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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
The Australian had a pretty good piece on the NBN this week, noting that
apart from the cost of the network itself, current phones, fax machines etc. will not be compatible with optical fibre.
Does anyone know for sure whether a "set-top" type box will be required to use your existing equipment? (who pays for this?) or will it have to be replaced?
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If that is what the piece in The Australian said then it wasn't a very good piece at all. You will be able to use current phones and faxes. Some of the network designers and phone companies don't like it but NBN Co. have committed to it as a practical/political necessity.
Lest I be seen as an NBN booster, I don't think that the planned approach is the best way of solving Australia's telecommunication issues (everybody else has had their 2c, there's mine) but if you want to know more about the proposed NBN then I suggest you read the information that NBN Co. has released rather than relying on the partisan drivel printed by The Australian. Do you only read Ford press releases to judge Holden's cars?