Will a century old network keep us locked in the past? Thodey doesn't think so...Related storiesYears of deliberate broadband confusion are costing UKEmergency blackout plans for fibre optic world revealedBT: We invest in broadband, others merely talk about itTelstra CEO David Thodey yesterday said that he believes that Australia's current century-old copper network could last for another 100 years.
Thodey was speaking to journalists after a Trans-Tasman Business lunch, saying: "Copper has been going for 100 years, I think it will be going for another 100."
He also said that while maintenance of the network would be required, copper does not decompose.
A Twitter comparisonSoon after The Australian's article about Thodey's comments went online, Twitter user Tim Christodoulou compared the news piece to an article written for The Age in 2003.
In stark constrast to comments made yesterday, the decade old article reported Telstra executives saying during a Senate inquiry in 2003 that the copper networks would need upgrading over the next 15 years.
But while Telstra has upgraded much of its network over the years, there has been ongoing concern over the condition of the copper network.
Thodey's comments yesterday, however, indicated that the condition of the network is good.
Waiting for SeptemberHis comments brings into focus again both Labor and the Coalition's National Broadband Network (NBN) policies. Currently under Labor's fibre-to-the-premises roll-out, fibre-optic cables are being laid directly to the home and essentially replacing the current copper network.
The Coalition has proposed a fibre-to-the-node policy that will fibre cable run to new nodes built across the country, with Telstra's existing copper lines running from the node to the premises.
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