[LINK] Is the NBN Ready for Extreme Weather?

[Paul Brooks]

On 7/12/2012 12:45 AM, tomk wrote:
> On 6/12/2012 9:34 p.m., Paul Brooks wrote:
>> We already do - any mobile phone can make a call to 000 through any mobile network. Even if the handset does not have a SIM in it, it can make an emergency call through any network it has a signal from.
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>> Paul.
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> From: Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com>
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>> As far as the roaming thing goes, if we had a system that allowed sharing of cells in a unified network then perhaps we could have a system where companies could cooperate to give us more coverage...nah, it won't happen at the moment.
> Paul, I think he was referring to that rare non-Australian Telco thing 
> called "Peering"
> Ibid: Link Archives....
> Optus and Vodafone already peer and all three telcos share power 
> generation, towers and other assets, but not yet consumers.
> Their settlement system doesn't allow for peering on the 3G network - 
> too hard with consumer mobile data expectations.
Actually, 'peering'  is when traffic from a customer on one network can reach a
customer on a different network. Calls between networks have been available from day 1
as part of 'any to any connectivity', so all mobile networks 'peer'.

I think he correctly used the word 'roaming', when a handset registered to one network
is permitted to connect and use the infrastructure of a different network when the
'home network' is not available.

Lets not rewrite the dictionary when attempting to make a point - this isn't the
Looking Glass.

P.