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Forests are critical to the health of the Chesapeake Bay—they protect clean water and air, provide habitat to wildlife and support the region's economy. However, since European settlement of the region in the 17th century, deforestation has taken a toll on the once thriving forests of the mid-Atlantic region. Human influences such as development and parcelization have reduced forest acreage from 95 to about 45 percent of historic coverage.
Deforestation in the Bay region may seem a problem that is too complex to tackle, but one man, dubbed the modern-day Johnny Appleseed, is proof that a little curiosity, passion and hard work can have profound effects on the environment. John Smucker, a Technology Education teacher at Northwest Middle School in Taneytown, Maryland, has become a catalyst for reforestation efforts, melding his engineering experience with restoration initiatives.
Smucker recalls the moment 10 years ago that sparked his interest in forest restoration. "It all started behind my house with a reforestation effort, but all of the trees that were planted slowly died. I didn't like that so I did a lot of research to help [the trees] out and fell in love with the process, which led me to start dropping acorns into empty tree shelters," said Smucker.
The moment created a ripple effect that resulted in Smucker spearheading forest restoration by organizing volunteer plantings and entering into a partnership with Mount Saint Mary's University and the Francis Scott Key Center. Both locations provide space for Smucker to grow the thousands of trees he uses for plantings.
Smucker spends about 700 hours every year in all aspects of creating riparian buffers, like meeting with landowners, auguring the holes, organizing the volunteers and also conducting the most critical part of the process Smucker says, maintenance. Plantings are held on Saturdays during April, May and October – the most opportune months for tree survivability and comfortable outdoor temperatures for volunteers to work.
When choosing planting locations, Smucker explains, "Being a grower really is a game changer for me, because I can fully understand what the trees need to survive." Once a site is selected, he samples the soil, observes what plant species are in the area, spends time in his greenhouses flagging all of the appropriate trees for the site and rallies his volunteer base around the planting.
When it comes to tree plantings, the name of the game is fun and education. Many of his volunteers are young people who are in a mindset to learn. Each planting is preceded with an ecology lesson highlighting the importance of riparian zones, stream shading and nutrient removal. "As a middle school teacher it is important to organize the event so it's fun and rewarding, because if they get frustrated, they will associate that frustration with tree planting. If they associate it with fun, then the environmental stewardship will perpetuate a lot better. If it's organized right and goes smoothly then it's a feel-good thing, just like in the classroom," Smucker explained.
Smucker encourages his students to work out solutions to engineering problems with the tree plantings and challenges them to think up innovative ways to overcome obstacles. "Tree planting and technology education are really the same thing. It's problem solving and the engineering design process. What is the problem? What is the solution? Evaluate and modify," said Smucker.
Over the years, Smucker's volunteer base and partner organizations have expanded to the point where he has been able to launch an organization of his own, Stream Link Education, a nonprofit that organizes and leads tree plantings with local community members, organizations and businesses. "The coolest thing I think we do is Natives for Nonprofits. We grow trees for giveaways to other organizations, which is great because budgets are really tight and donations are hugely welcome. It also helps establish partnerships, not because I want something in return but because it's neat to make connections," said Smucker.
Smucker aims to perpetuate choices and actions by providing people with hands on educational experiences. "If you're excited about something and value it, then demonstrate the value, they [the volunteers] will see it. The excitement can be catching," he said. He continued to explain that in addition to educating others and improving the environment, his enthusiasm for restoration remains strong because he is still able to grow as well, "I'm going to turn 50 in January and I'm thinking, 'if I do this right, I've got my 50's and 60's and if I can stay healthy, I can do this for a long time.' And that's great. There is always something to learn."
To view more photos, visit the Chesapeake Bay Program's Flickr page
The nation's forests save more than 850 lives each year, according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service.
Image courtesy craigcloutier/Flickr
In a study that will be published in the October issue of Environmental Pollution, scientists with the U.S. Forest Service have determined the magnitude and economic value of the effects trees have on air quality and human health. While we have long known that trees remove pollutants from the air, this study shows that in 2010, trees in the conterminous United States removed 17.4 million tons of pollution, with a human health value of $6.8 billion.
In addition to saving more than 850 lives, these trees reduced more than 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory symptoms and 430,000 incidences of asthma exacerbation. Trees also saved 200,000 lost days of school.
Image courtesy pavlinajane/Flickr
A forest's pollution removal rates can be affected by pollution concentrations, tree cover, weather conditions, length of growing season and other environmental stressors. In general, scientists found that while trees' pollution removal was greater in rural areas, the economic value of this pollution removal was greater in urban areas. In other words, because of their proximity to people, trees in urban areas have a greater impact on human health.
"More than 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas containing over 100 million acres of trees and forests," said Michael T. Rains, director of the Forest Service's Northern Research Station in a media release. "This research clearly illustrates that America's urban forests are critical capital investments [that are] helping produce clean air and water [and] reduce energy costs and making cities more livable. Simply put, our urban forests improve people's lives."
The Chesapeake Bay Program has set a goal to expand urban tree canopy by 2,400 acres by 2025. Indeed, trees can improve air quality, water quality and habitat in ways not discussed in this study. Trees near buildings, for instance, lower energy use. Trees along rivers and streams reduce the amount of nutrients entering local waterways. And trees provide food, shelter, nesting sites and safe migration paths for critters in the water and on land.
"Urban tree planting is part of the Watershed Improvement Plan for six Bay jurisdictions," said U.S. Forest Service Chesapeake Liaison Sally Claggett. "To reach water quality goals, these jurisdictions are targeting nearly 20,000 acres of new tree canopy by 2025—so the goal of 2,400 acres may be reached early. Partners are planning an Urban Forestry Summit in fall 2014 to help make that happen."
For close to 50 years, Nick Carter has owned 33 acres on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Aside from a house, a few sheds and a trail or two, much of this land has returned to its natural state: former farm fields have become bogs, wetlands and forests, pushed along by natural growth and Carter's deep-seated desire to create healthy habitat and clean water.
Carter's property runs next to the Choptank River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Close to one-third of the Choptank watershed is forested, covered with the tree-and-shrub-filled habitat considered the most beneficial land use for the Bay. Forests absorb airborne pollutants, keep nutrients and sediment from entering our rivers and streams, and provide food, shelter and safe migration paths for wildlife. It is for these reasons that Carter has allowed forests to dominate his land.
"I'd like to see this little bit of property go back to old growth," Carter said, referring to a type of forest that has evaded unnatural changes for a century or two. Carter and his wife purchased their property when he finished graduate school in 1966. For 35 years, Carter worked as a fish biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Now, he offers informal tours to naturalists, native plant societies and school groups, carrying along a walking stick that effectively points out the things visitors might not notice.
Take the plants, for example. There are 250 species on Carter's property, and in one two-hour walk it seems he can point out most of them. There are spring ephemera like jack-in-the-pulpit and pink lady's slipper, the latter of which has a relationship with underground fungi that make them almost impossible to transplant. There are cinnamon ferns and sphagnum moss in a bog that Carter is particularly proud of because he created it with the simple act of laying down a few logs to form a makeshift dam. And there are the pine and oak trees that dominate the upland woods, including the willow oak whose acorns are so small that blue jays can pick them up and carry them in their beaks.
Then there are the reptiles and amphibians. Carter has counted 30 species of these, from the tree and wood frogs that favor damp habitat to the broad-headed skink and Eastern fence lizard that like forests with abundant leaf litter. Leaves that litter the ground conserve water, recycle nutrients and offer shelter to small critters. Its presence on Carter's land can be felt as soon as you step from the hard pavement of Draper's Mill Road to the soft, spongy forest floor.
Carter's woods are home to charismatic fauna, too, including 30 species of mammals and 85 species of birds. Because so much of the property is forested, it serves as suitable habitat for "forest interior dwelling" birds, or those birds that need the moderate temperatures and light levels found deep within the woods. Carter has spotted pine warblers, prothonotary warblers and ovenbirds, but on our walk we spotted a bird that was much bigger and a little less particular about its habitat: a female wild turkey on her nest in a grove of skunk cabbage.
These critters flourish here because Carter has done so little to disrupt the natural processes of the world around him, aside from building the dam that led to the bog and managing some invasive species. While Maryland's white-tailed deer often chew up low-growing plants, changing the structure of area forests, Carter's dogs have warded them off with their loud howls. And when invasive plants like autumn olive, oriental bittersweet, English ivy and bush honeysuckle start to grow, Carter steps in to exert control. "Some I spray, some I cut, some I pull," he said.
The changes that have taken place on Carter's land present a classic case of succession: disturbed ground is replaced by shrubs, shrubs are replaced by pines and pines are replaced by hardwoods. In other words, this land works "the way it ought to work," Carter said. And it reminds us of the habitats the Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team is working to preserve in order to demonstrate the challenge of protecting streams.
Carter's work to bring people onto his property could help further this goal, as he shares knowledge that can inform and inspire his visitors. "Here's a little piece of land on which I can make all the rules," Carter said. "Here, I can make this land good for the Bay and its rivers. And I can show people what's good for the Bay and its rivers."
To view more photos, visit the Chesapeake Bay Program Flickr page.
Images by Steve Droter and Jenna Valente. Captions by Catherine Krikstan.
Clean air, clean water and healthy communities: the benefits of forests are vast. But as populations rise and development pressure expands, forests across the Chesapeake Bay watershed are fragmented and cut down.
In an effort to slow the loss of Chesapeake forests, the U.S. Forest Service has released a restoration strategy that outlines how officials and individuals alike can improve the environment and their communities by planting and caring for native trees.
According to the strategy, which has been endorsed by each of the watershed's seven State Foresters, expanding forest cover is critical to improving our air and water, restoring wildlife habitat, sequestering carbon and curbing home energy use.
To ensure we get the most "bang" for our tree-planting buck, the strategy targets restoration efforts toward those places in which forests would provide the greatest benefits, from wildlife corridors along streams and rivers to towns, cities and farms.
Trees along the edges of streams and rivers—called a riparian forest buffer—can keep nutrients and sediment out of our waters and nurture critters with vital habitat and food to eat. Trees in towns and cities—called an urban tree canopy—can clean and cool the air, protect drinking water and boost property values, improving the well-being of an entire neighborhood at a low cost. And trees on farms—in the form of wind breaks, forest buffers or large stands of trees—can protect crops, livestock and local wildlife while providing a farmer with a new form of sustainable income.
Other areas targeted for forest restoration include abandoned mine lands in headwater states and contaminated sites where certain tree species could remove toxic metals from the soil.
Learn more about the Chesapeake Forest Restoration Strategy.
Sometimes, even a single tree can make a difference. And it helps when that tree is a big one.
For six seasons, Baltimore County has held a Big Trees sale in an effort to put big, native trees in Maryland backyards. Since its inception in 2009, the program has sold more than 750 trees to Maryland residents, augmenting the state's existing forests and moving Baltimore County closer to its pollution reduction goals.
Big trees are integral to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Forests clean polluted air and water and offer food, shelter and rest stops to a range of wildlife.
But big trees can be hard to find. To provide homeowners with the native trees that have high habitat value and the heft that is needed to trap polluted runoff, species like pin oak, sugar maple and pitch pine are grown in a Middle River, Md., reforestation nursery. The one-acre nursery, managed by Baltimore County's Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS), began as a staging ground for large-scale plantings but soon expanded to meet a noticeable residential need.
"We used to give incentives to homeowners to buy large trees at retail nurseries," said Katie Beechem, Environmental Projects Worker with the EPS Forest Sustainability Program. "But we found that homeowners were buying smaller species—flowering dogwood, crape myrtle—that didn't achieve the same benefits…that large native trees like oaks and maples and river birch can provide. We were able to fill this big tree niche."
Emails, signs and word-of-mouth spread news of the sale to homeowners. Some travel from the next town over, while others come from as far as Gettysburg, Pa., to walk among rows of seedlings in black plastic pots.
Staff like Jon-Michael Moore, who supervises the Baltimore County Community Reforestation Program, help residents choose a tree based on growth rate and root pattern, soil drainage and sunlight, and even "urban tolerance"—a tree's resistance to air pollution, drought, heat, soil compaction and road salt.
One Maryland resident picked up 15 trees to line a fence and replace a few that had fallen. Another purchased two trees to soak up stormwater in his one-acre space. And another chose a chestnut oak simply because she had one when she was a kid.
Out of the 12 tree species that are up for sale, oaks remain the favorite.
Whether red, black, white or pin, oaks are often celebrated as the best big tree. Oaks thrive in a range of soils, drop acorns that feed squirrels, woodpeckers and raccoons and create a home for thousands of insects.
Discussing the oak, Moore mentions University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy. The entomologist once wrote that a single oak tree can support more than 500 species of caterpillars, which will in turn feed countless insect-loving animals.
But can one big tree make a difference for the Bay? Moore nodded: "Every little bit helps."
The above 1913 photograph depicts rows of American lindens planted along Washington D.C.'s Massachusetts Avenue, west of Dupont Circle. The "double rows" of trees were planted in the 1880s, but many disappeared as the street was developed, new embassies were built, and utility lines installed. As a street that has historically been an international relations hub (it is home to major embassies), the loss of trees along Massachusetts Avenue seemed to represent the worldwide preference of commercialism over nature.
(Image courtesy Restore Mass Ave/Washingtoniana MLK Library)
Today, the climate has shifted, and politicians jump at the chance to get their photo taken in front of a newly planted tree; but long before the diplomats grabbed their shovels (and press staff), Deborah Shapley was walking up and down Massachusetts Avenue, knocking on her neighbors' doors, and asking them how far their hoses could stretch to water parched trees in the sidewalk.
Washington's D.C.'s Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Administration has taken the important step of planting trees along streets throughout the city, but it did not have the resources to water them. For young trees, lack of water lowers their chances of survival in Washington's hot summers. Instead of complaining, Deborah encouraged her neighbors to take on the responsibility of watering their nearest city sidewalk tree as if it were their own.
"I started Restore Mass.Ave to be a model of how to get local property owners excited about taking care of the city trees near them."
But convincing property owners to take care of a tree that isn't technically in their yard is not so easy.
"People tend not to care about the landscape that is more than a house or two away," explains Deborah. "So the cry for them to take care of trees beyond a certain distance, that's just not practical to them."
But since Deborah began Restore Mass Ave in 2007, more and more residents and embassies along the street have come to understand that these trees are dually beautifying their community and helping to absorb stormwater runoff.
(Image courtesy Restore Mass Ave)
In addition to caring for the 100 sidewalk trees installed by the city, Restore Mass has worked with Casey Trees to plant 125 new trees since 2007. Most of the 225 total trees are large shade trees, which absorb stormwater and lessen pressure on the neighborhood's combined sewer system.
Like most of downtown Washington D.C., Massachusetts Avenue has a combined sewer system (css), which collects water from both stormwater runoff and household's sanitary sewage. The CSS conveys this to treatment plants to be cleaned before it flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
But during heavy rain events, the combined sewer system often overflows; the stormwater and sanitary wastes flow directly into the Anacostia or Potomac River. This can cause an excess of bacteria and other pollutants in Washington D.C.'s tributaries, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
While it is always important to find ways to decrease the amount of stormwater runoff flowing into storm drains, it is particularly crucial in neighborhoods with combined sewer overflows (roughly one-third of the District of Columbia).
"The city is under requirements from the EPA to rebuild the underground tunnels and pipes" associated with the combined overflow system, explains Deborah. "They're only able to do a certain amount per year of underground infrastructure. But large trees naturally conduct precipitation down into the soil and lowers the burden the underground pipes."'
Stormwater will instead be absorbed by trees, and help to recharge the groundwater so more plants can grow.
"If you have a continuous line of shade trees alongside of a gutter, less water flows into that storm drain, and less water is barreling around in the tunnels of the combined stormwater system," Deborah says.
While trees help to absorb stormwater during rain events, they do need to be watered when it is not raining. Droughts and heat waves make it difficult for young trees to survive on their own. Luckily, Restore Mass Ave's volunteers, known as "Treekeepers," make sure care is given to every sidewalk tree.
Since roughly one-third of Mass Ave properties are foreign-owned, the organization works with embassies to plant trees on their grounds.
While it was once typical for embassies' groundskeepers to maintain flowers the colors of the nations' flags, it is now popular for embassies to also maintain the surrounding trees. Governments relate the activity to their climate change agendas. Groundskeepers become, in effect, "Treekeepers."
"They have a sense of ownership that they didn't have before," says Deborah. "When you give people who care for plants the chance to grow nearby sidewalk trees, they are delighted."
As Restore Mass Ave encourages private homeowners and embassy staffs to care for trees in public space, the sense of shared community and stewardship multiplies.
"As in many neighborhoods, we found that the embassies don't often talk to each other, but when you point out the common trees, and you engage all the staff, it becomes their common garden," explains Deborah.
While Restore Mass Ave may have found a way to create a sense of an international environmental stewardship, Deborah, founder and president of the all-volunteer organization, concedes that the nonprofit would like to expand its influence, but not its area.
"The idea is to not take over a bigger and bigger area, but to get other people to start their own groups, such as Restore Georgia Avenue or Restore Connecticut Avenue. Only as more people here understand the importance and fun of growing trees, will DC become the 'City of Trees' as it was known a century ago."
(Image courtesy Restore Mass Ave)
Get involved
For more information on how you can get involved with Restore Mass Ave or start your own "Restore" on your street, visit the Restore Mass Ave Volunteer page.
Restore Mass Ave is trying to spread the word, via their Tree Care Blog (http://blog.restoremassave.org) and their Facebook and Twitter (#restoremassave).


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So, I've forgotten to update you all, I'm sorry!
I bought an ST-2, delivery date is 2nd November :-)
Will keep you all updated, thanks very much for the kind words everyone, means a lot that everyone took interest!
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I'm a 17 year old boy, I can't make decisions very well lmao.
My parents are both telling me to go for an ST-2 as well as my friends, I think I will bite the bullet as soon as I place an order that's my deal done. I've been talking to Craig and he's told me £60 will get me around 400 miles. That's more than my current car does for sure, after selling my car the total price I would've paid for the ST-2 is £10,000.
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ok maybe it sounded different to me, to me it seemed like you was trying to claim he's stupid.
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Hey Nomada for the 2.3 mod you put up sometimes when I retreat the game crahses i can't remeber what planets or anything though.
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Funtoo Linux Installation
This document was written to help you install Funtoo Linux as concisely as possible, with a minimum number of distracting options regarding system configuration.
These docs assume you have a "PC compatible" computer system with a standard PC BIOS. Many new computers support UEFI for booting, which is a new firmware interface that frequently replaces the older MBR-based BIOS. If you have a system with UEFI, you will want to use this documentation along with the UEFI Install Guide, which will augment these instructions and explain how to get your system to boot. You may need to change your PC BIOS settings to enable or disable UEFI booting. The UEFI Install Guide has more information on this, and steps on how to determine if your system supports UEFI.
We also offer a ZFS Install Guide, which augment the instructions on this page for those who want to install Funtoo Linux on ZFS. If you are installing Funtoo Linux on ARM architecture, please see Funtoo Linux Installation on ARM for notable differences regarding ARM support. An experimental Funtoo Linux build also exists for SPARC platforms. See Funtoo Linux Installation on SPARC.
New F2FS Install Guide is in progress which will augment the instructions on this page for those who want to install Funtoo Linux on F2FS.
If you've had previous experience installing Gentoo Linux then a lot of steps will be familiar, but you should still read through as there are a few differences.
Installation Overview
This is a basic overview of the Funtoo installation process:
- Download and boot the live CD of your choice.
- Prepare your disk.
- Create and mount filesystems.
- Install the Funtoo stage tarball of your choice.
- Chroot into your new system.
- Download the Portage tree.
- Configure your system and network.
- Install a kernel.
- Install a bootloader.
- Complete final steps.
- Reboot and enjoy.
Live CD
Funtoo doesn't provide an "official" Funtoo Live CD, but there are plenty of good ones out there to choose from. A great choice is the Gentoo-based System Rescue CD as it contains lots of tools and utilities and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. For a generation 2 Hyper-V system, the Ubuntu desktop install DVD as of version 14.04.1 works well enough. Gentoo CDs don't support EFI boot, and the System Rescue CD lacks appropriate graphics support for Hyper-V as of version 4.4.0.
It is also possible to install Funtoo Linux using many other Linux-based live CDs. Generally, any modern bootable Linux live CD or live USB media will work. See requirements for an overview of what the Live Media must provide to allow a problem-free install of Funtoo Linux.
To begin a Funtoo Linux installation, download System Rescue CD from:
- http://build.funtoo.org - Master mirror
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/funtoo - US Funtoo Linux Mirror
- http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/funtoo -European Funtoo Linux mirror
Or, use your preferred live media. Insert it into your disc drive, and boot from it. If using an older version of System Rescue CD, be sure to select the rescue64
kernel at the boot menu if you are installing a 64-bit system. By default, System Rescue CD used to boot in 32-bit mode though the latest version attempts to automatically detect 64-bit processors.
Downloading the Portage tree
For an alternative way to do this, see Installing Portage From Snapshot.
Now it's time to install a copy of the Portage repository, which contains package scripts (ebuilds) that tell portage how to build and install thousands of different software packages. To create the Portage repository, simply run emerge --sync
from within the chroot. This will automatically clone the portage tree from GitHub:
(chroot) # emerge --sync
If you receive the error with initial emerge --sync
due to git protocol restrictions, change SYNC
variable in /etc/make.conf
Configuring your system
As is expected from a Linux distribution, Funtoo Linux has its share of configuration files. The one file you are absolutely required to edit in order to ensure that Funtoo Linux boots successfully is /etc/fstab
. The others are optional.
Using Nano
The default editor included in the chroot environment is called nano
. To edit one of the files below, call nano as follows:
(chroot) # nano /etc/fstab
When in the editor, you can use arrow keys to move the cursor, and common keys like backspace and delete will work as expected. To save the file, press Control-X, and answer y
when prompted to save the modified buffer if you would like to save your changes.
Configuration Files
Here are a full list of files that you may want to edit, depending on your needs:
File | Do I need to change it? | Description |
/etc/fstab |
YES - required | Mount points for all filesystems to be used at boot time. This file must reflect your disk partition setup. We'll guide you through modifying this file below. |
/etc/localtime |
Maybe - recommended | Your timezone, which will default to UTC if not set. This should be a symbolic link to something located under /usr/share/zoneinfo (e.g. /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal) |
/etc/make.conf (symlink) - also known as:/etc/portage/make.conf |
Maybe - recommended | Parameters used by gcc (compiler), portage, and make. It's a good idea to set MAKEOPTS. This is covered later in this document. |
/etc/conf.d/hostname |
Maybe - recommended | Used to set system hostname. Set the hostname variable to the fully-qualified (with dots, ie. foo.funtoo.org ) name if you have one. Otherwise, set to the local system hostname (without dots, ie. foo ). Defaults to localhost if not set. |
/etc/hosts |
No | You no longer need to manually set the hostname in this file. This file is automatically generated by /etc/init.d/hostname . |
/etc/conf.d/keymaps |
Optional | Keyboard mapping configuration file (for console pseudo-terminals). Set if you have a non-US keyboard. See Funtoo Linux Localization. |
/etc/conf.d/hwclock |
Optional | How the time of the battery-backed hardware clock of the system is interpreted (UTC or local time). Linux uses the battery-backed hardware clock to initialize the system clock when the system is booted. |
/etc/conf.d/modules |
Optional | Kernel modules to load automatically at system startup. Typically not required. See Additional Kernel Resources for more info. |
/etc/conf.d/consolefont |
Optional | Allows you to specify the default console font. To apply this font, enable the consolefont service by running rc-update add consolefont. |
profiles |
Optional | Some useful portage settings that may help speed up intial configuration. |
If you're installing an English version of Funtoo Linux, you're in luck as most of the configuration files can be used as-is. If you're installing for another locale, don't worry. We will walk you through the necessary configuration steps on the Funtoo Linux Localization page, and if needed, there's always plenty of friendly, helpful support. (See Community)
Let's go ahead and see what we have to do. Use nano -w <name_of_file>
to edit files -- the "-w
" disables word-wrapping, which is handy when editing configuration files. You can copy and paste from the examples.
It's important to edit your /etc/fstab
file before you reboot! You will need to modify both the "fs" and "type" columns to match the settings for your partitions and filesystems that you created with gdisk
or fdisk
. Skipping this step may prevent Funtoo Linux from booting successfully.
is used by the mount
command which is ran when your system boots. Statements of this file inform mount
about partitions to be mounted and how they are mounted. In order for the system to boot properly, you must edit /etc/fstab
and ensure that it reflects the partition configuration you used earlier:
(chroot) # nano -w /etc/fstab
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. # # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. # # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. # # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass> /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sda3 / ext4 noatime 0 1 #/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
Currently, our default /etc/fstab
has the root filesystem as /dev/sda4
and the swap partition as /dev/sda3
. These will need to be changed to /dev/sda3
and /dev/sda2
, respectively.
If you're using UEFI to boot, change the /dev/sda1
line so it says vfat
instead of ext2
. Similarly, make sure that the /dev/sda3
line specifies either xfs
or ext4
, depending on which filesystem you chose at filesystem-creation time.
is used to specify the timezone that your machine is in, and defaults to UTC. If you would like your Funtoo Linux system to use local time, you should replace /etc/localtime
with a symbolic link to the timezone that you wish to use.
(chroot) # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/MST7MDT /etc/localtime
The above sets the timezone to Mountain Standard Time (with daylight savings). Type ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
to see what timezones are available. There are also sub-directories containing timezones described by location.
MAKEOPTS can be used to define how many parallel compilations should occur when you compile a package, which can speed up compilation significantly. A rule of thumb is the number of CPUs (or CPU threads) in your system plus one. If for example you have a dual core processor without hyper-threading, then you would set MAKEOPTS to 3:
If you are unsure about how many processors/threads you have then use nproc to help you.
(chroot) # nproc
Set MAKEOPTS to this number plus one:
USE flags define what functionality is enabled when packages are built. It is not recommended to add a lot of them during installation; you should wait until you have a working, bootable system before changing your USE flags. A USE flag prefixed with a minus ("-
") sign tells Portage not to use the flag when compiling. A Funtoo guide to USE flags will be available in the future. For now, you can find out more information about USE flags in the Gentoo Handbook.
LINGUAS tells Portage which local language to compile the system and applications in (those who use LINGUAS variable like OpenOffice). It is not usually necessary to set this if you use English. If you want another language such as French (fr) or German (de), set LINGUAS appropriately:
If you dual-boot with Windows, you'll need to edit this file and change the value of clock from UTC to local, because Windows will set your hardware clock to local time every time you boot Windows. Otherwise you normally wouldn't need to edit this file.
(chroot) # nano -w /etc/conf.d/hwclock
By default, Funtoo Linux is configured with Unicode (UTF-8) enabled, and for the US English locale and keyboard. If you would like to configure your system to use a non-English locale or keyboard, see Funtoo Linux Localization.
Introducing Portage
Portage, the Funtoo Linux package manager has a command called emerge
which is used to build and install packages from source. It also takes care of installing all of the package's dependencies. You call emerge like this:
(chroot) # emerge packagename
When you install a package by specifying its name in the command-line, Portage records its name in the /var/lib/portage/world
file. It does so because it assumes that, since you have installed it by name, you want to consider it part of your system and want to keep the package updated in the future. This is a handy feature, since when packages are being added to the world
set, we can update our entire system by typing:
(chroot) # emerge --sync (chroot) # emerge -auDN @world
This is the "official" way to update your Funtoo Linux system. Above, we first update our Portage tree using git to grab the latest ebuilds (scripts), and then run an emerge command to update the world
set of packages. The options specified tell emerge
- show us what will be emerged, and ask us if we want to proceed -
- update the packages we specify -- don't emerge them again if they are already emerged. -
- Consider the entire dependency tree of packages when looking for updates. In other words, do a deep update. -
- Update any packages that have changed (new) USE settings.
You should also consider passing --with-bdeps=y
when emerging @world, at least once in a while. This will update build dependencies as well.
Of course, sometimes we want to install a package but not add it to the world
file. This is often done because you only want the package installed temproarily or because you know the package in question is a dependnecy of another package. If this behavior is desired, you call emerge like this:
(chroot) # emerge -1 packagename
Advanced users may be interested in the Emerge wiki page.
Updating World
Now is actually a very good time to update the entire system and it can be a good idea to do so prior to first boot.
(chroot) # emerge --sync (chroot) # emerge -auDN @world
Make sure you read any post emerge messages and follow their instructions. This is especially true if you have upgraded perl or python.
Configuring and installing the Linux kernel
Now it's time to build and install a Linux kernel, which is the heart of any Funtoo Linux system. The kernel is loaded by the boot loader, and interfaces directly with your system's hardware, and allows regular (userspace) programs to run.
A kernel must be configured properly for your system's hardware, so that it supports your hard drives, file systems, network cards, and so on. More experienced Linux users can choose to install kernel sources and configure and install their own kernel. If you don't know how to do this, we provide ebuilds that will automatically build a "univeral" kernel, modules and initramfs for booting your system that supports all hardware. This is an extremely simple way of building a kernel that will get your system booted.
What is our goal? To build a kernel that will recognize all the hardware in your system necessary for booting, so that you will be greeted by a friendly login prompt after installation is complete. These instructions will guide you through the process of installing a kernel the "easy" way -- without requiring user configuration, by using a "universal" kernel.
Package Sets
Before we install a kernel, we're going to cover a feature of Portage called package sets. Portage, the package manager/ports system for Funtoo Linux, will keep track of system packages as well as packages you have installed by calling emerge
directly. These packages that are part of the base system are considered part of the "system" package set, while packages that you have installed by typing them on the command line (such as "gnome" in emerge gnome
) will be added to the "world" package set. This provides an easy way to update your entire system.
However, sometimes it's nice to be able to update the kernel all by itself, or leave a kernel update out of your regular whole system update. To do this, we will create a new package set called "kernel".
Kernel Package Set
To create the kernel package set, perform the following steps:
(chroot) # mkdir /etc/portage/sets (chroot) # echo sys-kernel/debian-sources > /etc/portage/sets/kernel
Now, we'll want to set a USE variable to tell debian-sources
to build a "universal" kernel and initramfs for us, to take the guess-work out of getting Funtoo Linux booted. To do this, we're going to set the binary
USE variable for debian-sources
, as follows:
(chroot) # echo "sys-kernel/debian-sources binary" >> /etc/portage/package.use
If USE variables are new to you, you'll be getting a lot more familiar with them as you use Funtoo Linux. At their essence, they are "switches" that you can set to configure options that can be built in to various packages. They're used to customize your Funtoo Linux system to meet your exact needs. We added support for a binary
USE flag to the debian-sources
ebuilds, as well as a few other of our kernel ebuilds, to make it easier for new users to get Funtoo Linux up and running.
Now, when we just want to update our system's packages, we'll type emerge -auDN @world
, and it will update our world set, leaving out the kernel. Likewise, when we just want to update our kernel, we'll type emerge -au @kernel
, and it will update our kernel, leaving out the world set.
Building the Kernel
See Funtoo Linux Kernels for a full list of kernels supported in Funtoo Linux. We recommend debian-sources
for new users.
with binary
USE flag requires at least 14GB free in /var/tmp
and takes around 1 hour to build on a Intel Core i7 Processor.
Let's emerge our kernel:
(chroot) # emerge @kernel
Note that while use of the binary
USE flag makes installing a working kernel extremely simple, it is one part of Funtoo Linux that takes a very long time to build from source, because it is building a kernel that supports all hardware that Linux supports! So, get the build started, and then let your machine compile. Slower machines can take up to several hours to build the kernel, and you'll want to make sure that you've set MAKEOPTS
in /etc/make.conf
to the number of processing cores/threads (plus one) in your system before starting to build it as quickly as possible -- see the /etc/make.conf section if you forgot to do this.
NVIDIA card users: the binary
USE flag installs the Nouveau drivers which cannot be loaded at the same time as the proprietary drivers, and cannot be unloaded at runtime because of KMS. You need to blacklist it under /etc/modprobe.d/
For an overview of other kernel options for Funtoo Linux, see Funtoo Linux Kernels. There may be modules that the Debian kernel doesn't include, a situation where genkernel would be useful. Also be sure to see hardware compatibility information.
Once emerge
completes, you'll have a brand new kernel and initramfs installed to /boot
, plus kernel headers installed in /usr/src/linux
, and you'll be ready to configure the boot loader to load these to boot your Funtoo Linux system.
Installing a Bootloader
An alternate boot loader called extlinux can be used instead of GRUB if you desire. See the extlinux Guide for information on how to do this.
Installing Grub
The boot loader is responsible for loading the kernel from disk when your computer boots. For new installations, GRUB 2 and Funtoo's boot-update tool should be used as a boot loader. GRUB supports both GPT/GUID and legacy MBR partitioning schemes.
To use this recommended boot method, first emerge boot-update
. This will also cause grub-2
to be merged, since it is a dependency of boot-update
. (You may need to adjust GRUB_PLATFORMS
if you are on a UEFI system. See UEFI Install Guide).
(chroot) # emerge boot-update
Then, edit /etc/boot.conf
and specify "Funtoo Linux genkernel
" as the default
setting at the top of the file, replacing "Funtoo Linux"
should now look like this:
boot { generate grub default "Funtoo Linux genkernel" timeout 3 } "Funtoo Linux" { kernel bzImage[-v] # params += nomodeset } "Funtoo Linux genkernel" { # if you use bliss-kernel package # you should change string # kernel kernel[-v] # to # kernel kernel/[-v]/kernel[-v] kernel kernel[-v] initrd initramfs[-v] params += real_root=auto # params += nomodeset }
If you use bliss-kernel, your /etc/boot.conf
should look like:
boot { generate grub default "Funtoo Linux genkernel" timeout 3 } "Funtoo Linux" { kernel bzImage[-v] # params += nomodeset } "Funtoo Linux genkernel" { kernel kernels/[-v]/kernel[-v] initrd initramfs[-v] params += real_root=auto # params += nomodeset }
Please read man boot.conf
for further details.
Running grub-install and boot-update
Finally, we will need to actually install the GRUB boot loader to your disk, and also run boot-update
which will generate your boot loader configuration file:
(chroot) # grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda (chroot) # boot-update
Now you need to update your boot loader configuration file:
(chroot) # boot-update
You only need to run grub-install
when you first install Funtoo Linux, but you need to re-run boot-update
every time you modify your /etc/boot.conf
file, so your changes are applied on next boot.
Configuring your network
It's important to ensure that you will be able to connect to your local-area network after you reboot into Funtoo Linux. There are three approaches you can use for configuring your network: NetworkManager, dhcpcd, and the Funtoo Linux Networking scripts. Here's how to choose which one to use based on the type of network you want to set up.
Using NetworkManager
For laptop/mobile systems where you will be using Wi-Fi and connecting to various networks, NetworkManager is strongly recommended. The Funtoo version of NetworkManager is fully functional even from the command-line, so you can use it even without X or without the Network Manager applet. Here are the steps involved in setting up NetworkManager:
(chroot) # emerge linux-firmware (chroot) # emerge networkmanager (chroot) # rc-update add NetworkManager default
Above, we installed linux-firmware which contains a complete collection of available firmware for many hardware devices including Wi-Fi adapters, plus NetworkManager to manage our network connection. Then we added NetworkManager to the default
runlevel so it will start when Funtoo Linux boots.
After you reboot into Funtoo Linux, you will be able to add a Wi-Fi connection this way:
The following command will not work as long as you are in chroot environment. The reason for this is that addwifi will need dbus and rfkill to be set up. So don't forget to reboot!
# addwifi -S wpa -K 'wifipassword' mywifinetwork
The addwifi
command is used to configure and connect to a WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi network named mywifinetwork
with the password wifipassword
. This network configuration entry is stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
so that it will be remembered in the future. You should only need to enter this command once for each Wi-Fi network you connect to.
Using wpa_supplicant
If for some reason you don't want to use a tool such as NetworkManager or wicd
, you can use wpa_supplicant for wireless network connections.
First, emerge wpa_supplicant:
(chroot) # emerge linux-firmware (chroot) # emerge -a wpa_supplicant
Now, edit the wpa_supplicant configuration file, located at /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. The syntax is very easy:
network={ ssid="MyWifiName" psk="lol42-wifi" } network={ ssid="Other Network" psk="6d96270004515a0486bb7f76196a72b40c55a47f" }
You will need to add both wpa_supplicant
and dhcpcd
to the default runlevel. wpa_supplicant
will connect to your access point, and dhcpcd
will acquire an IP address via DHCP:
(chroot) # rc-update add dhcpcd default (chroot) # rc-update add wpa_supplicant default
Desktop (Wired Ethernet)
For a home desktop or workstation with wired Ethernet that will use DHCP, the simplest and most effective option to enable network connectivity is to simply add dhcpcd
to the default runlevel:
(chroot) # rc-update add dhcpcd default
When you reboot, dhcpcd
will run in the background and manage all network interfaces and use DHCP to acquire network addresses from a DHCP server.
Server (Static IP)
For servers, the Funtoo Linux Networking scripts are recommended. They are optimized for static configurations and things like virtual ethernet bridging for virtualization setups. See Funtoo Linux Networking for information on how to use Funtoo Linux's template-based network configuration system.
Finishing Steps
Set your root password
It's imperative that you set your root password before rebooting so that you can log in.
(chroot) # passwd
Restart your system
Now is the time to leave chroot, to unmount Funtoo Linux partitions and files and to restart your computer. When you restart, the GRUB boot loader will start, load the Linux kernel and initramfs, and your system will begin booting.
Leave the chroot, change directory to /mnt, unmount your Funtoo partitions, and reboot.
(chroot) # exit # cd /mnt # umount -l funtoo # reboot
System Rescue CD will gracefully unmount your new Funtoo filesystems as part of its normal shutdown sequence.
You should now see your system reboot, the GRUB boot loader appear for a few seconds, and then see the Linux kernel and initramfs loading. After this, you should see Funtoo Linux itself start to boot, and you should be greeted with a login:
prompt. Funtoo Linux has been successfully installed!
Once you have rebooted into Funtoo Linux, you can further customize your system to your needs by using Funtoo Profiles.
Funtoo profiles are used to define defaults for Portage specific to your needs. There are 4 basic profile types: arch, build, flavor, and mix-ins:
- arch
- typically
, this defines the processor type and support of your system. This is defined when your stage was built and should not be changed. - build
- defines whether your system is a
systems will have newer packages unmasked thanstable
systems. - flavor
- defines the general type of system, such as
, and will set default USE flags appropriate for your needs. - mix-ins
- define various optional settings that you may be interested in enabling.
One arch, build and flavor must be set for each Funtoo Linux system, while mix-ins are optional and you can enable more than one if desired.
Remember that profiles can often be inherited. For example, the desktop
flavor inherits the workstation
flavor settings, which in turn inherits the X
and audio
mix-ins. You can view this by using eselect:
(chroot) # eselect profile show
Currently set profiles:
arch: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/arch/x86-64bit
build: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/build/current
flavor: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/flavor/desktop
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/kde
Automatically enabled profiles:
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/print
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/X
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/audio
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/dvd
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/media
mix-ins: gentoo:funtoo/1.0/linux-gnu/mix-ins/console-extras
To view installed profiles:
(chroot) # eselect profile list
To change the profile flavor:
(chroot) # eselect profile set-flavor 7
To add a mix-in:
(chroot) # eselect profile add 10
Next Steps
If you are brand new to Funtoo Linux and Gentoo Linux, please check out Funtoo Linux First Steps, which will help get you acquainted with your new system. We also have a category for our official documentation, which includes all docs that we officially maintain for installation and operation of Funtoo Linux.
We also have a number of pages dedicated to setting up your system, which you can find below. If you are interested in adding a page to this list, add it to the "First Steps" MediaWiki category.
- ACPI Daemon
- AMD Catalyst Video Drivers
- APC UPS Daemon
- Cloud Backup
- Create a boot option for easy nvidia or nouveau display driver switching
- Emerge
- File permissions
- Funtoo Resources on LAN
- GNOME First Steps
- IPv6 Networking
- Keychain
- Lib users
- Litecoin Mining for Funtoo
- Mutt
- NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers
- Nftables
- Rsync Backup
- SFTP Only Access
- Stacked Runlevels
- Web Browsers
- Windows 7 Virtualization with KVM
- X Window System
- Xfce
- Zero Configuration Networking
If your system did not boot correctly, see Installation Troubleshooting for steps you can take to resolve the problem.


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Last week, Delimiter argued that by and large, the business plans released so far on the National Broadband Network were little more than more expensive versions of consumer plans, with providers virtually ignoring the kind of value-added features that businesses want and the NBN's improved underlying service delivery making features such as better support unnecessary. NBN Co head of Product Development and Sales Jim Hassell has sent us this post in response.
"Renai argues that the business bundles available over the NBN fibre merely "more expensive versions of the NBN's consumer plans". Let's look at the facts.
If you're a sole individual running a spectacularly successful technology blog then multi-line telephony and faster fault restoration times probably seem like unnecessary bells and whistles. But for a burgeoning small business that wants to attract new customers, save money and grow then they are far more than niceties.
The ability to run up to 50 business-grade phone services over a single fibre connection and benefit from faster fault restoration, along with faster speeds and far greater download capacity, will play no small part in helping them to maintain the edge over their rivals – both here and abroad.
As for the price point, I'd argue the relevant comparison is not with NBN retail packages but with existing business packages currently available over the copper access network. It's a comparison certainly being made by Delimiter's own readers who claim that simply by moving over to the NBN they'll be able to save thousands of dollars a month. Says "BBA", who is eyeing an NBN-enabled business product with 100/40 speeds and a download limit 1TB that costs a grand total of $130 a month: "Saving more than $1000 and having 50 times the speed down and 20 up…well that's priceless. There is no way you can be upset with these prices."
Many micro-businesses will be happy with residential-grade broadband, and that's fine. We wouldn't suggest anyone take a business service unless they see value in it. But as more ISPs begin to offer more services to more businesses in more parts of the country, then we'll start to see more competition.
Isn't that the whole point of the NBN? To foster a level playing field in retail telecommunications for the first time. It's NBN Co's job to create an environment that enables a greater competition, more innovation and better choice for all Australia – including small business.
But with the business features scheduled to be released over coming months on the NBN, service providers will be able to offer useful and valuable services for businesses more easily — and more affordably — than they can now over DSL."
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Have to agree with Jim here.
I'd be interested to know why so … I don't think Jim actually did much to prove me wrong. Is it actually true that businesses will see faster fault restoration times on the NBN than consumers? And he didn't exactly address the issue of the cost difference between NBN business plans and NBN consumer plans. Plus, nobody appears to actually be offering "up to 50 business-grade phone services" over the NBN yet … and what is the difference between business-grade and consumer-grade, for telephony? Probably integrated PABX as a service-style services; but nobody appears to be offering those over the NBN just yet either.
Evidence, people, evidence :)
The wholesale business plans are quite different from the wholesale consumer plans.
(1) – Wholesale consumer plans come with a 150kbps/150kbps dedicated voice channel at the highest traffic class for purposes of voice quality for home services, and the rest of the bandwidth dedicated to internet at the lowest 'best effort' traffic class. Wholesale business plans come with the option of a 5Mbps/5Mbps dedicated voice channel at the highest traffic class. The rest of the bandwidth can be specified with the three lower traffic classes to suit needs/application requirements.
(2) – Within the data component of the wholesale business plans, NBN Co will allow organisations to prioritise their own traffic classes within that bandwidth, over and above the native NBN traffic classes. Such functionality was previously only available on REALLY high end services, pre-NBN. Currently, ISPs generally strip out any QoS tags you try and insert into your traffic, because it upsets their own traffic management systems to leave them in.
(3) – NBN Co are/will be offering symmetrical services on their business grade plans, and with speeds of up to 1000Mbps/1000Mbps in about 24 months from now. Try getting that now without spending squillions a month on your own fibre pipe, or buying SHDSL.bis services, and maybe getting 25Mbps symmetric.
(4) – Dedicated, prioritised 5Mbps/5Mbps voice channels will – (depending on the codec you use) – actually allow for more than 50 channels of voice. If you used G.729 for example, and set it at the best compression level, you could conceivably get around 300 voice channels. Most people use G.713 for VoIP – (because it's free) – and you'll get about 80 channels. This will re-birth the hosted PABX market, which has struggled – (due to bandwidth constraints) – over the last few years.
(5) – All of these features, plus higher SLAs – (as you point out, I'm not sure how they would implement better SLAs as yet) – are why they cost more, and reasonably so. The wholesale price for NBN business wholesale plans start at $100pcm, so any RSP selling "business" plans at lower than this cost, are just packaging up the consumer wholesale plans and calling them business plans.
(6) – At least AAPT and M2/Commander are offering these services, but they've not been out long, and not many customers know about these features yet.
(7) – As Jim points out, for many businesses, the standard consumer level plans would be enough. But if you want need the better services, you need to pay more. Just like you have to now.
"Evidence, people, evidence :)"
What evidence have you provided again?
Your entire argument appears to boil down to the fact you don't seen any benefit… while many others can quite clearly see benefit. So the answer is easy, those who see benefit can pay the premium and those who don't won't.
Instead you appear to be calling the plans a scam and largely ignoring the opinions of others. To quote from the last article:
"But one thing I do know very well. Especially when you consider the basic service delivery improvements which the NBN will bring, no Australian business will be attracted to NBN packages which are just more expensive versions of consumer offerings."
Is purely your opinion – one that many here disagree with.
TPG have been delivering 100/100Mbps uncontended unlimited internet for under $1000 for some time now. If that kind of thing is so important I am surprised it hasn't had a better uptake….
I think Jim – like the RSP's selling the "Business" plans – have both missed a crucial point.
Simply adding support does not make a service a "business class" service.
A "buisiness class" service has;
1) KPIs that deliver
– up-time guarantees
– compensation for lack of connectivity over a specified period
2) dedicated bandwidth which enables
– higher traffic priority over 'internet' traffic
– the ability to allocate your bandwidth to a QOS level at your router/border
3) composite and fault tolerant linking optionsI agree with Renai, the business plans are just fluffed up consumer ones. A real business plan on the NBN would utilise at least two Data ports, one offering 1-5Mb symmetrical Class 1 for a phone service, and the other an asymmetric 50/20 or 100/40 with a guarantee of 5-40 Mb (or, for wireless, 25/5 with up to 5 guaranteed). Obviously the upper end of those ranges would mean more expensive plans. All would offer premium support and KPI reporting, as well as up-time guarantees.
2MB sym (voice carrier) would be something like $120/m(?), plus $60/m for 100/40 AVC & $100/m for your dedicated 5Mb CVC is $150, plus data charged at $0.20/GB, say ~500GB/m on average is $100, total monthly charges of $380.
How much cheaper is that than say 2 x POTS, 2 x BRI ISDN & (bonded 2Mb SDSL) 4Mb business SDSL from Telstra, all with no EMI affected lines, water in the wires, or random sync issues to worry about-
And by KPIs of course I meant SLAs. Mixing up my TLAs…
Isn't it up to the Business RSP's (BSP) to offer those plans?
NBNCo merely offers the capability to them, it's up to the BSP's to offer Aussie business the plans/features that your talking about and/or that they want.
Without the RSP/BSP's offering worthwhile plans, the NBN is basically a backbone provider, so in my view "the NBN" is a team effort between government and the mighty "private enterprise".
Wouldn't it be ironic if the private enterprise component of the NBN "coalition" is what actually causes the NBN to fail to serve the needs of private enterprise! I love a good irony, but that would be a pretty expensive failure…
+1 to NBNCo for actually responding!
Someone forward this to the business loving Liberals. Surely the infrastructure ownership isn't the money maker, it's services that can be sold as well as the benefits to businesses all over Australia.
The thing I can't understand about the NBN in general and especially commercial plans is why the NBN is still using the ADSL model. What happens when a company wants to use video calling on Skype or quickly send a large dataset to client. This is when a fat upstream pipe is needed and NBN is failing.
You think 40Mbps upstream isn't fat enough for a Skype call?
Non sequitur.
For one Skype call yes. But 10 or 20 while trying to upload a 10 gig of data?????
Buy the 1Gbps/1Gbps symmetric plan when it's released.
oh and don't forget the people you have using remote desktop etc
Firstly i think Renai is right in that Jim Hassell hasn't actually disputed his orginal post. The add-on services that NBN offer are a great idea but that doesn't change the fact that no RSP is offering them yet.
In terms of how NBNco will deliver better response times and an SLA in the future (again i believe no RSP is doing this currently) is charging more for business connections, and providing 24 hour fault response to ISP's. Business customers will also be prioritized over residential customers and for customers with critical uptime requirements NBNCo can sell an SLA to the RSP who passes it on to the customer.
In terms of upload speeds on the NBN, the network design is based on GPON
Which provides big cost savings over the alternative, direct fibre from the POI to consumer. GPON is based around the truth that while upload is getting more important it is still dwarfed by download requirements. Additionally by far the biggest upload type anywhere in the world is Bittorrent, which has (arguably) very few legitimate uses. At the least is has few important business customers. GPON can and will deliver symmetrical plans, but the vast majority will have no need for them.
Also you are incorrect stating an "ADSL mentality" for the current plans.
Adsl is 24:1 (and possibly 2), the 100/40 plan is 2.5:1. Big big difference.
I haven't heard of any SDSL plans
Time to read up then :)
Guess time will tell when they release more Business Plans from different ISPs.
so NBN's response is a few QOS changes on their end, and we will "prioritise" faults for business. For the average SME i suspect this will really mean slim to no real difference, as like most things, the small breakages are fixed rather quick, but this will still not fix the much larger outages. I suspect when it breaks it will break good enough and large enough that them SLA's will mean SFA for restoration time.
Short of someone cutting the fibre, the fibre MDF panel dying, most faults will likely be software in nature and quick call to the ISP support number should have it resolved in minutes, be it joe bloggs, or SME.
But SLAs don't just relate to faults and restoration times. They can relate to service levels as well – (which is why they are called "Service Level Agreements".
Do they pump the voice channel for a business account through the router first, or the voice channel for a consumer account first?
That's an SLA too.
Short of them being massively overcommited, most businesses and consumer folk wouldn't feel a small bit of jitter on a voip call, hell we've used telstra IPMan and i've seen and felt jitter on it, so its not like its a guaranteed service anyway.
To my way of thinking, if you need an SLA like that your likely to be on the more larger corporate side of things and have a much higher bill with someone who specialises in this area. for the average SME of up to lets say 100 employees, i doubt the extra bucks will get you anything "more" and its certainly going to be a whole load more reliable then dsl is.
Sure, but that's no reason not to have SLAs.
As a business, you choose a service that's fit for purpose, and you agree to a set of SLAs to make sure it meets that purpose, continues to meet that purpose, and gives you a legal remedy if it does not.
This is no different than what happens/happened pre-NBN.
Sure they don't want an SLA until the Consumer DSL line they are trying to run the business on drops out completely for a couple of hours and comes back up a lot slower, then explaining what "best effort" is with regard to service levels and connection speeds.
Renai – One of the key selling points of a business grade service is the ability to log faults (and have them worked on) outside of business hours.
For example if you have a retail outlet and your consumer grade DSL goes down at 17:30 on friday afternoon, nobody will look at that fault (especially within the extended carrier) until Monday morning. You could essentially lose a whole weekend trade if you rely on your DSL for transactions.
A business grade service is more expensive because you have people who will take your call at all times and actually work on it. Most business grade services have a 4 hour restoration target.
I think you need to look at this like insurance, which I presume you buy? You could say that 99% of the time it is a waste of money, but it's that one time you need it where it pays off.
It costs real money in Australia to have people manning helpdesks and truck rolls 24 x 7 to ensure your business continuity.
"For example if you have a retail outlet and your consumer grade DSL goes down at 17:30 on friday afternoon, nobody will look at that fault (especially within the extended carrier) until Monday morning"
Sorry, that hasn't been my experience. With iiNet, they tend to look at the issue immediately — and they have 24×7 support.
Plus … you didn't address my point about higher reliability under the NBN :) ADSL *does* go down. I don't think the NBN fibre will go down very often at all.
iinet (or any) DSL ultimately relies on Telstra's copper. Telstra will NOT truck roll outside of business hours for a fault on the copper.
If you buy a business grade fibre service from Optus/Telstra/AAPT they will truck roll 24x7x365 for faults. And they do happen, granted not as often as copper, but they do happen. There are lots of pieces that make up a PON that can break Renai, not just talking fibre cuts here.
If you are using NBN as your sole business connection at the offices of Delimiter and:
-The ONT fries
-Your S-Tag/C-Tag combination is corrupted
-Your overhead lead-in is taken down by a tree in a storm or a truck
-A splice goes bad
-A contractor cuts your underground lead-in or street distribution.
-There is a fault in the splitter serving your street
-There is a fault in the OLTWill you be happy to wait for X days for rectification on your residential grade plan? Or will you be expecting a speedy resolution to get your business running again?
Just sayin'
It looks like some BSP's (Business Service Providers) are starting to offer some plans, AAPY and M2 for example, ( source: http://www.zdnet.com/au/nbn-business-products-fill-the-gap-aapt-7000007006/ ), but I think they need to work on their business specific stuff a bit more.
Class 4 is "Best effort", which might be OK for a corner store type business, but doctors offices etc will need the higher class traffic offerings (at least class 2 and/or 3).
The ball is in the BSP's court at the moment, it's really up to them to come to the party and get the horse to drink. (I'm full of epigrams today!).
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