tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post4268307697216312679..comments2024-03-29T11:00:39.953+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: 10Mb/s USO?RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-63636266277700030282015-11-10T22:42:40.656+00:002015-11-10T22:42:40.656+00:00At the very least of course they'd need to eli...At the very least of course they'd need to eliminate the remaining 20CN services, which top out at 8M, unless they resort to bonding!<br /><br />The "ADSL from the cabinet" might get us closer to this 10+M future one day (or with some hybrid for rural areas, where there isn't anything as grand as a cabinet serving anywhere - not enough lines to need one).<br /><br />Remember we already have a system where some lines cost more than others: 20CN costing more than 21CN, popular unbundled exchanges costing less than BT-only ones; I expect this USO would just extend that if introduced, so we might see something like "Long Line ADSL" tariffs with a higher monthly fee to recover the cost of ADSL repeaters or whatever Openreach might use to reach the required bandwidth.<br /><br />The real question, surely, is how much will it cost for a given speed? As Adrian points out, we could all have 1 Gbps fibre services if we wanted/needed them, within months - we just aren't prepared to pay what that costs, with current technology and the current BT network. Maybe 4 Mbps would be a more realistic target, which even 20CN can deliver on short enough or good enough lines, and Openreach could add repeaters or whatever as needed to achieve that?jas88https://www.blogger.com/profile/05563592458314214904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-41919386330406416612015-11-08T23:40:12.624+00:002015-11-08T23:40:12.624+00:00A fun metric to play with - how about throughput d...A fun metric to play with - how about throughput divided by latency?<br /><br />You could then say 1Mbit/s/1ms is your USO latency, and someone who wants to do 300ms satellite just has to provide 300M instead of 10M.Simon Farnsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190608047563530091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-12524426614124562502015-11-07T18:29:12.694+00:002015-11-07T18:29:12.694+00:00If it's anything like the USA's regulatory...If it's anything like the USA's regulatory body, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), they want fiber everywhere but want to only pay for 10/1 (ADSL2+).Frank Bulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004215342995023858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-31505275068238119892015-11-07T09:25:55.050+00:002015-11-07T09:25:55.050+00:00Again, you expect people writing legislation to ac...Again, you expect people writing legislation to actually know about what their trying to legislate! Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039168200475889026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-833458609546062032015-11-07T09:14:17.420+00:002015-11-07T09:14:17.420+00:00Curious to see the full proposal and Openreach rea...Curious to see the full proposal and Openreach reaction. <br />1) It seems the cost burden would be on the ISP. Who would this USO applies to? USO were easy to implement when there was a national (or area) monopoly (BT, Post Office...). Should this only applies to Openreach?<br />2) Massive amount of rural location are still on ADSL <8Mbits and too far from exchange/cabinet to reach anything close to 10Mb/s. <br />Once again really short term views of the government, change/conflict with the BDUK last 5% target and would be, once again below realistic requirements by the time it's implemented. Brexit factshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499046210014193575noreply@blogger.com