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Almost 95% of Sydney has fiber thanks to the NBN? (FTTN or better)

by bob778 4y ago

yawnxyz 4y ago
For some reason we had trouble getting that where we live. Looking into it again
peblos 4y ago
I wouldn’t describe FTTN (or FTTC) as providing fibre services to customers FTTP services are increasing but still limited
- threeseed 4y ago
  The names literally describe what they do. They are providing fibre to the node or to the curb. For most people this is a massive reduction in the amount of faulty, old, poorly maintained copper that is being replaced: https://delimiter.com.au/2012/05/01/worst-of-the-worst-photos-of-australias-copper-network/ https://delimiter.com.au/2012/05/01/worst-of-the-worst-photo...
  - oneplane 4y ago
    How the *** are those even allowed to be built like that? Since they all have the same form factor, crimps, "pits" (?????) etc. someone must have thought that those were acceptable materials to build communication infrastructure with? What? How? Why? I thought this was a bad copper node in an older part of the network: https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-7.jpg https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-7.jpg (old pre-VDSL cabinet) but it looks like a fresh high-grade install compared to those 2012 examples. Maybe we're just lucky with higher population density and not much happening between the street cabinet and the premises. DOCSIS version of the same type of cabinet with a better view: https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-3.jpg https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-3.jpg They are essentially grey metal boxes on a concrete block with feed-throughs for tubes where the lines pass through, and then there's a backboard where you usually find DIN-rails or just screw-in devices and your labelled cables either go to a termination block or straight into the distribution block. The termination block has the benefit of not needing 'wire extensions' since once they are in they will never have to come out unless corrosion happens (but the gravel mixed with some absorbing stuff should prevent most of that). Maybe I should go for some digital archaeology of public communication infrastructure gore because thinking about it some more it has to be at least as bad around here in some places.
jimmydorry 4y ago
Except our packages are crippled to match the lowest common denominator. If everyone can't reach >100mbit, then apparently no-one can have it. My FTTB is capable of much more than 100mbit, but no higher packages are offered via NBN.
yawnxyz 4y ago
just checked... we only get coax speeds in our neighborhood (ugh)

Almost 95% of Sydney has fiber thanks to the NBN? (FTTN or better)

by bob778 4y ago

Almost 95% of Sydney has fiber thanks to the NBN? (FTTN or better)

yawnxyz 4y ago

For some reason we had trouble getting that where we live. Looking into it again

peblos 4y ago

I wouldn’t describe FTTN (or FTTC) as providing fibre services to customers FTTP services are increasing but still limited

threeseed 4y ago
The names literally describe what they do. They are providing fibre to the node or to the curb. For most people this is a massive reduction in the amount of faulty, old, poorly maintained copper that is being replaced: https://delimiter.com.au/2012/05/01/worst-of-the-worst-photos-of-australias-copper-network/ https://delimiter.com.au/2012/05/01/worst-of-the-worst-photo...
- oneplane 4y ago
  How the *** are those even allowed to be built like that? Since they all have the same form factor, crimps, "pits" (?????) etc. someone must have thought that those were acceptable materials to build communication infrastructure with? What? How? Why? I thought this was a bad copper node in an older part of the network: https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-7.jpg https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-7.jpg (old pre-VDSL cabinet) but it looks like a fresh high-grade install compared to those 2012 examples. Maybe we're just lucky with higher population density and not much happening between the street cabinet and the premises. DOCSIS version of the same type of cabinet with a better view: https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-3.jpg https://www.madicom.nl/wp-content/uploads/950_670-3.jpg They are essentially grey metal boxes on a concrete block with feed-throughs for tubes where the lines pass through, and then there's a backboard where you usually find DIN-rails or just screw-in devices and your labelled cables either go to a termination block or straight into the distribution block. The termination block has the benefit of not needing 'wire extensions' since once they are in they will never have to come out unless corrosion happens (but the gravel mixed with some absorbing stuff should prevent most of that). Maybe I should go for some digital archaeology of public communication infrastructure gore because thinking about it some more it has to be at least as bad around here in some places.

jimmydorry 4y ago

Except our packages are crippled to match the lowest common denominator. If everyone can't reach >100mbit, then apparently no-one can have it. My FTTB is capable of much more than 100mbit, but no higher packages are offered via NBN.

yawnxyz 4y ago

just checked... we only get coax speeds in our neighborhood (ugh)