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Originally Posted by Larryp
The telcos seem very keen to roll out their 4G networks, and that indicates they feel lots of dollars are to be made from it.
Is it possible NBN could be almost redundant/obsolete before it is completed?
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Laurie, two of the problems with wireless are it is a shared medium and is subject to weather degradation. 4G does not have a lot of range which means lots of towers. If they used 4G to replace service to the wired households in range of a tower they'd get a small share of the bandwidth they can get with non-wireless. That's why NBN was planned to only use wireless or satellite where cabling was not economic.