[LINK] web: The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff

[JanW]

At 10:29 AM 30/08/2015, Tom Worthington you wrote:
>but expresses some concern about how well the up-link will work:
>https://theconversation.com/internet-in-space-nbns-plan-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-australia-46618

So, the latency that the NBN satellite spokesperson poo-pooed could be OVER a full second! That's unacceptable in real-time communication. That's even worse than the old int'l phone calls, folks. Note mention of the IoT impacts, too.

"static" one-way retrievals won't be impacted from a perception perspective (sorry for the repetition), but it will be horrible for voice comms, which presumably will be part of the imposed package??? As per urban areas where all comms are shifted to NBN and off the PSTN????

Jan


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