Posts by kesawi 6 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Apr 2016
In a similar position with a 14 year old house, which the original owners wired up throughout to the point that we have quite a few data points in locations that are not ideal. Definitely glad to be able to plug things in though. When we were originally looking to purchase we struggled to find properties that had structured cabling, even with new builds.
Unfortunately a lot of static IOT devices still lack an ethernet port, but I'm definitely with you on adopting the same principle.
Also definitely enjoying having a single USB-C cable for my laptop to connect to the dock, although when looking at various models, the lower priced laptops still seem to predominantly have separate power connectors rather than using USB-C for power. The other issue I've encountered is the dock's are supplied with short cables which don't have sufficient length to give flexibility in placement relative to the laptop. USB-C cables which can handle 100W of power are relatively more expensive.
Thunderbolt 3 and 4 are even more awesome :)
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The NBN isn't about being able to stream 4K content or playing the latest VR games, it is about upgrading Australia's dilapidated and obsolete telecommunications infrastructure to handle the demands and requirements of the 21st century and beyond. It is about enabling large volumes of information and knowledge to move rapidly across Australia to allow collaboration. 4K media content is just a very small subset of that data. The author's use of a 4K TV offers an easily understandable example of how the MTM NBN is already obsolete before it's even built, let alone any of the other more advance service that will run over it in the near future.
While the NBN is primarily a telecommunications infrastructure project, a significant portion of the cost is civil works (conduits, pits and cables), and therefore it is also one of the largest civil infrastructure projects undertaken in Australia. Yes, while telecommunications infrastructure maybe design for capacity to a shorter timeframe, civil infrastructure is always design with a far longer timeframe in mind, often 20 to 40 years into the future, or longer if it is going to be difficult and costly to come back and do it again. You don't want to be coming back to put in new ducts, cables and pits in 10 years time and have all the expenses of traffic control, community and stakeholder management, environmental approvals, etc incurred all over again. These overheads are a very significant part of any civil infrastructure project. From a civil works perspective, running fibre to the home now makes sense.
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