[LINK] NBN Wireless?

[Paul Brooks]

On 7/02/2013 10:50 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Same with FTTH down here in .AR. My GPON Huawei ONT (CPE) has a maximum optical port
> speed of 2 Gb down, 1 Gb up (2:1 ratio) yet the damn ISP insists on doing traffic
> shaping of the port with a 10:1 ratio (10 Mbit down, 1 Mbit up, and so on as you get
> to higher speed contracts, always with a 10:1 ratio), it´s a shame... Nobody in .au
> making the case for symmetric bandwidth? FC 

Plenty of people making the case - not so many providers listening.

The NBNCo GPON plans are settling to a ratio of around 4:1 or better - the 100/40 plan
is close to the 2:1 ratio that GPON technology natively provides.
Theres no real reason why they couldn't introduce a symmetric 50/50 plan for example,
provided enough people take up the 25/5 or worse ratio plans to leave capacity in the
upstream direction.

In any case, people's actual usage doesn't need to be directly in proportion to the
line speeds in each direction.

P,