The telegeography group do some great maps. These two remind us of the very tenuous links that are in fact the basis of all of Australia's modern communication and much of its commerce. SubmarineCable.com A 'new" ancient map As much economic and perhaps cultural connections too. The VOX published a great piece earlier last month relating the modern cables to…
Australia ranks second behind Finland for Wireless broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, according to the December 2013 OECD report published in on July 22 2014. Australia, along with six others, now have wireless broadband penetration beyond 100% Wireless broadband penetration has grown to 72.4% in the OECD area, according to December 2013 data, meaning there are almost three wireless subscriptions for…
The ongoing debate on national infrastructure investment for telecommunications in Australia is mind-numbing. I was a teenager when the Snowy Mountains Scheme was completed. An inter-generational non-partisan development that strengthened the country. I am not sure we demonstrate the ability to replicate such developments? Those concerned with the demographic challenges facing the country over the next generation and the implications for…
Edit: 26th November - Stunning, just truly stunning…... 11 days…. Caveat: I am a shareholder! Today [Nov 26th ] in a window of connectivity [ Download speeds 0.04Mbps or slower than a 1995 dialup modem] I received this: The PREMISE of this communication is that SOMEONE from Telstra has responded? The sum total of my interactions with Telstra Support SINCE I…
Google is developing plans to use a network of huge balloons to provide internet to the two-thirds of the world currently without web access. Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather. They are carried around the Earth by winds and they can be steered by rising or descending to an altitude with…
There is NOTHING like access to HIGH-SPEED and RELIABLE broadband infrastructure. I have NOTHING like access to HIGH SPEED and RELIABLE broadband infrastructure. A small rant regarding my network access today...... I have been involved, both personally and professionally, in the planning and development of information and telecommunications projects for Education, Business and Communities for almost 30 years. Most recently,…
A new report, released in September of this year, conducted jointly by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology in 33 OECD countries, quantifies the isolated impact of broadband speed, showing that doubling the broadband speed for an economy increases GDP by 0.3%. A 0.3 percent GDP growth in the OECD region is equivalent to USD 126…
All members of the LLEN should note the work of the Victorian Rural and Regional Services Development Committee and the Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee of the Parliament of Victoria. Over the past year the Central Ranges LLEN has given sworn evidence, made submissions to or assisted other groups to contribute to these three inquiries. On January 19th, 2006,…