[LINK] An Overhead NBN

Fri Nov 8 16:07:25 AEDT 2013

Electricians do cabling, it isn't just up poles that getting your wires 
crossed would be a problem...

Way back, when the Post Master General owned the Poles, and the City 
council connected the electrical cables to it:
> May 1911 
> I have to inform you that it has been reported that on the 23rd instant the current was turned on o your council's lines recently erected in Annandale, which resulted in one of the pertersham lines being burnt out, owing to the mains being run under one of this Depatment's leads, and being raised, coming into contact with the lead. So far as can be seen not one place in Annanndale has been guarded, although it is understood your council proposes to light up from the 1st proximo. The Engineer in Charge of Lines states that Mr Vine Hall repeatedly informed him that it is proposed to guard to the satisfaction of this department. Up to the present, however, nothing has been done. I desire to draw your attention to the serious position wich will exist if current is turned on before the necessary guarding is carried out, as promised by your officers, and to request that he matter be treated as specially urgent.
> yours faithfully,
> signed
> Deputy Postmaster-General
> [stamped very urgent to be acknowledged city electrical engineer for report]
<http://ramin.com.au/annandale/story4-electricity.shtml>

Nick Ross wrote:
> When I spoke to the contractors last year they were saying it's a bit more
> tricky than it sounds. You need specially-trained (and therefore more
> expensive) workers to operate in those places (because of the live power)
> and all lines must be a minimum distance (a metre I think) below the power
> lines.
> 
> N
> 
> 
> On 8 November 2013 00:16, Frank O'Connor <francisoconnor3 at bigpond.com>wrote:
> 
>> Mmmm,
>>
>> You'd think that using the poles rather than the ducts would be cheaper,
>> quicker and much less labour intensive, and as a bonus easier to diagnose
>> and repair when/if trouble hits. That said, leaving the cable/fibre open to
>> the elements may make it a bit less reliable.
>>
>> Jan, as probably the only person on the Link List who has actually spliced
>> fibre and participated in running an optic fibre network ... what are your
>> thoughts?
>> ---
>> On 7 Nov 2013, at 11:53 pm, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>>
>>>> Overall wouldn't powerpole NBN FTTH optical be cheaper than FTTN
>> systems?
>>> The Electrical Trade Union NBN construction co-ordinator David Mier said:
>>>
>>> "Utilising the existing electricity poles and wires - which already run
>>> down most streets in the country - would slash construction costs,
>> allowing
>>> a world-class, high-speed fibre-to-the-home broadband network to be
>>> delivered cheaper and quicker than the model Mr Turnbull took to the
>>> Federal Election."
>>>
>>>
>>> Answer in Sight over National Broadband Network Cabling
>>>
>>> BY SHELLEY HADFIELD, HERALD SUN, NOVEMBER 07, 2013 9:00PM
>>>
>>> THE company rolling out the National Broadband Network says it will
>>> consider more above-ground cabling in Victoria.
>>>
>>> The massive project is currently the subject of a comprehensive strategic
>>> review.
>>>
>>> Asked if NBN Co would think about lifting the ratio of above-ground
>> cabling
>>> in Victoria, spokesman Andrew Sholl said all rollout options were under
>> the
>>> microscope.
>>>
>>> "Everything is under consideration at the moment - there are no 'no-go
>>> areas' in the strategic review," Mr Sholl said.
>>>
>>> He said if power utilities or the State Government wanted more overhead
>>> cabling, they must put their case to NBN Co or the Federal Government.
>>>
>>> No case has yet been put by Victoria.
>>>
>>> The Electrical Trade Union has weighed into the debate, welcoming a push
>>> for a large part of the NBN to be rolled out above ground.
>>>
>>> "We've yet to be presented with any firm proposal to use more overhead
>>> infrastructure," Mr Sholl said.
>>>
>>> "We already have a 30-year deal to lease Telstra's network of underground
>>> pipes, the intention of which is to keep construction costs down and to
>>> minimise disruption to the community."
>>>
>>> Any renegotiation of the deal would hinge upon the outcome of the
>> strategic
>>> review, he said.
>>>
>>> Recommendations will be contained in the strategic review, which will go
>> to
>>> the Federal Government on December 2.
>>>
>>> The Electrical Trade Union advocates overhead cabling as a better and
>> more
>>> cost-effective technique.
>>>
>>> ETU NBN construction co-ordinator David Mier said: "Utilising the
>> existing
>>> electricity poles and wires - which already run down most streets in the
>>> country - would slash construction costs, allowing a world-class, high-
>>> speed fibre-to-the-home broadband network to be delivered cheaper and
>>> quicker than the model Mr Turnbull took to the Federal Election," Mr Mier
>>> said.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sephen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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