1. Improve the overall quality and reliability of the access network nationwide. This probably means- some more cabinetisation of existing exchanges in fringe areas and development of some rural infrastructure (either fixed wireless or wired - not fussed) - How to spend $1.5b
This is precisely what they should invest the money in. There are many of us out there without access to wired high speed broadband, and many areas that Telecom have no plans for.I just hope that this money doesn't go into providing cable for areas like Remuera, Parnell, Epsom etc.
Also what the hell is happening with the BIF(Broadband Initiative Funding) applications. One media release back in November by the interim government and then quiet??????
djrm: Also what the hell is happening with the BIF(Broadband Initiative Funding) applications. One media release back in November by the interim government and then quiet??????
The only thing I've heard was a CommsDay story last Thursday that said "a decision on Labour’s NZ$340 million contestable Broadband fund is imminent". Read whatever you like into that.
DjShadow:is there any reason to put the Cabnetisation (fibre to the node) project on hold?
Aren't the new cabinets already fiber fed, so it would make sense if one was to go fiber to the home to distribute the fiber from the cabinet to the home?
Yes that is how Fibre to the home works. Not all fibre is created equal, so you have lots of fibre feeding central points like a phone exchange and then a bit more backhaul going out to cabinets where they exist. The cabinet will contain equipment to supply adsl or fibre to subscribers. The fibre is not the same kind of signal and would probably connect to similar equipment that would involve swapping ADSL for something like GPON. The advantage for GPON is lower maintenance costs, no active nodes are required to regenerate the signal after it leaves the cabinet, and it can be run in a loop to improve reliability. Once installed it should be cheaper to provide, but no point to upgrade it until phone lines get too old and/or expensive to maintain so you would expect to only see it in new suburbs for a while. Speeds may not change much for internet until we get those new international cables. Some areas or buildings may not suit FTTH anyway, but I hope contention ratios improve over time.
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Well, the herald may have screwed it up. They said they would be laying dark fibre (which doesnt make sense). Dark fibre networks are just networks that run over existing fibre networks which are leased by the provider. I assume that in places without fibre they will lay it and in places such as Auckland where Vector and others already have almost full fibre coverage they will just lease it from the provider.
Still sounds a bit iffy though. Does that mean the NZ goverment are going to be an ISP. I thought the whole point was to lay new fibre where no existing network, and replace the copper.
djrm: Still sounds a bit iffy though. Does that mean the NZ goverment are going to be an ISP. I thought the whole point was to lay new fibre where no existing network, and replace the copper.
No, The government will not be an ISP. They will simply be part owners of the low-level network - ie the fibre itself, plus the main routing equipment (constructed and maintained by whichever compan(y|ies) who they decide to have build the network, eg Vector), and then simply sell access to it to all ISPs who want it.
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