"..In an earlier briefing Quigley had flagged the possibility of...

"..In an earlier briefing Quigley had flagged the possibility of NBN Co commissioning and operating its own satellite and aquiring an orbital location into which to launch it, but when admitted that the NBN Co owning its own satellite was not a decision that would be taken lightly, saying..."There are long lead times and big costs associated with satellite services...Three years lead time and somewhere between half a billion and 800 million [dollars] in terms of putting a platform up."

However **one Australian company stands ready to provide such satellites. NewSat with its Jabiru project, announced in 2007 and now well behind its initial schedule but nevertheless still very much alive, according to the latest information form NewSat.

In its AGM presentation last month the company said: "Jabiru will unlock bandwidth capacity and satellite coverage that is unavailable today. It will provide our clients with access to greater Ka, C and possibly Ku band coverage. Jabiru will become a wholesaler of satellite transponder capacity...We are delighted to advise, that the current programme to reach these goals is progressing and is on target to be a commercial reality in the not too distant future."


http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29964/127


Also see
http://www.broadbandfuture.gov.au/
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http://webcast.viostream.com /?viocast=2229&auth=01393d54 -7be0-4e68-9227-3cf2723d1905

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