CPC has decided that the NBN Sky Muster satellite service is inadequate.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-21/consolidated-pastoral-company-rolls-out-750k-internet-service/8372544>
ABC Rural By Eric Barker
Australia's second largest cattle producer, the Consolidated Pastoral
Company (CPC), is rolling out a new $750,000 internet service.
In an effort to guarantee basic connectivity on its remote cattle
stations, the company has started building satellites on 15 of its
holdings, to use Telstra's Iterra system.
It comes as the National Audit Office investigates whether the
National Broadband Network (NBN) has been administered properly.
CPC CEO Troy Setter said the service would cost $750,000 to roll out,
with an ongoing cost of $300,000 per annum.
"It's very expensive for a basic service, but we need to provide
service for business but then also service for our team members who
live out on our properties," Mr Setter said.
"They need to be able to complete School of the Air and our staff need
to be involved with social media."
Mr Setter said access to online communication was becoming
increasingly important for CPC staff.
"It's an important part of society and it's important for our staff
that they can communicate with their friends and family back at home,"
he said
Skymuster NBN not an option for CPC
Mr Setter said no minimum service guarantees from the Skymuster NBN
made it too unreliable for them to use.
"It's just not simply going to be good enough for us to run basic
internet connectivity," he said.
"We wouldn't be able to use VOIP [Voice over Internet Protocol] or any
[enterprise resource planning] applications to without predictable
internet speeds and the NBN doesn't do that for us."
Mr Setter said another reason for not using NBN services was because
there were administrative issues with the service.
"The current service is for residential use only, so they must be
attributed to an individual and not a business entity … and that
causes us a fair few challenges," he said.
Internet connectivity key to northern development
CPC's new internet system comes as a new cooperative research centre
for developing northern Australia met for the first time this month.
Northern Development Cooperative Research Centres chair Sheridan
Morris said communications were essential to developing northern
Australia.
"It's well recognised that it's essential to have very good
communications, particularly in remote and regional areas if we want
to engage in the modern economy," she said.
"We'll be looking at what we can build on what's already there, what
innovations we can add to the communication networks in the north."
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