Small ‘wireless’ Broadband Internet Service Providers may be left with the task of plugging up ‘black spots’ left by the OPEL consortium in their $2 Billion dolloar bid to patch up Australia’s regional wireless Broadband coverage areas. It’s believed that up to 40% of people in these regions may not be able to obtain a service.
SMALL wireless broadband providers may
save the Federal Government from political embarrassment by plugging gaps left
by the OPEL consortium’s $2 billion regional broadband network. The Government
claims the OPEL network will deliver metro-comparable broadband to 99 per cent
of Australians by June 2009, allocating $165 million for satellite and wireless
companies to service the “black spots” that remain…….
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