National Broadband Network

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1 National Broadband Network Everyone should have more Fibre! Paul Brooks Lead Consultant, NBN Project, Communications Alliance Director, Internet Society of Australia

2 Apologies Acronyms are Unavoidable (Sorry!) 2

3 Outline Broadband and the NBN Connecting to the NBN Services and Service Providers Migrating to the NBN Equipment Required Q&A 3

4 Broadband is not the Internet! Broadband: High speed, always-on link between you and a service provider Internet: worldwide collection of servers and networks 4

5 NBN is just a different broadband link NBN only affects the link between your house and a service provider Consumers link to a Service Provider (through the NBN) The Service Provider links to the Internet, or other private network service Just like broadband today, but faster, and available to more people 5

6 Australian NBN Australian Government initiative April 2009 FTTP to 93% of all homes, schools, workplaces (Wireless/Satellite to remote 7%) Fibre Broadband 100Mbps-1000Mbps Wireless/Satellite 12 Mbps+ built in 8 years (~5,000 connections per day) 6

7 Australian NBN (cont) <$43 Billion estimated cost Expected to be commercial utility (making small profits eventually) Wholesale-only not permitted to sell directly to end users 7

8 NBN Indicative Maps Extract from NBN NSW Coverage Map 29/7/

9 Connecting NBN to your House 3% Satellite 9

10 Connecting NBN to your House 4% Wireless 10

11 Connecting NBN to your House 93% Fibre-Optic Cable (FTTH) photos courtesy Andrew Connor, Digital Tasmania 11

12 Why Optical Fibre? Distance ADSL slows down after only 1 km Fibre full speed to 40km Reach more people Upstream speed ADSL maximum 1 Mbps HFC Cable maximum 2 Mbps Fibre Mbps Enable Creativity Symmetry ADSL 20:1 ratio Cable 50:1 ratio Fibre 1:1 symmetric Business, Videoconferencing Speed Optical fibre laid today can support 1000x initial speeds up to 100 Gbps - with no change to cable Optical Fibre is Futureproof 12

13 Connecting to the NBN Letter-box drop a few months before construction starts Consent form do you want a connection to your house built now, for free? If no, can come back later for an additional fee No need to change any services yet NBN connection is built, but not used until you choose to migrate Tenants/Rentals need to pass the form to the owner or agent 13

14 Services and Service Providers Consumers don t call NBN Co directly Consumers deal with service providers. Service Providers tell NBN Co what they want. NBN unit has multiple sockets (4 data, 2 telephone) you can choose different providers for each service if you wish like a freeway with multiple lanes 14

15 Choosing Services and Providers Everybody s needs are different Limited providers available at beginning. Telephone? Internet? Television? Happy with your current provider(s)? Consider everyone in the household many households have 2,5,even 10 devices these days Look at: speed, data quota, price, additional services, price, reputation..just the same as today! 15

16 Equipment Required Can I use my normal telephone handset? Yes NBN unit has two standard telephone sockets Do I need new computer equipment/modem? Maybe if you currently use ADSL. A modem/gateway/router needs an Ethernet WAN port to connect to NBN box 16

17 Equipment Required Will back-to-base alarm systems still work? Should be OK will need to be tested by alarm supplier, check with alarm supplier Most units alert via telephone call Newer systems alert via SMS 17

18 Recable the house? NO! Fibre stops at NBN box no need to run fiber-optic cable around a house Many will use a WiFi gateway n up to 150 Mbps! (350 Mbps in theory!) Ethernet over Powerline modules $130/pair for up to 200 Mbps G.HN (Home Networking) coming Gigabit speeds over phone wiring, power wiring, coaxial (TV aerial) cabling 18

19 Broadband is not the goal! The goal is Services Broadband is just a means to achieve them 19

20 Some problems the NBN cannot solve

21 NBN may make some problems worse! 21

22 Questions? Thank you Paul Brooks Lead Consultant, NBN Project, Communications Alliance Director, Internet Society of Australia 22