Comments on: The history and issues around broadband in the Gungahlin area http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/ Taking Australia forward with openness and vision Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: George Bray http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/comment-page-1/#comment-32326 George Bray Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:33:53 +0000 http://www.katelundy.com.au/?p=5534#comment-32326 More info on the first release sites here: 5 areas each of about 3000 premises at representative locations around AU. http://nbnco.com.au/firstreleasesites/ I guess they have to evaluate this set before planning the forthcoming rollout schedule. In any case, Gungahlin has a desperate need. More info on the first release sites here: 5 areas each of about 3000 premises at representative locations around AU.

http://nbnco.com.au/firstreleasesites/

I guess they have to evaluate this set before planning the forthcoming rollout schedule. In any case, Gungahlin has a desperate need.

]]> By: Kate Lundy http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/comment-page-1/#comment-28004 Kate Lundy Mon, 03 May 2010 06:49:33 +0000 http://www.katelundy.com.au/?p=5534#comment-28004 Hi George Thanks for the feedback - greatly valued given your expertise :-) As far as the status of Gungahlin, we have to lift our voice as a community to NBN Co. This article outlines the five trial sites in mainland Australia so for, FYI. http://bit.ly/aZZYtp Hi George
Thanks for the feedback – greatly valued given your expertise :-)
As far as the status of Gungahlin, we have to lift our voice as a community to NBN Co. This article outlines the five trial sites in mainland Australia so for, FYI.
http://bit.ly/aZZYtp

]]> By: Darrell Burkey http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/comment-page-1/#comment-27370 Darrell Burkey Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:12:48 +0000 http://www.katelundy.com.au/?p=5534#comment-27370 Interesting article. Although Gungahlin is certainly unique in the sense that it was once slotted as a trial for broadband 15 years ago, it's certainly not unique in it's current problems with broadband. Just up the road in Charnwood/Dunlop/Evatt you'll find that ADSL can be limited to 1Mbps speeds due to both RIMS and congestion at the Melba exchange. I actually pay $40 more to my ISP (Internode) for this slow service than I would pay for ADSL2+ speeds if Internode could get their own equipment in the Melba exchange. Broadband is a myth in Australia. Broadband is defined as a synchronous service providing equal speeds both up and down, NOT ADSL. This becomes critical when you want to start contributing content such as I have done recently with videos I've been producing. But at 3 or 4 hours to upload a 5 minute video, I wont' bother very often. I'm actually looking around for property in suburbs with better connectivity as I work in IT and do a lot of support from home out of hours. It's just not practical to do so with the issues discussed in your article still dominating use of the Internet in Australia. Roll on the NBN! Interesting article. Although Gungahlin is certainly unique in the sense that it was once slotted as a trial for broadband 15 years ago, it’s certainly not unique in it’s current problems with broadband.

Just up the road in Charnwood/Dunlop/Evatt you’ll find that ADSL can be limited to 1Mbps speeds due to both RIMS and congestion at the Melba exchange.

I actually pay $40 more to my ISP (Internode) for this slow service than I would pay for ADSL2+ speeds if Internode could get their own equipment in the Melba exchange.

Broadband is a myth in Australia. Broadband is defined as a synchronous service providing equal speeds both up and down, NOT ADSL. This becomes critical when you want to start contributing content such as I have done recently with videos I’ve been producing. But at 3 or 4 hours to upload a 5 minute video, I wont’ bother very often.

I’m actually looking around for property in suburbs with better connectivity as I work in IT and do a lot of support from home out of hours. It’s just not practical to do so with the issues discussed in your article still dominating use of the Internet in Australia.

Roll on the NBN!

]]> By: George Bray http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/04/23/the-history-and-issues-around-broadband-in-the-gungahlin-area/comment-page-1/#comment-27095 George Bray Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:12:04 +0000 http://www.katelundy.com.au/?p=5534#comment-27095 What a great effort. I learned about the issue quickly and easily with the video, and I found out about it through social networking. Thanks for a brilliant demo of how local, participatory democracy works using all the latest online techniques. This presents a pretty good case for making Gungahlin a demonstrator for the turnaround that can be achieved with NBN broadband replacing Telstra. The only thing of value that Telstra provides is the cable trench, the rest is replaced. In the future, it would be an interesting social study to see the benefits of technical change in Gungahlin over many years. As a growing area they're certainly starting from a worse position than most. If there's a priority list for NBN deployment, where is Gungahlin on it? George Bray Former Roving Ambassador Internet Industry Association What a great effort. I learned about the issue quickly and easily with the video, and I found out about it through social networking. Thanks for a brilliant demo of how local, participatory democracy works using all the latest online techniques.

This presents a pretty good case for making Gungahlin a demonstrator for the turnaround that can be achieved with NBN broadband replacing Telstra. The only thing of value that Telstra provides is the cable trench, the rest is replaced. In the future, it would be an interesting social study to see the benefits of technical change in Gungahlin over many years. As a growing area they’re certainly starting from a worse position than most.

If there’s a priority list for NBN deployment, where is Gungahlin on it?

George Bray
Former Roving Ambassador
Internet Industry Association

]]>