[LINK] Telecoms lessons learnt in the flood

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

On 21 January 2011 09:31, Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita at ramin.com.au>wrote:

> > Telecoms lessons learnt in the flood
> > By David Braue, ZDNet.com.au on January 18th, 2011 (2 days ago)
> ...
> >
> > What do you think? Does the demonstrated importance of wireless
> strengthen the case for a wireless NBN? And will the flooding delay the NBN,
> or further justify it?
> <
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/telecoms-lessons-learnt-in-the-flood-339308645.htm
> >
>

I think that was a pretty sorry excuse for journalism.
The article points out Voda was already experiencing capacity issues before
the flood, but suggests an NBN based on wireless would magically avoid
these.
The suggestion that a wireless base station on a barge in a river would be a
fix-all in a flood emergency is pretty amateur hour (what and how would the
barge connect to?)
And he raises the canard about NBN battery back-up, then suggests the
battery life on cordless phones would be an issue (cordless phone base
stations are mains, not battery, powered).
Sloppy work.

Regards,
Michael Skeggs