[LINK] Benefits of a digital economy enabled by the National Broadband Network

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
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> One thing that mystifies me is that nobody has tried to quantify the 
> potential value of the NBN to non-Internet wholesale markets, of which 
> there are many. But there's no longer any point trying to inject sanity 
> into the debate: it's so debased by both sides of politics that any 
> statement, even if it's boringly factual, is denounced as being a 
> political marker. It's as if your opinion on the existence of gravity 
> were somehow related to your political alignment.
> 
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Another benefit is the opportunity to create a National
Electricity Distribution Network  in parallel with the
NBN. A National  Electricity grid, will allow for small
scale Wind and Solar input to the grid.

And a couple of questions about the proposed NBN:

If cables are going to criss cross the country are
they better above or below ground?

Satellite has been mentioned as part of the NBN,
though should the latency make it unacceptable for
interactive Internet access?

> Satellite Internet access
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> Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through satellites. The service can be provided to users world-wide through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Geostationary satellites can offer higher data speeds, but their signals can not reach some polar regions of the world. Different types of satellite systems have a wide range of different features and technical limitations, which can greatly affect their usefulness and performance in specific applications.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access>

Marghanita
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