[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:52 PM 20/06/2007, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>A spokeswoman for Austar (one of the unsuccessful bidders and holder 
>of spectrum below the "public" spectrum) was talking to Fran Kelly 
>this morning.
>
>It seemed the winning bid may be based on LAN WiFi rather than WAN 
>WiMAX. I think Mobility was thrown in for good measure and there is 
>still an issue of how the backbone will be provided - satellite or cable?
>
>Guess this is the big network architecture question.

Does anyone know who is providing the satellite connectivity on these 
systems and what the longterm capacity is if that is the downlink 
component of the system?

Also, what are the main bottlenecks/drawbacks on the government's 
proposed solution other than overselling what the bush will really 
get out of this system in terms of parity with city dwellers?

Jan


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