[LINK] Entire towns with satellite NBN?

[Roger Clarke]

At 20:23 +1100 16/3/16, David Boxall wrote:
>If I'm reading this right, then Queenstown will be relying solely on satellite NBN. Evidently, it isn't alone. Speechless, I am.

> ... the largest town in the nation to get the slowest NBN technology

Population 1,975:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown,_Tasmania

Plus a reasonable amount of tourism.

I tried to check bed-nights p.a., but the total commercialism of Google's precedence algorithm defeated my patience.  (I'm suppposed to be cooking dinner).

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>> ANNE URQUHART
>> LABOR SENATOR FOR TASMANIA
>>
>> JUSTINE KEAY
>> LABOR CANDIDATE FOR BRADDON
>>
>> QUEENSTOWN NBN REVELATION AN 'EMBARASSING BLOW' FOR WHITELEY
>>
>> Labor Senator Anne Urquhart has said revelations from yesterday afternoon's Senate Hearing that Queenstown is the largest town in the nation to get the slowest NBN technology is an 'embarrassing blow' for Braddon MHR Brett Whiteley.
>>
>> The admission that Queenstown will be the largest Australian town to be connected to the satellite network came from NBN CEO Bill Morrow under gruelling session of questioning from Senator Urquhart in a Senate hearing yesterday.
>>
>> "We know now beyond the shadow of a doubt that Queenstown will be worse off than any other town its size when it comes to the NBN," Senator Urquhart said.
>>
>> "Senator Urquhart said satellite was designed for small rural and remote hamlets, not regional hubs like Queenstown, Rosebery and Zeehan."
>>
>> "It's nothing short of economic vandalism to let a $372 million economy flounder with the slowest internet technology."
>>
>> Labor Candidate for Braddon Justine Keay said the revelation from Mr Morrow that the "Government has not asked NBN Co to consider any other options" was an appalling indictment on Brett Whiteley's performance as Federal representative for the West Coast.
>>
>> "Mr Whiteley hasn't even bothered to fight for this community. Instead he just sat back and watched while Mr Turnbull hung the community out to dry."
>>
>> "How can the West Coast compete for business and investment opportunities without first-class broadband and more importantly how can Mr Whiteley just stand idly by and let this happen?"
>>
>> "I can assure the West Coast community I am strongly lobbying my federal colleagues to ensure the West Coast receives a better deal under Labor."
>>
>> Senator Urquhart said the revelation vindicated her long-standing belief that the West Coast satellite decision is "more about paying for Malcolm Turnbull's NBN budget blowout than doing the right thing for the West Coast."
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>> "The West Coast was slated for a fibre-based solution right up until July last year. Soon after, we found out that Mr Turnbull's NBN budget had ballooned from $29.5 billion to $56 billion," Senator Urquhart said.
>>
>> "It's clear the people of the West Coast have been dudded to pay for Mr Turnbull's own mismanagement and his NBN budget blowout."
>>
>> WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2016
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