90% coverage for broadband network ???
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:24
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Member - Mike DID
People (including Telstra staff) often get misled by the Telstra Mobilenet claim of 90% coverage - it's 90% of the
POPULATION, not 90% of the land area ! Have a look at a NextG coverage map and it's clear that it's MUCH less than 90% of the area.
The OPEL alliance was going to get paid by the government to provide broadband access for 90% of those premises that don't have access now. Because a study showed that this Wimax solution would only deliver to 70% of those premises that don't have access now - not 90%, the government has terminated the contract.
Billion Dollar network cancelled
Since Wimax is a wireless network, the OPEL network would also have been useful to remote area travellers wanting broadband access and would have provided some competition for NextG.
I wonder what the consequences of this contract termination will be for remote area travellers who want broadband access ?
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