Yless4u Web http://www.yless4u.com.au Why less for you, wireless for you! Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:46:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 NSW Government Broadband Announcement http://www.yless4u.com.au/2010/08/nsw-government-broadband-announcement/ http://www.yless4u.com.au/2010/08/nsw-government-broadband-announcement/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:46:36 +0000 Anthony Goonan http://www.yless4u.com.au/?p=249 Recently Minister Steve Whan announced the towns of Berridale, Dalgety & Jindabyne would be the first beneficiaries of the  NSW Rural Broadband Development Program.  This program which has funding of $11.5m,  is to roll out fixed wireless broadband to some 200+ towns (populations < 5,000 people) across NSW over the next five [...]]]> Recently Minister Steve Whan announced the towns of Berridale, Dalgety & Jindabyne would be the first beneficiaries of the  NSW Rural Broadband Development Program.  This program which has funding of $11.5m,  is to roll out fixed wireless broadband to some 200+ towns (populations < 5,000 people) across NSW over the next five years.

While breathtaking in its approach, we are left scratching our heads at the mathematics of this initative.   If you take $11.5m and divide it by 200, that gives approximately $50,000 per town.   However, the three towns mentioned above, are the benficiaries of $2.5m which equates to around $830,000 per town.

… and at $830,000 per town, we just cannot work out the mathematics (based on the cost for the first three towns/villages) to achieve fixed wireless broadband coverage to the 200 towns that have been promised service under this initative.

]]> http://www.yless4u.com.au/2010/08/nsw-government-broadband-announcement/feed/ 0 NBN http://www.yless4u.com.au/2010/08/237/ http://www.yless4u.com.au/2010/08/237/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:36:57 +0000 Anthony Goonan http://www.yless4u.com.au/?p=237 We get asked a lot of questions about the NBN.

Q.   Is the NBN is going to fibre up my place?

A.   Well, only if you are in Canberra, or Bungendore, Braidwood and Yass.  Outside of these townships, the NBN intends to provide 12mbps via either wireless or satellite.  On the 30th [...]]]>

What is being proposed for SE NSW!

We get asked a lot of questions about the NBN.

Q.   Is the NBN is going to fibre up my place?

A.   Well, only if you are in Canberra, or Bungendore, Braidwood and Yass.  Outside of these townships, the NBN intends to provide 12mbps via either wireless or satellite.  On the 30th July 2010, NBN released indicative coverage maps for NSW.  Yless4u has overlayed the NBN coverage map for the ACT region onto a topographic map.  This gives you a better idea of what you are likely to receive when the NBN finally gets around to doing something in this region.

Outside of the villages of Bungendore & Braidwood, NBN proposes to provide a fixed wireless service. The maps indicate a 15kms radius to be served from a NBN tower site.  Outside of the proposed fixed wireless coverage area, NBN proposes to use satellites to cover the remainder of the population.

Some interesting facts:-

- The satellites have not been launched as yet.

- The indicated fixed wireless coverage is a gross overestimate of the actual real-world coverage.  It does not account for topography, and in this region, numerous hills & valleys will obstruct the signal from reaching a high proportion of premises that are supposedly within the NBN indicated coverage beam.

Legend:-    Red – Fibre      Grey – Fixed Wireless    Cream/Rest – Satellite      (Blue Lines – Inter Town/City Backhaul Links)

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