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Just to keep it fair and unbiased at 15.00 in the S.M.H the were headlining it as an N.B.N hack.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/se...sed-bail-over-nbn-attacks-20110727-1hzdk.html
 
Looks like the total number of NBN customers has hit 1,000 (insert party poppers here) There are 200 on the interim satellite, not 20 as I had guessed in the earlier post. And they're rather happy, if this customer is anything to go by:

There is a big shiny satellite dish sitting upon a roof near O’Connell, one of only 200 across the country.

It is all part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) First Release Satellite Service (FRSS) trial.

O’Connell resident Julie Stott was selected to be one of 200 householders across Australia to trial satellite broadband internet.

Mrs Stott said there was less lag (the time it takes for things to load) and the response much faster.

“It is six times faster uploading, and twice as fast downloading,” she said.

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http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/n...nnell-resident-part-of-nbn-trial/2240259.aspx



sptrawler said:
Just to keep it fair and unbiased at 15.00 in the S.M.H the were headlining it as an N.B.N hack.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/se...sed-bail-over-nbn-attacks-20110727-1hzdk.html
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trainspotter said:
And just to keep it truly unbiased there is this from Aunty.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-27/hacker-refused-bail/2812714/?site=newcastle
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And NBN Co has given it to all of them in a press release today:

NBN Co today hit out at misleading reporting in relation to an alleged hacking incident.

The company was responding to a raft of provocative headlines over the past 24 hours such as “NBN hacking scandal” (Sky News), “Self-taught hacker charged over NBN attack” (ABC), “NBN hack charges” (Daily Telegraph, Sydney), “Police arrest lone hacker after NBN system compromised” (Sydney Morning Herald) and “More arrests to come over NBN hacking” (The Australian).

NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley said:

“The NBN was not hacked. It has not been compromised. It has not been placed at risk. NBN Co’s security has not been breached.

“The incident yesterday related to a commercial customer of NBN Co that has not yet connected services over the NBN.

"Of course we take security seriously. We have controls and processes in place and are working with telcos, ISPs and the broader industry in security scenario planning.

“Nevertheless any suggestion that the NBN was hacked or could have been hacked in relation to this incident is entirely wrong.”​
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http://nbnco.com.au/news-and-events/news/hacks-and-hacking.html
 
WOW ...... a thousand people !!!! Out of 22 million we are going great guns. I can't wait for the shiny blue cable to come past my house so I can pop my party popper.
 
This article also says there are just 41 active customers at the two mainland test sites.

 
New 802.22 Wi-Fi Technology Allows Wireless Data Over 60 Miles

 
Logique said:
This article also says there are just 41 active customers at the two mainland test sites.
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Looks like NBN Co. could be another Green/Labor socialist left "WHITE ELEPHANT" like everything else they touch. More wasted tax payers money.
 
Logique said:
This article also says there are just 41 active customers at the two mainland test sites.
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noco said:
Looks like NBN Co. could be another Green/Labor socialist left "WHITE ELEPHANT" like everything else they touch. More wasted tax payers money.
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I am shocked. The Australian, a bastion of accurate and objective reporting has published demonstrably false information about the NBN.

I don't know how many times it has to be said, but the mainland sites are in trial, and customers cannot connect if and until they are accepted into the trial by their ISP and NBN Co:


Unlike the NBN Stage 1 areas in Tasmania, National Broadband Network services in the First Release sites are not yet available for general sale.

Internode is currently provisioning services for a limited number of existing Internode customers in the First Release areas, on a trial basis. Internode customers who are interested in being part of this trial can register their interest via the expression of interest webform.

Trial participants will be selected by Internode and NBNCo, based on the specific network, systems, facilities, products or process testing that is being undertaken at that time.

http://www.internode.on.net/residential/fibre_to_the_home/nbn_plans/nbn_first_release/

Two of the ISPs participating in the trial - iiNet and Internode - have both announced that they have two initial customers connected and one of them told iTWire he understood they would be restricted to connecting "a couple of existing customers" each week until the end of September.

http://www.itwire.com/business-it-n...armidale-nbn-still-a-trial-despite-the-hoopla

On the same day in a different article, the Oz wrote that there were 624 customers in Tasmania, despite it being public information that there were 723 on the 6th of May.

Unfortunately, what was once a great paper has declined into a big, nationwide tabloid, with all the associated bias and sensationalism. I suppose when sales are in a constant death spiral, you have to do something.
 
DB008 said:
New 802.22 Wi-Fi Technology Allows Wireless Data Over 60 Miles
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Surely you're not suggesting this as an alternative to fibre??? An example of someone who has no idea proposing a concept they don't understand?

Let me explain it to you. Here's a quote from the article about the technology:
"...capable of data transfers at 22 Mbps per channel over a range of a whopping 60 miles"
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Yep, that range is great. An absolute boon for remote properties for example, so long as the transmitter was sufficiently high up. But what about the other numbers there: "22Mbps per channel"

I'm guessing you don't understand what that means. WiFi has 11 channels. So with 11 users connected, this new technology can deliver 22Mbps over 60 miles to 11 people.

Yup, fibre is dead.
 

While DIDO looks fascinating, let's keep it in perspective:

It's vapourware. There are no technical specifications, detailed explanations or independent tests of the technology. Outside the self-published and extremely basic white paper released by the venture capitalist there is almost no information about it.

DIDO is a series of grandiose promises from a small startup technology company in the USA, who are trying to raise capital after failing to generate interest in the concept. The promotor claims that the system can overcome one of the limitations of regular wireless technologies, being the massive speed reductions that occur as more users join the network. They claim that the entire capacity of the wireless network can be delivered to each user at the same time. Sounds rather unlikely. Is it just another example of Silicone Valley’s too-good-to-be-true Next Big Things?

It's only been tested with 10 users in a lab (and 3 users outside), not 100 and certainly not 1000 (Yes, just for a change the Oz got it wrong again)

There is currently no regulatory approval of the system, and no testing alongside other users of adjacent radio spectrum. The US regulator has so-far refused to grant even an experimental licence for the technology.

DIDO doesn’t overcome any of the other limitations of wireless, such as distance, signal loss and obstruction penetration.

It has not been tested at all with moving receivers, and it has not been tested at long range except using ridiculously low frequencies of 3-5MHz, requiring the signal to bounce off the atmosphere, creating more potential interference and latency.

It has not been tested at all in a “cellular” system, which would be required to achieve fixed-network replacement.

Each DIDO base station must be connected to a datacentre by a fast internet connection (ie: Optical fibre). So even if DIDO works, it will happily plug into the NBN, just like WiFi.

http://nbnmyths.wordpress.com/why-not-wireless/#dido

http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-a...ims-of-nbns-death-by-dido-greatly-exaggerated

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/01/dido_snake_oil_or_saviour/
 
An acquaintance of mine is using Dido. She has no internet access 90% of the time.
 

What the hell is going on Geralton in W.A is one of the first locations also. That means trainspotter gets it, obviously buttering up nbnmyths has made him put in a good word for trainspotter.
LOL
 
Shiny blue cable has been in the ground in a subdivision for a while here. Not a quantum leap to connect into the spine of the NBN.
 
sptrawler said:
What the hell is going on Geralton in W.A is one of the first locations also. That means trainspotter gets it, obviously buttering up nbnmyths has made him put in a good word for trainspotter.
LOL
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Could be for the ASKA project near Geralton. I'm fairly sure there's some construction camps under way atm, albeit in the very early stages.
 
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