Um, since when am I a “FTTP nutjob”? Your antipathy to the current NBN is well known. FWIW I think that this type of proposed infrastructure is a good idea, but I’m not wedded to this specific implementation (I just think that it’s better than the proposed alternative)
Since you’re been involved in enough IT projects over the last couple of decades you should also know that “all sweeping generalisations are wrong” and that the opposite of “let’s do this right” is “let’s have a hodge-podge of different things that could cripple you in the future”. Both approaches have risks – neither is the “one true path” Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: Yet he was the CTO for BT. He’s probably got a reasonable level of experience in how to actually deliver “something of this size” Anyone else sceptical of “the only way to do <immensely complex project> is…” claims that come from back-seat drivers? Err I think you'll find it is the FTTP nutjobs such as yourself that are pushing 'the one true path' line. I've been involved in enough IT projects in the last couple of decades to know that you're in the shit as soon as someone says "Let's do this right and let's do this once" (English translation: "Let's be inflexible and dogmatic"). You don't need a masters degree in the blinding obvious to work out turning off 3.5 million hfc services and replacing them with 3.5 million gpon services is a stupid waste of money. Yay - let's spend a gazillion dollars turning 100mbps into 100mbps. David.
