{"id":3086,"date":"2011-05-25T20:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2011-05-25T20:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:06:43","slug":"alan-jones-and-the-nbn-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2011\/05\/alan-jones-and-the-nbn-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jones And The NBN Fail!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a technologist and network computing professional, I read with great interest a few days ago about a breakthrough in fibre-optics research in Germany, in which a new form of laser signalling has broken the record for data speed over optical fibre, reaching 26Tbps.<\/p>\n<p><center>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellpadding\t=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n  <tr>\n    <td class=\"linkbox\"><a class=\"linkboxtext\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2011\/05\/23\/3224174.htm\">Scientists Set New Download Speed Record<\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/center>\n<\/p>\n<p>And I quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The scientists used a single laser to generate 325 optical frequencies within a narrow spectral band of laser wavelengths and transmitted the data over 50 kilometres of single-mode <b>fibre<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Very impressive, and also note the use of the word &#8220;fibre&#8221; &#8211; you know, the fibre that the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be built from.<\/p>\n<p>Have a listen to Sydney talk-back radio announcer Alan Jones, speaking today about how this new research will &#8220;make the NBN obsolete before it is built&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><center>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"450\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n  <tr>\n    <td align=\"center\" width=\"450\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfCjrLY2yBU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/center>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Jones, this new &#8220;laser&#8221; research will make the fibre planned turn into a ridiculous waste of money, since this new &#8220;laser&#8221; transmission method will be massively faster than the 100Mbps promised by the NBN.<\/p>\n<p>Why would we install all this fibre for 100Mbps, when these &#8220;lasers&#8221; can do 26Tbps, he suggests?<\/p>\n<p>What do you propose to shoot the &#8220;laser&#8221; beam down Alan?  String?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the installation of the fibre in the ground, combined with this new research actually demonstrates in the most perfect manner possible, the future-proof nature of rolling out a fibre-optic network.<\/p>\n<p>They are planning for up to 1Gbps for a start &#8211; (not 100Mbps, another thing Jones got wrong) &#8211; and the research demonstrates that much faster speeds will be available in the future over that same fibre.<\/p>\n<p>Including the 26Tbps reached in the research, and whatever record they set next.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to make the above video to record Alan&#8217;s comments for posterity, just in case he and 2GB realise what a fool he just made of himself, and decide to yank it down.<\/p>\n<p>If you are going to jump up and down, Alan Jones, make sure you do a bit of research first, instead of instantaneously jumping at an opportunity to forward your political agenda.  Your idiocy will remain on the interwebz forever, Mr Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aramadge\">Andrew Ramadge<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/shock-jock-impressed-by-laser-speed-breakthrough\/story-e6frfro0-1226062824273\">this article that brought the Alan Jones faux pas<\/a> to attention, and for 2GB for making the audio available for download!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Michael Wyres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a technologist and network computing professional, I read with great interest a few days ago about a breakthrough in fibre-optics research in Germany, in which a new form of laser signalling has broken the record for data speed over optical fibre, reaching 26Tbps. 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