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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Unfortunately that area is Goolwa which is about 34 km via road. It is not near Clayton Bay. I heard some time ago that the NBN will not go to Clayton Bay and that satellite or dial up is all we will have. I think it is more likely that all of Sydney will be connected many years before we get connected.  |
Hi Paul,
The NBN architecture covers 100% of the population.
It consists of fibre optic, fixed wireless and satellite.
The current estimate is that 93% of premises will get service by fibre.
4% would be by fixed wireless. 3% by satellite.
Keep in mind that the fixed wireless is a LTE/4G architecture that is
different to a mobile 4G network. With the fixed network, a premise is
given a fixed chunk of 12Mbs bandwidth so that the download speeds will
remain constant across the link.
Likewise, the upcoming Long Term satellite service uses different
technology to the legacy Optus Interim system which had been optmized
for broadcast television and telephone delivery over a large footprint area.
The new Ka-band satellites are optmized for digital broadband delivery
and will provide 12Mbs connection speeds once parked in orbit.
So as things stand today, your area at Clayton Bay will be connected to
the NBN but the NBN web site has not specified yet which of the three
technologies will be deployed. The fixed wireless and satellite services will
be rolled out faster than the fiber network. Fibre optical rollout throughout
Australia is currently estimated to be completed around 2021.
When one considers that the Overland Telegraph stretched 3500km
between Adelaide and Darwin, then even back in 1872 when it was
completed, the engineers would have looked at your 34km and said,
"that's nothing!".
A remarkable endevour considering the first car
would not be invented until 1885 and the first plane not until 1903.
Probably the greatest thing that came out of the telegraph systems
that were built between the self governing colonies in the mid and
late 1800's was that the prosperity and uniity they provided was a major
impetus to the idea of the states becoming federated to form the nation
we now call Australia. So really what is taking place with the deployment
of the NBN today is a continuation of a process that started here in the
1850's. On a personal note, I happen to be a descendant of the father
of Australian federation, but that's another matter.
In any case, I hope you don't have to wait too long! We're eager to go today.
your breadth of understanding of this enormous national project is obvious and is in stark contrast to a rather large number of people...including the member for Wentworth 
