[MLB-WIRELESS] Newbie Hello / wireless article / Mt. Dandenong?

[Barry Park]

Hey Will,
As I understand it, the only reason Chello closed down is because it did 
not have anywhere near enough subscribers to support the service, only 
in the low 10,000 figure nationally. They were strictly a broadband 
service that was delivered via Austar's satellite network, with a 
satellite downlink and a modem uplink. Subscribers had to pay for 
dial-up Internet access as well as the satellite backchannel, which 
contributed significantly to the cost. As far as I'm aware, they never 
had MMDS (microwave multipoint distribution service).
Now, if you're talking about how AAPT has set up its MMDS service in 
regional centres, there's something to look at.
- Barry

Will Lotto wrote:

> Chello internet provider had a wireless infrastructure in some towns.
> Using a modem uplink, customers got their downlink from a terrestrial
> radio antenna sitting on their roof. It operated well above 2.4ghz,
> but their antennas are almost identical.
> 
> They are now closing down because of two simple, yet detrimental
> problems.
> 
> A. Line of sight. MANY customers found their service to be unreliable
> because it only took one tree between the customer's house and the
> main tower for LOS to be lost, thus signal to be lost.
> 
> and
> 
> B. Solving the last mile problem presents you with the great 'telstra
> bigpond' problem. ... You offer customers a service where they can
> download gigabytes of data each day, and guess what sort of customers
> you attract? :) ... Chello, like telstra, found backbone bandwidth to
> be expensive.
> 
> Will Lotto.




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