@catsnknots wrote:
First in-premises trial delivers raw download speeds of 105 Mbps*
The first in-premises test by NBN Co of fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology has delivered raw download speeds of 105 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 45 Mbps.*
The technology trial was conducted recently by NBN Co engineers in Umina, near Woy Woy, on the NSW Central Coast.
Engineers installed a VDSL modem in a shopfront and then connected the existing copper telephone line to a node cabinet in the street.
The node cabinet, which has been erected alongside a Telstra pillar around 100 metres from the shopfront, converts electrical signals transmitted over copper wires into pulses of light that can travel over optical fibres.
NBN Co Chief Executive Officer, Bill Morrow, said:
“This is an important milestone in the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
“It demonstrates that existing technologies such as the copper network are capable of playing a vital role in delivering high speed broadband to Australians.”
According to the Strategic Review, a mixed technology NBN:
- is estimated to be capable of delivering wholesale download speeds of up to 100Mbps to retail service providers providing services to at least two-thirds of Australians in the fixed-line footprint by 2019,compared to an estimated 57 per cent under the re-evaluation of the previous plan;*
- could save taxpayers more than $31 billion compared to the Fibre to the Premises-only rollout model; and
- could lead to less disruption and less invasiveness to the homes and driveways of millions of Australians
Could lead to most people getting stuck with no real improvement.
Will not save tax payers anything as the NBN Co is an GBE and left to proceed would become self sufficient.
The so called successful trial was for 1 single premises. Once you get loads of premises using the same old copper the same old problems will occur as have done since the beginning of broadband in Australia.
Changing the plan now is like biting off the nose to spite the face. It will cost more in the long run, cost more to operate and cost more to maintain then will need to be upgraded before the network is completed.
The total cost of the CBN project is not anywhere near $31B lower than the FTTP version. The difference they worked out was about $5B and that did not take into account what has already been spent on the transit network and the black spots program.
It is lunacy to change the project for purely political purposes.
