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[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 09:44 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On 04/03/16 09:33, Karl Auer wrote:
> > - wireless is a broadcast medium and thus trivially 
> > eavesdroppable.[...]
> > Fibre does not require any such protection
> > because it is not a broadcast medium. 
> 
> Actually PON (passive optical network, the type of fibre install used
> for FTTP) IS a broadcast medium and also needs encryption to prevent 
> eavesdropping.

You are right of course. Another reason to not want PON. But for all
those other reasons, fibre, whether a PON system or not, is still a far
better solution than wireless. And not just technically - on every
level.

It is a mystery to me why apparently sane people, especially apparently
sane people with a techy education, continue to tout satellite and
wireless as peer technologies to fibre. It may be cynical of me, but I
can only assume they have ideological or political reasons for doing
so.

When "thought leaders" - or worse, actual leaders - do it, it makes me
downright angry, especially when I know that they know better.

Regards, K.

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