Smoke signals versus rural broadband - better bang for buck?

worded · 11-05-2019 11:55am #1

Call me old fashioned but some times old ways are best ...

Better bang for buck ?

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/how-to-send-smoke-signal1.htm

Your Face · 11-05-2019 1:19pm

Comedy is a tough gig.

worded · 11-05-2019 1:36pm

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Your Face · 11-05-2019 2:04pm

worded wrote: »

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Comedy is a tough gig.

11-05-2019 2:21pm

pOrNhuB iS a huMaN rIgHt

But really, I'm from a field outside a small village, outside another village and our broadband at home is fine. I think some media and politicians think we're all still using dial-up in the sticks. We we have a choice of six providers, have no trouble streaming or accessing other content.

I know there's awful coverage in some places, but those are the trade-offs we make for living in very remote places. Even where I'm based in Dublin, the broadband sometimes dips at certain times.

Also, I'm not saying they've done anything wrong, but I don't trust Granahan McCourt (GMC), and neither apparently does the Department of a public Expenditure.

kneemos · 11-05-2019 5:04pm

Will they need to dig up driveways to get it from the road to your house?
Also the cost of such will I'm sure be a big disincentive.

Charles Babbage · 11-05-2019 5:16pm

kneemos wrote: »

Will they need to dig up driveways to get it from the road to your house?
Also the cost of such will I'm sure be a big disincentive.

How does the phone cable reach your house?

dxhound2005 · 11-05-2019 5:24pm

This was 10 years ago but back then a pigeon was quicker than the internet in South Africa.

https://phys.org/news/2009-09-carrier-pigeon-faster-broadband-internet.html

KikiLaRue · 11-05-2019 5:29pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

pOrNhuB iS a huMaN rIgHt

But really, I'm from a field outside a small village, outside another village and our broadband at home is fine. I think some media and politicians think we're all still using dial-up in the sticks. We we have a choice of six providers, have no trouble streaming or accessing other content.

I know there's awful coverage in some places, but those are the trade-offs we make for living in very remote places. Even where I'm based in Dublin, the broadband sometimes dips at certain times.

Also, I'm not saying they've done anything wrong, but I don't trust Granahan McCourt (GMC), and neither apparently does the Department of a public Expenditure.

Made this point on another thread this morning. Our broadband at home is okay too (I’m from ten minutes outside a medium sized town) but I don’t think I could run a business with say 30-50 employees off it.

If we’re ever going to get serious about investment outside of Dublin, we have to invest in infrastructure, and high speed broadband is as crucial as a motorway these days to many sectors.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 11-05-2019 6:16pm

OneEightSeven · 11-05-2019 10:24pm

KikiLaRue wrote: »

Made this point on another thread this morning. Our broadband at home is okay too (I’m from ten minutes outside a medium sized town) but I don’t think I could run a business with say 30-50 employees off it.

If we’re ever going to get serious about investment outside of Dublin, we have to invest in infrastructure, and high speed broadband is as crucial as a motorway these days to many sectors.

Providing fibre to one-off houses isn't going to act as a counterbalance to Dublin. There's no economic benefit to providing these homes with high-speed internet.

One-off houses are very heavily subsidised by urban areas as it costs more to provide their homes with services. They don't pay the full cost of providing services to their homes, such as electricity, phone and postal services.

It will also encourage more people to live rurally, which will contribute to the decline of countryside towns as towns need to be of a certain population density to be sustainable, so if you actually care about creating a counterbalance to Dublin, you should oppose the NBP and encourage people to move house to an area covered by commercial high-speed internet.

Eircom rolled out fibre to 350k one-off houses and the take-up rate is only 20%. There are many vacant and holiday homes in remote parts of the West, so the take-up rate for the NBP will mos likely be lower than 20%. €3 billion for <100,000‬ homes just so boggers can watch Netflix and porn is just ridiculous.

The whole "working from homes" excuse doesn't cut it either, you can work from home in an urban area. My sister-in-law does it.

This country doesn't have a broadband problem, we have a problem with one-off housing. These types of homes aren't sustainable. Germany banned planning permission for homes more than 500 meters outside of urban areas because they had the common sense to foresee these issues down the road - Ireland didn't. Germany's rural population is only 20%, Ireland's is 37% and we still allow people to build one-off houses under "locals only" clauses and corrupt councilors doing their constituents a few favours for votes.

Eventually, another essential technology will come along and we're stuck with the same problem.

Fr_Dougal · 11-05-2019 10:39pm

It’s a political exercise to win the rural vote, a very expensive one at that, and an utter waste or resources.

11-05-2019 10:40pm

KikiLaRue wrote: »

Made this point on another thread this morning. Our broadband at home is okay too (I’m from ten minutes outside a medium sized town) but I don’t think I could run a business with say 30-50 employees off it.

If we’re ever going to get serious about investment outside of Dublin, we have to invest in infrastructure, and high speed broadband is as crucial as a motorway these days to many sectors.

I totally agree with all of this, but we should be focusing on high-speed broadband for the likes of Thurles and Clonmel -- medium or small towns -- not Terryglass and Cloughjordan, small hamlets where medium-sized enterprises are unlikely to want to locate anyway.

It just seems like such an overreach and it's difficult to avoid the fact that there are two elections imminent, and a General Election might happen before December.

theguzman · 11-05-2019 10:43pm

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

It’s a political exercise to win the rural vote, a very expensive one at that, and an utter waste or resources.

Please explain a better use of resources? More money for the HSE perhaps, Extra funds for Universities or maybe Social Housing? Which would you prefer?

Fr_Dougal · 11-05-2019 10:50pm

theguzman wrote: »

Please explain a better use of resources? More money for the HSE perhaps, Extra funds for Universities or maybe Social Housing? Which would you prefer?

Monorail.

Or maybe a children’s hospital to cater for the south/southwest of the country.

11-05-2019 10:54pm

theguzman wrote: »

Please explain a better use of resources? More money for the HSE perhaps, Extra funds for Universities or maybe Social Housing? Which would you prefer?

how about doing bloody nothing with it!

Stop borrowing.

Fine Gael never deserved its self-proclaimed status as the party of prudence (look at Garret Fitzgerald's record) but they're now running at billions of euro over budget across a number of projects.

I'm a left-winger and even I really just want them to stop overspending at this stage, especially if there's another recession anticipated.

When even SF is asking you to stop the spending madness, you know shít has just gotten serious.

Gary kk · 12-05-2019 7:34am

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Providing fibre to one-off houses isn't going to act as a counterbalance to Dublin. There's no economic benefit to providing these homes with high-speed internet.

One-off houses are very heavily subsidised by urban areas as it costs more to provide their homes with services. They don't pay the full cost of providing services to their homes, such as electricity, phone and postal services.

I am not so sure about it been heavily subsidised by urban areas I would like to see the facts if you could link them please. More expensive to run, get services yeah sure that makes since. But to say that rural Ireland is heavily subsidised buy urban areas not so sure.

joeguevara · 12-05-2019 8:00am

This article is from 2013 which states that fiber optic will eventually be outdated by 5g which as far as I am aware is delivered by satellite.

Why spend 5billion when 5g is just around the corner.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/04/why-high-speed-broadband-fibre-is-becoming-irrelevant/amp/

ILoveYourVibes · 12-05-2019 8:03am

90% of broadband funds will be used for porn the other 10% used for arguing online.

smurgen · 12-05-2019 8:13am

joeguevara wrote: »

This article is from 2013 which states that fiber optic will eventually be outdated by 5g which as far as I am aware is delivered by satellite.

Why spend 5billion when 5g is just around the corner.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/04/why-high-speed-broadband-fibre-is-becoming-irrelevant/amp/

This is what i can't understand. Surely a wireless option would be far better for rural areas?

ednwireland · 12-05-2019 8:13am

joeguevara wrote: »

This article is from 2013 which states that fiber optic will eventually be outdated by 5g which as far as I am aware is delivered by satellite.

Why spend 5billion when 5g is just around the corner.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/04/why-high-speed-broadband-fibre-is-becoming-irrelevant/amp/

so wrong on so many levels .. Oh and fibre is needed to deliver enough bandwidth to the extra masts needed by 5g otherwise it gets swamped just like 4g does now.
Arguments against this really are I'm all right jack arguments

listermint · 12-05-2019 8:25am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I totally agree with all of this, but we should be focusing on high-speed broadband for the likes of Thurles and Clonmel -- medium or small towns -- not Terryglass and Cloughjordan, small hamlets where medium-sized enterprises are unlikely to want to locate anyway.

It just seems like such an overreach and it's difficult to avoid the fact that there are two elections imminent, and a General Election might happen before December.

Pony.

Copper had to replaced at some point.you will need fibre to back haul 5g and 5g is a mesh style network.

Future proofing this now is the apt think to do.

It connects people to healthcare it makes connectivity for driverless cars possible. It allows work from home and small businesses to flourish.

Not doing it would be two fingers to the economy we are trying to incubate

M5 · 12-05-2019 8:37am

joeguevara wrote: »

This article is from 2013 which states that fiber optic will eventually be outdated by 5g which as far as I am aware is delivered by satellite.

Why spend 5billion when 5g is just around the corner.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/04/why-high-speed-broadband-fibre-is-becoming-irrelevant/amp/

5g will not be faster or better than fiber optic. That article is from 2013,in tech terms that's jurassic! Satellite broadband is limited by the distances the signal has to travel and also the multiple medium changes. 1 second ping times par for the course.

It won't be satellite either. It will be masts. It has smaller cells than 4g so more masts. Every yahoo in every small town will be up in arms if you attempt to put up a mast (will somebody think of the children). Mountain s, hills, weather all effect speeds so reliability is an issue even if 100% coverage (which will also be expensive)

As far as optic is concerned if the cables are ran to every house properly the infrastructure can be used for next gen tech if installed with high tech future proofing (also called conduit)

Atoms for Peace · 12-05-2019 8:50am

Do we really need 1Gb fibre direct to every house in country? I have my doubts. I currently only have ~3mb 3g which is adequate for general usage including streaming video.

KikiLaRue · 12-05-2019 8:57am

Sometimes the government does things that don’t make economic sense because it’s good for society.

The State could NOT afford free education for all when Donagh O’Malley announced it. The two teacher schools out in the middle of nowhere are a drain on the state (tbh these should all be shut now but that’s a different rant)

It didn’t make economic sense to pursue rural electrification, but ultimately electricity came to be regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury and had to be provided to everyone.

I believe the same is true of broadband. Society is going to look totally different in 25 years, I don’t think it’s fair or right to leave rural Ireland behind.

Gary kk · 12-05-2019 9:00am

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Do we really need 1Gb fibre direct to every house in country? I have my doubts. I currently only have ~3mb 3g which is adequate for general usage including streaming video.

Could you post a speed test please

wexfordman2 · 12-05-2019 9:11am

joeguevara wrote: »

This article is from 2013 which states that fiber optic will eventually be outdated by 5g which as far as I am aware is delivered by satellite.

Why spend 5billion when 5g is just around the corner.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/03/04/why-high-speed-broadband-fibre-is-becoming-irrelevant/amp/

400mhz spectrum forma start!!! Backhaul requirements, geographic topography, building losses etc etc etc
The article.you linked is a crick of whyte written by someone who has no clue. Even if it was written 6 years ago.

is_that_so · 12-05-2019 9:14am

KikiLaRue wrote: »

Sometimes the government does things that don’t make economic sense because it’s good for society.

The State could NOT afford free education for all when Donagh O’Malley announced it. The two teacher schools out in the middle of nowhere are a drain on the state (tbh these should all be shut now but that’s a different rant)

It didn’t make economic sense to pursue rural electrification, but ultimately electricity came to be regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury and had to be provided to everyone.

I believe the same is true of broadband. Society is going to look totally different in 25 years, I don’t think it’s fair or right to leave rural Ireland behind.

I don't think there is much disagreement about the need for it but what is under question is how the process was run and whether it will actually be the most efficient use of funds.

NIMAN · 12-05-2019 9:20am

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Do we really need 1Gb fibre direct to every house in country? I have my doubts. I currently only have ~3mb 3g which is adequate for general usage including streaming video.

It might suffice now, but in a couple of years it will be out of date if you plan to do anything other than simple surfing with it.

Pkiernan · 12-05-2019 9:23am

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Providing fibre to one-off houses isn't going to act as a counterbalance to Dublin. There's no economic benefit to providing these homes with high-speed internet.

One-off houses are very heavily subsidised by urban areas as it costs more to provide their homes with services. They don't pay the full cost of providing services to their homes, such as electricity, phone and postal services.

It will also encourage more people to live rurally, which will contribute to the decline of countryside towns as towns need to be of a certain population density to be sustainable, so if you actually care about creating a counterbalance to Dublin, you should oppose the NBP and encourage people to move house to an area covered by commercial high-speed internet.

Eircom rolled out fibre to 350k one-off houses and the take-up rate is only 20%. There are many vacant and holiday homes in remote parts of the West, so the take-up rate for the NBP will mos likely be lower than 20%. €3 billion for <100,000‬ homes just so boggers can watch Netflix and porn is just ridiculous.

The whole "working from homes" excuse doesn't cut it either, you can work from home in an urban area. My sister-in-law does it.

This country doesn't have a broadband problem, we have a problem with one-off housing. These types of homes aren't sustainable. Germany banned planning permission for homes more than 500 meters outside of urban areas because they had the common sense to foresee these issues down the road - Ireland didn't. Germany's rural population is only 20%, Ireland's is 37% and we still allow people to build one-off houses under "locals only" clauses and corrupt councilors doing their constituents a few favours for votes.

Eventually, another essential technology will come along and we're stuck with the same problem.

Here we go. The far left telling us we all need to cram ourselves into dirty, polluted, crime ridden cities.

No thanks.

Roger Hassenforder · 12-05-2019 9:25am

is_that_so wrote: »

I don't think there is much disagreement about the need for it but what is under question is how the process was run and whether it will actually be the most efficient use of funds.

This is it for me.
Its something im willing to suck up.

But not for an asset we wont own, and the involvement of Denis O'Brien, and all the other bidders pulling out, and the Dept. Of public expenditure using unprecedented language to say the project as is, is nuts.

Should be rolled out like rural electrification scheme by state body.

Smoke signals versus rural broadband - better bang for buck?

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