Enlighten me please, this wireless technology what does it connect to? I mean when I decide to connect to the net via a wireless connection where does it connect to? Another wireless connection? Perhaps a satellite? Or maybe it bounces off Tony Abbots ears?
It connects to hard wires, which means its not scalable, has limited capacity and the speed is ultimately limited by the antennae receiving the signal and the hard wires its connected. This in turn means as population\take up grows speed\capacity falls even further. Unless we perpetually build more and more antennaes in NEW areas and EXISTING areas, it will never ever end, and for what??, for a solution which is vastly inferior to what the alternative is.
Before doing this personally I would prefer to do nothing and simply delay... That way the government can remain consistent i.e. wait forever to spend a single dollar any new infrastructure just as they do with trains, roads, airports, ports or anything else the opposition will lable "reckless spending".
The real joke is that NBN can (and will) easily support wireless technology as its highly scalable/extendable however wireless can NEVER EVER replace the NBN to suggest so is just absurd. If your issue is the amount being spent thats fine but thats your personal opinion but to suggest its a "better technological solution" is plain wrong.
Also... How do you think the NBN came about Winston? I am really curious. Do you think the Government sat down with industry experts in the relevant fields and were told. Dear Kevin wireless technology is the best way going forward but theres another option costing 10x as much, does the same thing and is called the NBN? Then Kevin though hmmmmm... i do like the squander money lets go with the NBN?
Seriously we either start going with what the is suggested by the experts or we simply start running around in circles and do nothing... something unfortunately Australia as a whole seems its becoming an expert in.
It connects to hard wires, which means its not scalable, has limited capacity and the speed is ultimately limited by the antennae receiving the signal and the hard wires its connected. This in turn means as population\take up grows speed\capacity falls even further. Unless we perpetually build more and more antennaes in NEW areas and EXISTING areas, it will never ever end, and for what??, for a solution which is vastly inferior to what the alternative is.
Before doing this personally I would prefer to do nothing and simply delay... That way the government can remain consistent i.e. wait forever to spend a single dollar any new infrastructure just as they do with trains, roads, airports, ports or anything else the opposition will lable "reckless spending".
The real joke is that NBN can (and will) easily support wireless technology as its highly scalable/extendable however wireless can NEVER EVER replace the NBN to suggest so is just absurd. If your issue is the amount being spent thats fine but thats your personal opinion but to suggest its a "better technological solution" is plain wrong.
Also... How do you think the NBN came about Winston? I am really curious. Do you think the Government sat down with industry experts in the relevant fields and were told. Dear Kevin wireless technology is the best way going forward but theres another option costing 10x as much, does the same thing and is called the NBN? Then Kevin though hmmmmm... i do like the squander money lets go with the NBN?
Seriously we either start going with what the is suggested by the experts or we simply start running around in circles and do nothing... something unfortunately Australia as a whole seems its becoming an expert in.
Let's hope Gillard takes note of the ABS quarterly review of internet activity. Trend growth in wireless broadband in the face of static fixed broadband cannot be ignored.
