[LINK] NBN questions - HFC

[Hamish Moffatt]

On 08/12/16 16:56, David Lochrin wrote:
> There's been some off-Link discussion of this subject, and I found the following on the NBN Co. website at http://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/the-nbn-project/hfc-everything-you-need-to-know.html
>
> As I suspected, NBN over HFC is basically just a standard HFC connection, though it seems users will need a different modem.

What they didn't say is what happens to existing Telstra/Optus HFC 
internet customers. I have 100mbit downlink (but ~3Mbit uplink) on 
Telstra with DOCSIS 3.0 right now, so will I be better off on an NBN 
plan on the same cable? Possibly, as a 100/40 NBN plan from iiNet is 
about the same price but has much faster uploads, assuming the iiNet HFC 
NBN plan would cost the same as an iiNet FTTN HFC plan.

I don't understand why their FAQ shows the cable terminating at an "nbn 
connection box" which then connects to service provider equipment and 
not directly to mine. Both Telstra and Optus already supplied all in one 
cable modem/router/access point devices on their existing services.


Hamish