the nodes though.
> </brd>
> 
> No batteries required in new broadband plan
> by: Fran Foo
> The Australian
> April 11, 2013
> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/no-batteries-required-in-new-broadband-plan/story-e6frgaif-1226617728606
> 
> A VAST majority of National Broadband Network subscribers will not need 
> a battery back-up solution under the Coalition's plan.
> 
> The Coalition is proposing that 71 per cent -- or 9 million -- premises 
> will "plug into" the NBN under a fibre-to-the-node configuration using 
> copper by 2019. Fibre will be rolled out to cabinets and street corners 
> instead of directly to premises.
> 
> A small electrical current runs down a copper network to activate analog 
> phones. During a power outage, batteries at phone exchanges keep the 
> system alive.
> 
> Under Labor's $37.4 billion scheme, 93 per cent of households and 
> businesses would be directly connected to fibre links by 2021.
> 
> Battery back-ups for voice services over Labor's NBN are required to 
> ensure analog phones can be used for a few hours during a power blackout.
> Digital Pass $1 for first 28 Days
> 
> Last August, the company building the network, NBN Co, revealed back-up 
> batteries would be optional, following complaints about the previously 
> mandatory unit.
> 
> An Abbott-led government would still roll out fibre-to-the-premises but 
> only to 22 per cent or 2.8 million premises. It would be deployed in new 
> housing estates or where copper has to be replaced over the next six years.
> 
> The Coalition's $20.4bn project promises speeds of at least 25 megabits 
> per second, compared with Labor's 100 Mbps.
> 


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