Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way
by jacques_chester on Friday September 06, 2013 @04:54AM
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This analogy assumes that there is a linear relationship between speed and new applications. But streaming video is about as hard as it gets, and that can be done pretty well with either FTTP or FTTN. Better with FTTP, certainly.
The problem is: what's after video? There doesn't seem to have been a rash of such game-changing applications of faster networks coming out of Japan or South Korea. They've had very fast internet for around a decade; where are the step-function changes in what can be done and what are they?
The problem is: what's after video? There doesn't seem to have been a rash of such game-changing applications of faster networks coming out of Japan or South Korea. They've had very fast internet for around a decade; where are the step-function changes in what can be done and what are they?