Feel free to ask him questions, as I'm sure he will be more open in private than in this public forum. http://jpap.andriopo.ulos.org/
The way I interpreted it -- and which motivated my own questions -- was on the cost of the implementation and the benefit we get out of it, in terms of speeds. Dr John was saying there are other technologies that achieve the governments stated benefits at a fraction of the cost. So not a good economic decision in the execution of the policy, not the benefits itself. Elias Bizannes http://eliasbizannes.com On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Michael Motherwell <mmotherw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why is it not a good economic decision? > > I mean, I understand the rest, but why that conclusion? I doubt > Australia will ever have this good an economy again, and the potential > for growth from an improvement in infrastructure is there. So why is > it "not a good economic decision at the present"? > > I mean, good economics is a judgment that is beyond just technology, > and I'd be curious as to how he arrived at that SPECIFIC conclusion. > > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Elias Bizannes > <elias.bizan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I asked Dr John Papandriopoulos, who some of you might remember from >> here: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/11/05/1194117915862.html and >> who is now is part of the Aussie community in Silicon Valley. I asked >> him what he thought about its future potential and if 12 Mbs was a >> ceiling. >> >> ** An average downstream of 12Mbps is surprisingly low for a FTTH >> network; but it depends on what the overall economics are; for >> example, upgrades and equipment in core network and peering >> arrangements to provide some kind of guaranteed data rate to the edge. >> He suspects, however, that the NBN architecture might just be using a >> high fan-out on a PON to keep costs down. (Think shared bandwidth >> model, in some respects similar to how HFC cable networks operate.) >> >> ** John was expecting the Government to do a backflip and announce >> that they're running with xDSL (in particular, an appropriate mixture >> of VDSL with FTTN and ADSL2+) as a short-medium term technical >> solution and full evolution to fibre in the long-term. With ADSL2 and >> VDSL he suggests there's much greater potential than the announced >> 12Mbps at a fraction of the cost and time horizon to deploy FTTH. >> >> ** Laying fibre into every home now for the future is a good idea; but >> probably not a good economic decision at the present, and especially >> when xDSL could get us to the promised land for many years to come. >> Disappointing. >> >> Hope that helps, >> Elias >> >> Elias Bizannes >> http://eliasbizannes.com >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM, David Lyon >> <david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Just wondering who is affected positively by the NBN announcements.. >>> >>> Any comments ? for ? or against ? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >>> Australia mailing list. >>> >>> Guidelines on discussion: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den >>> >>> No lurkers! 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