Wireless networks rise as threat to NBN

[catsnknots]

When I talked earlier about the NBN as the Labor party has it not being the best idea and that wireless will be more a part of peoples lives I was howled down by some people... 

I have always thought that a more in depth study needed to be done to make sure that the billions we spend now was invested in the best possible way to make sure that we got the best value for every dollar.... I was also howled down for that opinion.... 

now look.. 

THE company building the National Broadband Network, already under fire for running late, has admitted it faces rising competition from wireless networks offering improved services and prices.

NBN Co has conceded its own modelling finds that if it increases prices by the maximum it expects to be allowed by regulators, the number of wireless-only premises will rise to 30 per cent by 2039-40 because affordability is such a significant factor for households.

Now a senior NBN Co executive has said: "NBN Co faces competition from wireless networks that are increasing in capability over time, subject to significant economies of scale and scope (and therefore, decreasing cost per gigabyte delivered), and are expected to offer a potential substitute for NBN Co's voice-only and entry-level voice and broadband services."

This part of the article was more frightening... a government agency trying to control and silence another business??? 

Underlining the threat from wireless, the NBN Co had tried to put a clause in its multi-billion-dollar agreement with Telstra that would stop the telco from promoting wireless internet as a substitute for the NBN for two decades.

The NBN Co asked Optus to sign a similar clause that it would not criticise the NBN for 15 years when marketing its own wireless data services in areas where it will migrate hybrid fibre-coaxial cable customers on to the NBN. But the NBN Co was forced to back down on the "anti-sledging" clauses in the deals with Telstra and Optus after pressure from the ACCC.

I have only posted part of the article... here is the link to the rest... 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wireless-networks-rise-as-threat-to-nbn/story-fn59niix-1226608057785

[carls*world]

Map here hasn't changed much. Still no shading, or any "A" "C" "1" or "3" flags yet.

Active connections and work commenced less than 3km away though.

"The NBN is coming to your place; however construction hasn't commenced in your area as yet."

But a stones throw over the back fence is up and running. That's efficiency in planning and construction.

[freakiness]

"The NBN is coming to your place; however construction hasn't commenced in your area as yet."

But a stones throw over the back fence is up and running. That's efficiency in planning and construction.

Is that a new estate?

How close are the operating and under construction?

And are they new estates or established areas?