[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

Nigel Roberts nigel at nobiscuit.com
Thu Aug 12 09:16:39 NZST 2004


I'm sorry?

So you're saying that Telecom doesn't have the right to recoup the
billions of dollars that it put into both those projects, let alone
pay for their upkeep?

I'm no fan of Telecom's but this sort of argument just makes no sense.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:47:50 +1200, Michael Dittmer wrote:

> Excuse me for saying, but the cost of International Bandwidth agrument is
> all crap. If Telecom opened up the rest of the Southern Cross cable and also
> if they gave us access to the new IPSTAR sat then NZ could have more
> bandwidth then we know what to do with, which would make bandwidth super
> cheap.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Roberts
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:24 PM
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)
> 
> The cost of access isn't the problem, it's the cost of international
> bandwidth. Cheap, high-speed, flat-rate internet still won't work in
> NZ. It's very cheap to upgrade capacity on a cable network, and any
> bottlenecks to tend to occur elsewhere.
> 
> The features in 1.1 or even 2.0 tend to be focused on the provider,
> rather than the user ie. things like extra security, QoS etc. DOCSIS
> 2.0 does include faster modulation profiles (more bandwidth), but only
> upstream.
> 
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:10:53 +1200, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> 
> > So how will that affect existing cable customers?
> > 
> > Can we expect to see more higher speed options and more traffic per month?
> > 
> > Or more shocking, UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!! 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> > [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Roberts
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:03 PM
> > To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> > Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)
> > 
> > It's 1.0.
> > 
> > The plan is to move to 1.1/2.0 soon.
> > 
> > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 19:48:10 +1200, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> > 
> > > BTW...what DOCSIS is Paradise using?
> > > 
> > > Is it version 1.1 or version 2.0?
> > > 
> > > Michael 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> > > [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Roberts
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:41 PM
> > > To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> > > Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)
> > > 
> > > Yes and no.
> > > 
> > > There are Com21 CMTSs and DOCSIS CMTSs (where CMTS is Cable Modem
> > > Termination System) and they both connect to the same physical
> > > network. The head end is effectively the same for both, but they
> > > operate at different frequencies.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 15:35:24 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I always understood there was two Head Ends for both modem networks...
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 15:15, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> > > > > This is exactly right.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Since each technology (Com21 and DOCSIS) use different equipment at
> > > > > both ends, they are in fact seperate at layer 2 which means they
> must
> > > > > be seperate at layer 3.
> > > > > 
> > > > > They could be combined together, but why make a broadcast domain any
> > > > > larger than it needs to be? :)
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 14:29:38 +1200, Sam Cannell wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:30:41 +1200, Donald Gordon <don at dis.org.nz>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On a vaguely related note, did they change your IP address when
> > they
> > > > > > > swapped your COM21 modem for a DOCSIS?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > donald (whose COM21 is still plugged into an ISA NE2000 clone)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My understanding is that there are separate subnets for Docsis and
> > > > > > Com21 users - I believe that anyone migrated from Com21 to Docsis
> > will
> > > > > > have their address changed.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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