[LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

[David Boxall]

On 22/03/2016 12:59 PM, Andy Farkas wrote:
>  wasting billions of dollars on something that
> *will* need to be upgraded in the future ...
Doesn't it really need to be upgraded now, before it's even "finished"?

Come to think of it, the spin is that the NBN will be finished in 2020. 
In this context, what does "finished" mean? To my mind, a 
telecommunications network is finished when it extends to the point that 
we can only just replace it over its service life.

The service life of copper is 30 years, so we should have the network 
that we can replace every 30 years. We were getting there, but growth 
slowed when the Telecommunications Commission was restructured into a 
Corporation. Neglect since privatisation has seen us going effectively 
backward.

The anticipated service life of fibre is 100 years or so. We should 
therefore aim for a network at least three times as extensive as the 
copper one.

> ... and David is not helping :)
You're welcome. ;)

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