The Geeveston ground station, expected to be operational in 2013, will be a single storey building with two 13.5-metre diameter satellite dishes, and will help service between 15,000 and 20,000 Australian homes and businesses with broadband speeds of up to 12 megabits per second.
Minister for Broadband is in California this week, eyeing up the next gen satellites for the National Broadband Network.
The two next gen satellites being built at California-based Space Systems/Loral will double the speed of the National Broadband Network for people living in rural Australia, according to the Dept of Communications.
NBN Co’s long term service satellites will be helped by two Ka-band satellites
by Stephanie McDonald | COMPUTERWORLD
NBN Co’s long term-satellite service will be boosted by two next-generation Space Systems/Loral satellites and will double the National Broadband Network (NBN) speed of existing interim satellite services (ISS).
NBN Co expands wireless trials
NBN Co has expanded trials of its fixed wireless network to Toowoomba and Tamworth for the first time as it looks to ramp up rollout of the network.
Eligible users in Toowoomba have begun receiving installations to the network. Those in Tamworth will be allowed to apply for a connection this week. The TD-LTE network, being rolled out by Ericsson, aims to provide a service of 12 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream to approximately 500,000 premises.
(Source: crn.com.au)
March was full of drama as NBN Co finally dragged itself past the finish line of its first marathon - the battle to get legislative and contractual approval for its rollout - then stood up and prepared to run even faster towards its goal of passing 3.5m homes by 2015. Throw in strong support from a number of new retail service providers, the release of new pricing, a bit of espionage and the usual recriminations between the NBN haves and have-nots, and it was yet another action-packed month
The NBN Co touring truck may have been taken off the road briefly, but the NBN itself made huge strides forward despite Tony Abbott’s affirmation that he will redirect NBN funding to build more roads - and Malcolm Turnbull’s quickly-rebutted clarification of the Coalition’s alternative NBN policy, which includes strong ACCC oversight of NBN Co’s activities.
Stephen Conroy wasted no time in demanding further detail on the policy but was promptly ignored, as Turnbull refused to release costings and Andrew Robb continued the Liberal tradition of arguing the budget could be trimmed by axing the NBN. Yet none less than Rob Oakeshott argued that such stonewalling is unacceptable given the Coalition is agitating for an election at any minute.
Internet service provider, iiNet, has announced plans for a National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite service to be released in March this year with prices starting at $39.95 a month.
iiNet and Westnet customers living in NBN satellite coverage areas will have a choice of two plans; satellite bundled with phone or satellite. The satellite plan costs $39.95 per month when bundled with the phone plan and comes with six megabits per second (Mbps) download speed, one Mbps upload speed and 20 gigabytes (GB) of data. The satellite plan on its own has the Mbps speeds and 20GB of data but costs $49.95 per month.
