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

[Alan Maher]

Diversity, even if it is DIY, is good. Just keeps the pressure on the 
gatekeepers to perform.
More strength to their collective arms.

Alan Maher

On 24/01/2017 6:33 p.m., Mark Newton wrote:
> 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 
>> <mailto:narellec at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> [Just wondering who it was got the carrier license - N]
>>
>>
>> High speed internet for Queensland's Richmond graziers
>> ABC Rural By Eric Barker
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The service was set­up by the Harrington family, who live at Olga 
>> Downs station about 50 kilometres north of town.
>>
>> William Harrington from Olga Downs said building a new internet 
>> service was a necessity for running his electronics company on the 
>> station.
>>
>> "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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> "We've hooked into a fibre optic cable running from Townsville to 
>> Mount Isa and it's extremely expensive," he said.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>>
>> etc from:
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-21/high-speed-internet-for-richmond-graziers/8134462
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> Narelle
>> narellec at gmail.com <mailto:narellec at gmail.com>
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