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| Thread ID: 94924 | 2008-11-17 19:29:00 | John Key's new "Fibre to the home" | davidmmac (4619) | Press F1 |
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| 720942 | 2008-11-17 21:47:00 | My international speeds are horrible. I get about 13mbits inside NZ, and as soon as I get to Australia the connection slows to about 1mbit or less | Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 720943 | 2008-11-17 22:58:00 | Why do we need fiber? Surely reliable ADSL2/Cable would do? What the hell will we all do with fiber? My best bet is just more porn. Fiber scales well. It doesn't matter if its 1 metre or 10 kilometres, speed remains constant. It is also easily multiplexed (a while back some scientists got 1.27Tbit/s with 127 different wavelengths over one piece of fibre). As for what to do with it? Well, it opens up things like HD IPTV. And, uhh, online gaming, and, uhh... |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 720944 | 2008-11-17 22:59:00 | Fiber scales well. It doesn't matter if its 1 metre or 10 kilometres, speed remains constant. It is also easily multiplexed (a while back some scientists got 1.27Tbit/s with 127 different wavelengths over one piece of fibre). As for what to do with it? Well, it opens up things like HD IPTV. And, uhh, online gaming, and, uhh... ...streaming HD porn. Seriously, thats what it will be used for. I think FTTH is necessary though, at some point. Now is as good a time as any for it. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 720945 | 2008-11-17 23:15:00 | Fiber scales well. It doesn't matter if its 1 metre or 10 kilometres, speed remains constant. It is also easily multiplexed (a while back some scientists got 1.27Tbit/s with 127 different wavelengths over one piece of fibre). As for what to do with it? Well, it opens up things like HD IPTV. And, uhh, online gaming, and, uhh... So can we be expecting those sorts of speeds, or will it be limited? |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 720946 | 2008-11-17 23:24:00 | ...streaming HD porn. Seriously, thats what it will be used for. I think FTTH is necessary though, at some point. Now is as good a time as any for it. Fiber to city and town centers makes sense, give businesses that sort of capacity. Fiber to cabinets is important, but fiber to the home? It just sounds expensive doesn't it? What's wrong with the copper that runs to my nearest cabinet? Give me a reliable backbone, and leave the HD porn at the door. It's the extra cabinet-homes that will cost the arm and leg anyway. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 720947 | 2008-11-17 23:31:00 | Sorry, thats actually what I meant. We need a firbe backbone at some point, to the cabinets, but copper past there is fine. And if the end user wants to shell out the big bcks for fibre to the door, then go for it. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 720948 | 2008-11-18 00:55:00 | Sorry, thats actually what I meant. We need a firbe backbone at some point, to the cabinets, but copper past there is fine. And if the end user wants to shell out the big bcks for fibre to the door, then go for it. I most certainly would, we live 15km from the nearest exchange and subsequently can't get broadband:mad:, so we are stuck on wireless (which is good, when it works). Fibre to the home would be excellent:) |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 720949 | 2008-11-18 01:02:00 | I most certainly would, we live 15km from the nearest exchange and subsequently can't get broadband:mad:, so we are stuck on wireless (which is good, when it works). Fibre to the home would be excellent:) Thats the kind of situation you'd hope the fibre would be extended far enough to cover a lot of areas (like yours) that are just outside the range of broadband. Around the Motueka area, where I live, there are a lot of places like that, outside Riwaka, Brooklyn, west bank, all can't get broadband and most can't get any reasonable form of wireless and dial up is useless. Satellite is too expensive for most people and the performance isn't great. Thats what having a decent fibre backbone SHOULD solve, more cabinets further out and subsequently better quality broadband for rural areas, and broadband to people who are outside the current coverage area. I might be dreaming though. :( |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 720950 | 2008-11-18 01:32:00 | Might be dreaming? This isn't some hardcore taskforce we've got going on. Probably talking too soon, but FTTH can probably justifiably be called vapourware. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 720951 | 2008-11-18 01:39:00 | Might be dreaming? This isn't some hardcore taskforce we've got going on. Probably talking too soon, but FTTH can probably justifiably be called vapourware. I certainly hope your not right. |
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