tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12320946.post9052983120541259283..comments2024-01-24T08:28:13.011+08:00Comments on Plantagenet Penguinista: Metro-equivalent broadbandLeon RJ Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01425209164513409690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12320946.post-72121286739810353502008-12-03T15:30:00.000+09:002008-12-03T15:30:00.000+09:00Thanks, Shermozle.I think it also needs to be said...Thanks, Shermozle.<BR/><BR/>I think it also needs to be said that living in a city is not <B>all</B> about costs, but that there are hidden costs also.<BR/><BR/>You get better access to public transport, shopping, airlines, social amenities (associations, clubs & the like), a multitude of facilities.<BR/><BR/>Some of the hidden costs include a certain amount of dehumanisation as you become ever more blended into the Joe/Joanne Average character.<BR/><BR/>You do not necessarily escape this effect by fleeing to the country, as a disease is not so diluted by exposure to people there, so it tends to be more concentrated, chronic & catastrophic.Leon RJ Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425209164513409690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12320946.post-43476689482846731702008-12-03T13:29:00.000+09:002008-12-03T13:29:00.000+09:00This is essentially what the Optus/Elders OPEL pro...This is essentially what the Optus/Elders OPEL project was in the process of delivering, before it was scotched as Not Invented Here by the incoming government. Providing a reliable service in the unlicensed spectrum isn't likely, but Internode have shown that you can do very good fixed wireless in the licensed spectrum.<BR/><BR/>The major issue for much of the bush is that Telstra own the only backhaul capacity, and there isn't a business case for a competing fibre. That means any non-Telstra entity has to pay monopoly carrier prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com