July 17, 2014
Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott says eight NBN fixed wireless sites in the South Burnett area are now ready for service.
Sites which have been switched on are Blackbutt surrounds, Booie East surrounds, Ellesmere, Kingaroy surrounds, Kumbia, Taabinga, Maidenwell, and Yarraman surrounds (see map).
Fixed wireless broadband is similar to a fixed-line broadband service except the data is delivered through the air instead of via an optic fibre cable.
Fixed wireless broadband provides a connection from a radio base station to an antenna, which is typically attached to the outside of a home or business.
NBN Co says fixed wireless networks — unlike mobile phone networks — are engineered to meet the speed and service requirements for a specific number of users in the coverage area.
This means the bandwidth available for each fixed wireless customer is more consistent and stable than for mobile network customers, even during peak times.
To check if your home or business is positioned in a fixed wireless area, NBN Co have produced an online tool
If the address checks out, NBN Co will conduct a radio signal survey to make sure the address can receive a high quality broadband service via fixed wireless.
It will then be up to the home owner or business owner to contact a preferred phone company or internet service provider to order services.
“The rollout’s happening faster than ever since the Coalition Government took office and trials have started to test other technologies which will dramatically lower the cost and time it will take to deliver fast broadband,” Mr Scott said.
“Areas with the worst broadband service will get priority under NBN Co’s new rollout strategy.”
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That’s great – just tried to make an enquiry about connecting only to find there are no service providers in our area as yet
So does this encompass Memerambi? We can’t get ADSL as they won’t upgrade the exchange in Wooroolin. We are not able to get any fixed internet, sat internet. The only thing people in Memerambi who have moved here in recent years can get is Wireless Broadband which costs the world and still is very patchy with coverage. We pay over $100 for 15G, whereas people in town with access to nbn/adsl can get 500+gb for under $100. How is this fair?