One of the favourite pieces of anti-National Broadband Network nonsense is that wireless technology will make it obsolete. But a group of residents in Thurgoona have demonstrated precisely why that will never be the case.
Thurgoona residents slam Optus tower
Both parties pleaded their case to councillors last night in their scrap over Optus’ plans to build a 25-metre mobile phone tower on Thurgoona Golf Course
The Thurgoona residents, who claim the phone tower is a visual blight that will affect the value of their homes, were last night furious with Optus for refusing to reveal statistics showing a need for the new tower.
Good luck getting a mast on every street corner for a nationwide high speed network.
…and the fact that the companies building the network will never have enough capacity for the users it will be taking on (Current 3G as a fine example).