<div dir="ltr"><div>[Just wondering who it was got the carrier license - N]</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>High speed internet for Queensland's Richmond graziers</div><div>ABC Rural By Eric Barker</div><div><br></div><div>Posted Wed 21 Dec 2016, 9:40am</div><div>PHOTO: William Harrington from Harrington Systems Electronics and Olga Downs station, north of Richmond. (ABC Rural: Eric Barler)</div><div><br></div><div>A new highspeed internet service will be switched on this week for some graziers and the local council in the Richmond area of north Queensland.</div><div><br></div><div>The service was setup by the Harrington family, who live at Olga Downs station about 50 kilometres north of town.</div><div><br></div><div>William Harrington from Olga Downs said building a new internet service was a necessity for running his electronics company on the station.</div><div><br></div><div>"We said we've got to do something about this and we decided to build a wireless link 46 kilometres long from Richmond to the station, just to be able to run our business," Mr Harrington said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said although computing equipment was becoming less expensive the project would not be possible without a client as big as the Richmond Shire Council.</div><div><br></div><div>"We've hooked into a fibre optic cable running from Townsville to Mount Isa and it's extremely expensive," he said.</div><div><br></div><div>"It was cost prohibitive for us to do that by ourselves in a small town.</div><div>"So we've partnered with the local council to be able to do that and it's a winwin for both of us."</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>etc from:</div><div><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-21/high-speed-internet-for-richmond-graziers/8134462">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-21/high-speed-internet-for-richmond-graziers/8134462</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><br><br>Narelle<br><a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a></div>
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