[LINK] Is the NBN Ready for Extreme Weather?

[Kim Holburn]

On 2012/Dec/06, at 8:52 PM, Michael Skeggs mike at bystander.net wrote:

> On 6 December 2012 20:13, Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> <snip>
>> Except the "mobile network" is not a single network, it's a number of
>> parallel competing networks.  If we could use any cell then we wouldn't
>> have that problem.
>> 
>> Kim
>> 
>> 
> 
> What makes you think this? Surely if Telstra Vodafone and Optus are all
> individually congested at a football match etc. then roaming will offer
> little benefit?

I just watched an ABC TV show recently called "Over Australia" or "Looking down on Australia" or something and in one episode they went over the shenanigans involved in a telecom coping with a grand final in Melbourne.  

But really, congestion at football matches?  Talk to someone who cares about football ;-)  

As far as the roaming thing goes, if we had a system that allowed sharing of cells in a unified network then perhaps we could have a system where companies could cooperate to give us more coverage...nah, it won't happen at the moment.

> On the same subject, can I keep this article for the next non-engineer who
> tells me wireless would be a reasonable substitute for the NBN? My Telstra
> NextG iPhone typically gets 1Mbps or so for downloads. My ADSL does about 8
> times better, and I trust a fibre link will be better yet.

AFAIC mobile voice calls barely work and they're what 2-6k bits per second?

Kim

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