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

[Paul Brooks]

On 7/09/2015 9:54 AM, JanW wrote:
> At 09:40 AM 7/09/2015, David Lochrin wrote:
>
>> 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.
> For now.....
>
> Demand will change that. 
Only if the number of premises in the tower footprint changes dramatically - someone
combines four properties into a few hundred chalets, each needing their own dedicated
connection, for example.

When the number of endpoints within the tower footprint is pretty well known before
the tower is built, demand doesn't change that much.

Of course, the ISP's link into the NBN might get congested, but thats not NBN's
problem. Its resolving this finger-pointing that will be the test of consumer
experience as time marches on - but we already have that between ISPs and other
wholesale network services.

>
> Did anyone find out if people who are in underserved suburban areas can access the satellite delivery? Frex, I'm fully limited where I am to 8Mb down/256Kb up (ADSL).
Sadly no. NBN's systems allocate each dwelling to one and only one technology - if (in
the future) you will be served by FTTN or FTTP, you aren't permitted to connect to a
different technology in the interim. They don't want people connecting to satellite or
fixed wireless, and then churning off to a different technology a couple of years later.

Paul.