[AusNOG] Government sets parameters for NBN

[Ross Wheeler]

> I thought the satelite was a last ditch resort, and "fixed wireless
> woooooo" was going to be the norm for these people?

There are still a lot of people who won't get "fixed wireless" because 
either (a) there are too many people for the cell(s) and that would push 
the contention ratio above what the government (?) mandated was the 
maximum; (b) there are a great many places which by the nature of the 
terrain would not get "fixed wireless" or (c) are simply too far from the 
nearest cells to get such a service (especially farms which I recall being 
one of the ones touted to gain so much from this!)


> Wouldn't it be expected that after ftpp was rolled out to the 93% or there
> abouts, that they would still slowly creep the network out further, slowly
> negating the wireless networks?

Why would you "expect" this? Just because it makes technical sense isn't 
enough. Do you seriously expect once they've done 93% of the population, 
that the 7% that remains (which is the REALLY HARD TO GET TO 7%) will be 
simply "given up on" because it isn't economically viable (private 
operator view) or financially justifiable ("public" money/government 
view).

No, I honestly expect they'll get the low-hanging fruit, do what is 
required by legislation/contract and not a bit more (unless it makes them 
more money or gains them other benefits).