[LINK] Re: The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Glen Turner]

> I found a WiMAX to WiFi Outdoor Gateway to be on sale later in the 
> year: <http://www.zcom.com.tw/program/ZMAX-8300AG.asp?infoId=D|sE|u>. 
> This has the electronics and antennas built into a weatherproof box. 
> Add a solar panel and battery for about $200 extra and you would have 
> a self contained unit you could strap to a pole, water tank or 
> windmill, to relay the wireless service around a farmyard. Apart from 
> Internet access, the same unit would also provide telephony using 
> VoIP/WiFi handsets.

Which neatly summarises why Telstra is upset. Not only didn't its
attempt to exploit the situation to get a monopoly FTTN network
fail, but it's going to have government subsidised competition in
the long term for its 3G network too.

-- 
 Glen Turner