#20331
Jimmy-T
Keymaster
Chat-starter

    @Ancestor said:
    There seems to be something missing in this story. How are wholesale installers of fibre optical cable equipment able to demand access to install their terminals in buildings in areas well ahead of the NBN rollout?

    There are hybrid systems of satellite, microwave and cable and have already been installed in offices.  My understanding is that they will be 10 times faster than ADSL2 but slower than the NBN.  How can they do it/ The legislation is there to allow them.

    The new interactive map on the NBN website makes clear for example, that the NBN cabling has not reached Chatswood (Sydney lower North Shore) and there is no timetable for it to do so. The only activity listed is for the new high-rise ERA tower block, where installation of the cable distribution within a brand new building equates to the cabling of greenfield housing developments. That is sensible. But the ERA cabling will not be connected to an NBN high speed broadband cable, as that backbone work has not yet reached the area!

    And that’s the opportunity that these providers are grabbing.  It could be years before our city centre see the NBN – if at all.  Regardless of the means of ‘selling’ the product, they make it a very tempting proposition.

    Does this mean that wholesalers such as First Path are operating under the previous government’s regulations and its Act?

    Yes.

    How come they are working so far ahead of the NBN cabling backbone, and now, the policy of the new government? Are they “kicking down doors” as claimed, bullying owners corporations and building managers to do work which may not be wanted, and may not be legal when the new policies are announced?

    They’re not exactly kicking down doors and they have already been cabling up office blocks.  Thet can do this because they are not part of the political bitch-slapping that the NBN has become. 

    (Why are they attacking strata units and not private homes?)

    Simple economics.  One connection to one building could mean dozens of customers. Oh, and one person’s ‘attack’ is another’s aggressive marketting.

     

     

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