[LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

[David Boxall]

On 29/03/2016 9:39 AM, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On 28/03/16 09:15, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>
>> The most interesting aspect of Mark Gregory's article in the Business
>> Spectator is the idea of the NBN satellites being used to provide
>> broadband for passengers on Qantas aircraft. It seems reasonable for
>> taxpayers to buy a satellite for outback kids education, but not for
>> business class passengers watching in-flight movies:
>> http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2016/3/21/technology/does-nbn-need-third-satellite
>>
>>
>
> And outback Netflix?
> ...
It could be argued that advances in video technology will soon exceed 
the capacity of radio-frequency broadcast. Providing sufficient 
bandwidth for video could become an imperative sooner than most of us 
might have thought.

I recently read that adding high dynamic range to ultra high-definition 
exceeds the 25 Mb/s target of the NBN. Netflix (I think it was) is 
already offering some series in HDR UHD.

Our government inherited plans for satellites dedicated to service. With 
the change of government, profit evidently takes priority. No doubt the 
Qantas deal is lucrative.

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