Title :
Economic Analysis of Broadband Access for Australian Rural and Remote Areas
Author :
Ellershaw, J.C. ; Riding, J.L. ; Tran, A.V. ; Guan, L.J. ; Smith, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We model and compare the deployment costs of three broadband access technologies, namely digital subscriber loops (DSL), passive optical networks (PON), and WiMAX wireless access, in Australian rural and remote areas. The analysis shows that wireless technologies are cheapest for a 20 Mbit/s rate when the number of homes per square kilometer is less than one. For 50+ Mbit/s, passive optical networks are the most economic.
Keywords :
WiMax; digital subscriber lines; optical fibre subscriber loops; Australian rural areas; WiMAX wireless access; broadband access technologies; digital subscriber loops; economic passive optical networks; remote areas; wireless technologies; Australia; Bit rate; Central office; Copper; Costs; DSL; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Peer to peer computing; Spine; Access network; DSL; PON; cost comparison; fiber to the node; rural telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2602-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2603-4
DOI :
10.1109/ATNAC.2008.4783285
