You rollout fiber to the home where it is more economical (dense areas, new developments) you roll fiber to the curb where it is more economical and faster (apartment buildings) and you roll the fiber to a cabinet where it is more economical and faster (existing suburban areas).
This new reports says that if you have HFC available (or near you) that's your only option. FTTP is being offered for new developments, or already areas where construction has already started. What this essentially means is dense, dense suburban areas will be on HFC cable.
What the report does not elaborate on is how the government will get access to the HFC cable, as it's privately owned by (predominantly) Telstra and Optus, or how much it will cost.
Additionally the report has some wonderful wording regarding previously guaranteed 25Mb/s speed:
NBN Co will be designing the new-look NBN to provide these speeds to NBN Co's wholesale customers (internet service providers). End-user experience, including the speeds actually achieved over the NBN, will continue to depend on a number of factors outside our control including end-user equipment quality, software, broadband plans and how each service provider designs its network.
I think a big issue that some Australian's have is that after we spend $44b on this NBN, to upgrade the remaining 69% premises on HFC/FTTN we need to start this all over again and deploy FTTP.
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This new reports says that if you have HFC available (or near you) that's your only option. FTTP is being offered for new developments, or already areas where construction has already started. What this essentially means is dense, dense suburban areas will be on HFC cable.
What the report does not elaborate on is how the government will get access to the HFC cable, as it's privately owned by (predominantly) Telstra and Optus, or how much it will cost.
Additionally the report has some wonderful wording regarding previously guaranteed 25Mb/s speed:
I think a big issue that some Australian's have is that after we spend $44b on this NBN, to upgrade the remaining 69% premises on HFC/FTTN we need to start this all over again and deploy FTTP.