On 29/08/15 10:39, Jan Whitaker wrote: > ... upload of 5Mbps works ... household will need an uplink ...
Yes, the customers will have an up-link to the new NBN Sky Muster satellites. Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas discusses the details in "Internet in space: nbn’s plan to bring broadband to rural Australia" but expresses some concern about how well the up-link will work: https://theconversation.com/internet-in-space-nbns-plan-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-australia-46618 Perhaps someone can answer a question about the current NBN "Interim Satellite Service" (ISS): Why is compression OFF by default? The "NBN Co Satellite Operations Manual" (page 28, FEBRUARY 2015) says: "Turn Compression On/Off (default = off) ..." http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/sfaa-satellite-wba-operations-manual-20150223.pdf The NBN Co "Product Technical Specification: Interim Satellite Service" (Page 19, 14 December 2012) explains: "Enabling payload compression risks limiting the speed of the ISS to less than the allocated peak speed of the ISS.". http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/satellite-wba-product-tech-spec-20121214.pdf Why would compression limit the speed of the service? Even if compression limits the speed in some cases, would customers benefit overall? -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
