[LINK] WLL/NGWL & radio 'phones

[David Boxall]

On 19/06/2016 9:04 PM, David Boxall wrote:
> ...
> Does anybody know where I can find figures on the number of 'phones in
> Australia that don't have a physical land-line?...
Some of the radio 'phone towers seem to have been around so long that at 
least one could be heritage listed! :)
<http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2620425>

The old HCRC network apparently provided "approximately 17,000 
individual services to 9000 customers" in 2012.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-kills-point-to-point-radio-shutdown-295417>

An old research paper puts the number on DRCS (which preceded HCRC) in 
1987 at about 10,000.
<http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=673152759858157;res=IELENG>

It looks like current figures might be "Commercial in Confidence", but 
an unnamed source says about 27,000 on Telstra's proprietary NGWL.

So, steadily-rising numbers relying on infrastructure so old that at 
least some of it qualifies for Heritage Listing. :/

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