NBN Co's take-up rates soar

[freakiness]

Last week was the most recent NBN progress update.

At the time the fact that the take-up rates were increasing rapidly was lost amongst the asbestos fallout.

Our take-up rates have been described as world leading, at recent industry forums.

A week later and I haven't seen it on the news.

This is good. With the advent of smart TVs at home and the growth in online activity in business, health and education we'd be crazy to stop it or change it now.

Malcolm wants to talk down about Mike Quigley but Mr Quigley has earned his position and earned our trust.  Any man who refuses performance bonuses and donates his entire first year salary to NeuroScience Australia deserves Australian of the year in my opinion.

Barnaby Joyce fair dinkum insulted him.  He did a very good Les Patterson impersonation.

Actually I was rather disappointed that there was so much trash politics talk and personal attacks.

At most of these events Quigley and his team get to talk more about the project, issues, what's going on and why. It's interesting and informative.

PLEASE NOTE: I have not mentioned Labor. This is about the National Broadband Network infrastructure project.  It's not a hate fest on LNP or their fans.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/345123,nbn-cos-take-up-rates-soar.aspx/0

Analysis: Big numbers, big growth in just five weeks.

Take-up rates across NBN Co's fibre network are soaring, with many rollout areas adding hundreds of users over the past five weeks.

In a Budget Estimates dominated by asbestos and antagonism, NBN Co provided an updated dataset of completed fibre serving area modules (FSAMs) and the percentage take-up for connections in each.

As with the previous dataset that was released on April 19, iTnews has run the figures to show exactly what the percentage growth means in terms of number of premises.

The latest data shows significant growth of active users in fibre rollout areas from Kingston Beach, George Town and Hobart in Tasmania, to Coffs Harbour in NSW and Gungahlin in the ACT.

Between the April 19 and May 30 iterations of the dataset, NBN Co has seen growth of 4087 active connections in its top 22 FSAMs, a 34 percent increase.

On the link there are tables with the FSAM take-up rate break down.

[freakiness]

Their governments are not as foolish as Australia and businesses have done a cost benefit analysis and found it not to be viable

Name one country that has done a CBA and decided not to build fibre because it is not viable.

NZ started a FTTN network and have since changed to FTTP as they determined it was more viable to build FTTP now.

[poddster]

am*3 The global average for internet speed is 13.55mbps. dont you think that if countries were using FTTP technology that average speed would be at least in the 50Mbps range? 

[just_me_karen]

Expect facts to be twisted, spurious sources quoted, fibs masqueraded as fact... and not an iota of change to its attitudes or knowledge. Is it worth the effort?

[*mrgrizz*]

At what data transfer rate is that? As in Mbps?

from the westnet page it says---100/40 Mbps

[monman12]

FN: "Is everyone in your area able to access HFC?

One of the reasons it was decided to overbuild with the main network is the limited capacity for upgrade and the limitations within the HFC areas of connecting all residents"

Build in tandem FN, not bulldoze  a competitor, if the HFC is so awful customers will migrate to the NBN or like myself continue to use a good cable network,

"Is everyone in your area able to access HFC?" yes there is both Telstra and Optus

Capacity? what is wrong with the existing 100Mbs being offered by HFC, 

Overbuild FN, codswallop, the NBN fought hard to have the perfectly good HFC networks shutdown purely to ensure that there would be no competition, likewise with copper, not only for ADSL services,  but telephony services as well. The NBN tried to prevent mobile Internet services also, but that, thankfully was not allowed.

At the moment HFC networks have REAL connected customers of over a million, however,  using NBN favourite figures they might have "premises passed" of 5-10 million. How long will it take the NBN to match those figure? When is Halley's Comet next due?

[catsnknots]

There are a high % of retired people in my area.. they may not have the same high GB or faster speed needs as a family with teenagers, or an adult who likes to play online games alot.

What an ageist comment... why do you think that retired people may not have the same high GB need??? 

Do you think they are not capable of using the internet and downloading movies???? Or using Skype to interact with family on the other side of the world or even just another town? 

Far out.. my mum is retired and she has a higher usage than me and my teenage son... she is a HUGE user of the internet... I am sure she is going to get done for piracy... 

She file shares with all of her crafting friends... 

She would love to have the NBN and download her movie is a minute... 

[cherry*135]

Like it or not, the NBN  is here to stay no matter who wins the next election (FTTP Labor or  FTTN for LNP with customer to pay to get it from the street to their house/premises).

[cherry*135]

There are a high % of retired people in my area.. they may not have the same high GB or faster speed needs as a family with teenagers, or an adult who likes to play online games alot.

They may not that says which also means they may...

[catsnknots]

Where did you get that from? You need to pay attention to details if you are going to post stuff like that.

Senate Estimates just this past week I think it was???? 

You see I can't be 100% sure as a lot of this stuff I listen to while driving in the car... a lot I read while on my phone during work breaks... some stuff I read online... 

I believe it was a question that Malcolm Turnbull but to someone from the NBN??? 

will see if I can't find it... 

[catsnknots]

They may not that says which also means they may...

Hang on AM3... I used similar words and I am pretty sure you called me ageist... does the shoe not fit on your foot?