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

[David Lochrin]

On 2015-09-01 11:34 David Boxall wrote:

> On 31/08/2015 9:39 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:
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>> when the wifi gets congested, ...
> Does NBN fixed wireless employ WiFi protocols? I understood it to be dedicated, focused beams. As far as congestion is concerned, is NBN fixed wireless any worse that any other shared bandwidth? If it's dedicated beams, then any congestion would occur in the fibre feed to the base station.

A late comment...  The technical person at an NBN roadshow here in the Highlands, where wireless will be employed in some of the outlying hamlets, told me each registered wireless user is assigned a dedicated channel so there's no congestion.  I understand it's essentially 3G/4G technology.

David L.