strongmanmike
03-10-2012, 01:11 PM
Many don't understand the NBN or appreciate its enormouss scope, so I thought some here might find this an interesting read :thumbsup:
Buzz Aldrin over the moon about NBN satellites
01 October 2012
Giant leap in communications for outback Australia
Western Australia has been selected as the location for three new satellite ground stations to help Australians in isolated areas connect to high speed broadband.
The facilities in Geraldton, Carnarvon and Kalgoorlie will act as essential transmission centres to deliver services over the National Broadband Network to outback communities across the state and across the nation.
They will also provide a boost to the local economies when construction begins next year. An estimated 20-30 construction workers will be required to build each of the facilities, which have received the support of civic leaders (see below).
The NBN is a vital national infrastructure project that plans to connect every home and business in Australia to high speed broadband via fibre optic cable, fixed wireless and satellite within the next decade.
The news was welcomed half a world away by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In a previous incarnation, the Carnarvon site played an important role in providing reliable and high quality communications for NASA's manned space flight programme and the Apollo moon landings.
“I was told this was on the cards when I visited Carnarvon in July to open the town's Space and Technology Museum,” said Dr. Aldrin.
“I think it’s just wonderful that Carnarvon will soon be reviving its historic links with space with the launch of a National Broadband Network satellite base station. The revitalisation of a site that played such a central role in NASA’s Apollo missions will prepare people in the Australian outback for the next frontier in communications via the National Broadband Network.”
Dr. Mal Bryce, chairman of the WA scientific and research organisation iVEC, said:
“High speed, robust and ubiquitous broadband is an absolute prerequisite for the most isolated parts of WA. The NBN’s satellite service represents a lifeline for people in regional and remote areas. It will ensure they have access to economic and social opportunities that the rest of us take for granted.”
The NBN’s Interim Satellite Service is already delivering reliable, high-speed broadband to more than 10,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural and remote parts of Australia, offering wholesale download speeds of up to 6 Mbps.*
The new satellite ground stations will support the NBN’s Long Term Satellite Service, which is expected to begin operating in 2015. Two NBN communications satellites are currently under construction and will deliver wholesale speeds of up to 12Mbps.*
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... to get anything in this world and move into the future, hey, ya gotta have a go!
Exciting stuff :thumbsup:
Mike
Buzz Aldrin over the moon about NBN satellites
01 October 2012
Giant leap in communications for outback Australia
Western Australia has been selected as the location for three new satellite ground stations to help Australians in isolated areas connect to high speed broadband.
The facilities in Geraldton, Carnarvon and Kalgoorlie will act as essential transmission centres to deliver services over the National Broadband Network to outback communities across the state and across the nation.
They will also provide a boost to the local economies when construction begins next year. An estimated 20-30 construction workers will be required to build each of the facilities, which have received the support of civic leaders (see below).
The NBN is a vital national infrastructure project that plans to connect every home and business in Australia to high speed broadband via fibre optic cable, fixed wireless and satellite within the next decade.
The news was welcomed half a world away by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In a previous incarnation, the Carnarvon site played an important role in providing reliable and high quality communications for NASA's manned space flight programme and the Apollo moon landings.
“I was told this was on the cards when I visited Carnarvon in July to open the town's Space and Technology Museum,” said Dr. Aldrin.
“I think it’s just wonderful that Carnarvon will soon be reviving its historic links with space with the launch of a National Broadband Network satellite base station. The revitalisation of a site that played such a central role in NASA’s Apollo missions will prepare people in the Australian outback for the next frontier in communications via the National Broadband Network.”
Dr. Mal Bryce, chairman of the WA scientific and research organisation iVEC, said:
“High speed, robust and ubiquitous broadband is an absolute prerequisite for the most isolated parts of WA. The NBN’s satellite service represents a lifeline for people in regional and remote areas. It will ensure they have access to economic and social opportunities that the rest of us take for granted.”
The NBN’s Interim Satellite Service is already delivering reliable, high-speed broadband to more than 10,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural and remote parts of Australia, offering wholesale download speeds of up to 6 Mbps.*
The new satellite ground stations will support the NBN’s Long Term Satellite Service, which is expected to begin operating in 2015. Two NBN communications satellites are currently under construction and will deliver wholesale speeds of up to 12Mbps.*
*********************************** *********************************** ********************
... to get anything in this world and move into the future, hey, ya gotta have a go!
Exciting stuff :thumbsup:
Mike