[LINK] 449 kilometre Perth to Geraldton optic fibre link.

[Richard Chirgwin]

On 16/03/11 10:26 AM, David Boxall wrote:
> On 15/03/2011 4:01 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> <http://www.pm.gov.au/blog/connecting-geralton-nbn>
> Geraldton, a city of more than 25,000
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldton>, is only now getting decent
> telecom's. Wollombi, a town of less than 300
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollombi,_New_South_Wales>  has had a fibre
> connection for years.
>
> What a difference political influence (and proximity to Sydney) make.
>
> The nearby defence facilities make Geraldton's circumstances doubly
> surprising.
>
Correction.

Geraldton already had fibre - Telstra only. The Backhaul Blackspots 
program is delivering a competitive fibre to Geraldton.

The other angle to the new fibre is that CSIRO is putting Geraldton up 
as the site for the SKA telescope, if Australia wins the project.

RC