[LINK] Interesting bundle of Technologies (WAS) cyber cold war preparation

[Tom Koltai]

An excellent catch TomW.

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>There are some things we can do, such as make new infrastructure, such
as the NBN, and new wireless networks, less vulnerable to attack 
><http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/11/unifying-nbn-fibre-and-wireless.ht
ml>.

Which led me to:

The OPTUS/Singtel LTE Trials which according to Wiki is:

Overview

The (3GPPP) LTE specification provides downlink peak rates of at least
100 Mbps, an uplink of at least 50 Mbps and RAN round-trip times of less
than 10 ms. LTE supports scalable carrier bandwidths, from 20 MHz down
to 1.4 MHz and supports both Frequency Division Duplexing and Time
Division Duplexing.

Part of the LTE standard is the System Architecture Evolution, a flat
IP-based network architecture designed to replace the GPRS Core Network
and ensure support for, and mobility between, some legacy or non-3GPP
systems, for example GPRS and WiMax respectively.[5]

The main advantages with LTE are high throughput, low latency, plug and
play, FDD and TDD in the same platform, improved end-user experience and
simple architecture resulting in low operating costs. LTE will also
support seamless passing to cell towers with older network technology
such as GSM, cdmaOne, W-CDMA (UMTS), and CDMA2000.

And further...

While it is commonly seen as a mobile telephone or common carrier
development, public safety agencies (and US Intelligence
Services)[citation needed] in the US[2] have also endorsed LTE as the
preferred technology for the new 700 MHz public-safety radio band.
Agencies in some areas have filed for waivers[3] hoping to use the 700
MHz[4] spectrum with other technologies in advance of the adoption of a
nationwide standard.

Interesting that the EU and the US both feel they need a continent wide
specific emergency public warning spectrum.


Of course the CSIRO Broadband to the Bush is an interesting twist
http://www.csiro.au/science/Broadband-to-the-bush.html and looks like a
good alternative aimed obviously at the lowest connection denominator.
VHF/UHF television antennae.

At last we appear to be addressing the country folk, the backbone of any
agri-economy nation.
Believe me as our iron ore exports decrease due to humungous stockpiles
in China, food will become far more important as an export.

Possibly the circumstances of the development may be coincidental,
however I think the 430 million our budget allocated to Broadband in the
Bush might have had something to do with it.

NBN and Regional connectivity all in one year.... Someone in Canberra is
obviously thinking.



Tom











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