[LINK] Emergency Services Spectrum - Was - Indonesia Overtaking Australia with Wireless Internet

[Tom Koltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Richard Chirgwin
> Sent: Saturday, 4 June 2011 8:52 AM
> To: link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Indonesia Overtaking Australia with 
> Wireless Internet
> 
> <SNIP> 
>
> Carriers are, even with Australia's light population, so 
> spectrum-starved they're happy to say "get lost" to emergency 
> services.
> 
> The idea that wireless is a viable replacement for all fixed 
> services is 
> deranged.
> 


That's OK the 4.9 GHz spectrum has now been allocated exclusively for
Emergency Services.