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		<title>NBN Network and Wireless Broadband Continued</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After another post pushing the virtues of a wireless system rather than a wired NBN, I have the following comments which I made on an article in iTWire. - The wireless system is capable of reasonably high speed, but there is a latency issue which means anything where packet priority (read Skype/VOIP) is an issue, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After another post pushing the virtues of a wireless system rather than a wired NBN, I have the following comments which I made on an article in <a title="iTWire article on NBN" href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21764/127/1/2/">iTWire</a>.</p>
<p>- The wireless system is capable of reasonably high speed, but there is a latency issue which means anything where packet priority (read Skype/VOIP) is an issue, wireless will be a problem. Not surprising then that Telstra is pushing it as it will mean they keep their expensive phone line rentals.<br />
- ADSL2+ is great if you live 10m from the exchange. Go onto whirlpool and you can see all the people that upgraded to 2+ and got no change in speed over standard ADSL. This is because speed drops off quickly the further you are from the exchange.<br />
- FttN is really expensive to implement and speeds they are looking at seems to be no higher than you can get anyway. In 5 years time they will seem pathetic (as our speeds do now to much of the world)<br />
- BPL (Broadband over power line) could have potential in the bush, and is currently being rolled out in the US for remote locations</p>
<p>In short there is no clear answer. The best solution would be a combination of the above. Maybe no fibre nodes within 1km of an exchange where ADSL2+ would be better, fibre nodes in the city and BPL in the country. One thing that seems clear though is that wireless is a supplementary connection and shouldn&#8217;t be regarded as your main connection unless we want to cripple our VOIP service and keep Telstra shareholders happy for the next 10 years!</p>
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