[AusNOG] Anyone know about this? High speed internet for Queensland's Richmond graziers

[Mark Newton]

This is the third instance in a few weeks that I’ve seen the media reporting on groups or individuals incurring significant hassle and personal expense to compensate for the failure of the NBN to deliver an acceptable service.

The first was that guy on ABC 7.30 who gets his broadband access over WiFi tethering by winching a mobile phone in a zip-loc bag into the top of a tree outside his house.  The second was that silly fairfax thing about the guy saying you could get faster-than-NBN services by bonding multiple NBN services (duh).

None of this should be necessary. The fact that there are news articles about it is an indictment of comprehensive dismal failure.

  - mark


> On Jan 23, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Narelle <narellec at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [Just wondering who it was got the carrier license - N]
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> High speed internet for Queensland's Richmond graziers
> ABC Rural By Eric Barker
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> Posted Wed 21 Dec 2016, 9:40am
> PHOTO: William Harrington from Harrington Systems Electronics and Olga Downs station, north of Richmond. (ABC Rural: Eric Barler)
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> 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.
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> The service was set­up by the Harrington family, who live at Olga Downs station about 50 kilometres north of town.
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> William Harrington from Olga Downs said building a new internet service was a necessity for running his electronics company on the station.
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> "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.
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> 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.
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> "We've hooked into a fibre optic cable running from Townsville to Mount Isa and it's extremely expensive," he said.
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> "It was cost prohibitive for us to do that by ourselves in a small town.
> "So we've partnered with the local council to be able to do that and it's a win­win for both of us."
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> etc from:
> 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>
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