This, and many similar, appeared a few days ago!
Fletcher declares NBN as 'built and fully operational'
The declaration is one of the steps that need to be taken to eventually sell off the company.
By Aimee Chanthadavong | December 23, 2020 -- 04:54 GMT (15:54 AEDT) | Topic: NBN
Australia's Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher has formally declared that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is "built and fully operational", as one of the first steps towards the eventual sale of the company responsible for the roll out of the NBN.
On Wednesday, Fletcher made the declaration after reviewing a report from NBN on the extent to which the NBN access network is built and fully operational.
"In my view, the evidence before me shows it is appropriate to make the declaration that the NBN should be treated as built and fully operational," he said on Wednesday.
According to Fletcher, he made the declaration on the basis that the number of premises able to connect to the NBN is over 11.86 million, and the number of yet to be ready to connect premises will be reduced from 100,000 as of August 2020 to 35,000 by December 31.
In addition, Fletcher noted that given new premises are being built all the time, there will always be premises that are not yet ready to connect but said it should not be discounted that "network cannot be treated as 'built and fully operational'".
In fact, NBN highlighted in its assessment report [PDF] that in "practical terms", the ready to connect footprint will never be able to reach 100% "due to 'business as usual' reasons such as new developments, updated address data (i.e. appreciation), changes within existing buildings (e.g. partitioning of commercial buildings), and changes to network boundaries".
NBN also said in the report that it is "supporting 50Mbps to more than 90% of the fixed-line footprint and 25Mbps to approximately 98% of all premises, with ongoing proactive and reactive programs in place to resolve the remaining lines".
For the remaining 2% of premises that are still unable to receive a minimum 25Mbps connection, NBN said it will address their issues through its ongoing copper rehabilitation program, its program aimed to remove logical faults that cause crosstalk noise, and by ending co-existence.
"Of course, the government recognises that there are some premises which have not yet been made ready to connect -- and I expect NBN Co to work as speedily as possible to make the network available to those premises," Fletcher said.
"The government also recognises that there is continuing work to enhance the capabilities of the network … Also, in some areas the NBN can only operate at full speed once all legacy copper services are migrated to an NBN or alternative service, which typically takes 18 months from when the NBN commenced services in an area.
"To minimise interference to the legacy services of other carriers during this period, the NBN operates with reduced signal power which reduces network speeds. But this doesn't mean that NBN Co will stop developing.
"I fully expect that the company will operate as a mature entity through continual improvement in the provision of quality services to its broadband retail customers, and ultimately to Australian households and businesses, as well as driving efficiency in its operations."
Just last month, the Australian government paid PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop metrics that conveniently ranked NBN number one when it examined connections that could hit the 25Mbps-capable requirement imposed on NBN.
Lots more here:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fletcher-declares-nbn-as-built-and-fully-operational/
There is an ABC podcast from April that reviews – fairly I reckon – the NBN debacle.
What happened to the NBN, Australia's 'information superhighway'?
Download What happened to the NBN, Australia's 'information superhighway'? (26.61 MB)
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The National Broadband Network could have been Australia’s landmark twenty-first century infrastructure project but it became a political hot potato, leaving us with an expensive, compromised system that’s in need of an upgrade before it’s even finished. This program was first broadcast on 19 April 2020
Duration: 29min 4sec
Broadcast: Sun 27 Dec 2020, 12:05pm
Guests
Software developer
Former RN Breakfast technology correspondent
Technology journalist
Technology journalist and broadcaster
Here is the link:
It is not at all clear just what prompted this release given it is a period of total news obscurity and what was being claimed was neither news and not really much above your basic “fake news”!
For me, my experience has been one of slower speeds since I was switched to the NBN, despite being forced to pay more, combined with a dramatic increase in periods of drop out for significant periods. So I for one have gone backwards!
I think the Government should have just shut up until customers like me were fully provisioned with a quality and reliable service at a cheaper price – but that is just me I guess.
What has been your experience so far?
David.
1 comment:
Maybe they are looking for assets to sell to pay down the COVID debt? A shame really I was looking forward to ten years of expensive replatforming and reimagining to meet the needs of a future liquid workforce under the new normal. I have the NBN no better and no worse than my previous connection even with fibre to the home. I do hope it delivers the 4th Industrial Age opportunities it promised.
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