http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/68141088/elderly-forced-to-sign-up-to-ultrafast-broadband-at-new-council-flats
read this and the following comments and you will be rolling your eyes , it is really bad reporting.
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If he talked to the residents, he would suggest they got mobile phones, but for those without a helper, there were barriers.
"They need a cellphone they can read – they need to know how to operate them ... then there's the cost."
Xeon: They should just get a wireless home phone (presuming they have reasonable cell coverage).
lxsw20:Xeon: They should just get a wireless home phone (presuming they have reasonable cell coverage).
Exactly, one of those Vodafone home phone wireless units would fix this problem and it's even cheaper than having a stand alone POTS line by the looks.
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vexxxboy: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/68141088/elderly-forced-to-sign-up-to-ultrafast-broadband-at-new-council-flats
read this and the following comments and you will be rolling your eyes , it is really bad reporting.
Whatifthespacekeyhadneverbeeninvented?
coffeebaron: Surely this is something the whole UFB process should have ensured a regulated Phone Only service over fibre? I know when Chorus first did BoF subdivisions, there was a (almost) phone only service. It was a 128k service meant for phone only, but you could use the broadband too. It was priced much the same as a POTs line.
DarthKermit:vexxxboy: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/68141088/elderly-forced-to-sign-up-to-ultrafast-broadband-at-new-council-flats
read this and the following comments and you will be rolling your eyes , it is really bad reporting.
IMO, it doesn't matter what topic a Stuff article is covering; the ignorance often displayed in the reader comments is appalling.
mckenndk: How is the fibre setup in places like this, is it terminated in the basement somewhere?
Could someone put a UFB internet connection in the basement and from there run phone lines to the unit's through the fibre with media converters at each end?
sbiddle:mckenndk: How is the fibre setup in places like this, is it terminated in the basement somewhere?
Could someone put a UFB internet connection in the basement and from there run phone lines to the unit's through the fibre with media converters at each end?
In a MDU it's always fibre direct to the apartment, so the ONT is located within the apartment.
mckenndk:sbiddle:mckenndk: How is the fibre setup in places like this, is it terminated in the basement somewhere?
Could someone put a UFB internet connection in the basement and from there run phone lines to the unit's through the fibre with media converters at each end?
In a MDU it's always fibre direct to the apartment, so the ONT is located within the apartment.
This document has a good run down on options that are used, they usually use the fibre to apartment option as it means the people pay for the power used by the ONT device and not the building owner.
http://www.ospmag.com/files/pdf/whitepaper/MDU_Fiber_WhitePaper.pdf
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