Brown Ph.D. student Andrew Ferguson op-ed published in Melbourne (Australia) newspaper on current design of Australia's National Broadband Network
- Posted by Rodrigo Fonseca
- on Aug. 20, 2013
Although preliminary construction began in July 2010, much work remains to be done, and the potential for significant growth in associated costs has become a major issue in the upcoming Australian federal election. The opposition Liberal-National coalition has proposed an alternative plan known as "Fibre to the Node" (FTTN), which they claim will be cheaper as it reuses the existing copper telephone network to connect premises. In his op-ed, Andrew considered the two approaches from a technical perspective, and explained the greater benefits which arise from the current FTTP design.