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Offline N22

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How can we help?
« on: May 27, 2015, 09:41:27 pm »
At a recent meeting with representatives of our Telecommunications Provider,we had a vigorous discussion about the service(or lack of).Apparently due to the area having a low population,and is "isolated",we were lucky to have any service.Our landlines barely work and the mobile service struggles if too many people use it at once.What does this have to do with bikes?We have our annual Trailride coming up,and when we have an extra couple of thousand people trying to use their phones,the mobile tower crashes,and with communication during the ride so important,we were told that we might be able to get a mobile service unit to boost the phone service for the weekend.

We contacted the Service provider and asked what it would cost(don't want "bill shock"),a mere $5,000 to have our requirement assessed,which would be deducted from the $30,000 total cost if we went ahead with the Service,BARGAIN!!! Or we could hire satellite phones,for the 50 sweeps and 20 recovery vehicles.We do have a good UHF system,but it would make life easier if the mobiles worked.
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Re: How can we help?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2015, 08:28:16 am »
I'll bet the pricing structure is built on the assumption that you're a music festival that's turning over tens of millions of dollars, and therefore you won't miss a mere $30k...

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Re: How can we help?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2015, 10:19:55 am »
Yep, service in rural areas sucks big time. Since the inception of the NBN bull crap, our internet has actually slowed down and our data useage has been been dropped from 50GB to 20GB even though we still use the same satellite connection and pay the same amount each month! By the time I've watched 2 rounds of the AMA outdoors series we have virtually dial up speed (or worse IMHO) connection. Apparently, they need the data space to allow for more customers!
So much for our "infrastructure" government....
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Re: How can we help?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2015, 03:46:28 pm »
The original NBN concept seemed to be designed by engineers who knew what they were doing.

We now have a watered down version where the minimum service level anyone can expect is worse that what we have now.

I cant see that watering it down was a good saving of taxpayers money.
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