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By Greg Brown It’s an information revolution we’re living through … or so we are told. Faster internet speeds, more reliable mobile phone services, bigger data download capacities it’s going to change the way we live and we better get ready. But is that the reality we are experiencing here in the regions, or is it just city-centric marketing hype? The $50 billion national broadband network (NBN) is being rolled out across our region, with some areas already connected. But is it the razzamatazz answer to our problems as has been spruiked? Mobile communication is the future, according to technology experts, with phone and device connectivity and applications evolving rapidly in recent years. But do the local systems and networks meet the growing community demands and expectations? Local federal Member for Fisher, Andrew Wallace, wants locals to tell their stories and has organised for the highest authority in the land to listen – Senator Mitch Fifield, the Minister for Communications. Mr Fisher will host a telecommunications forum at the Glasshouse Mountains Community Hall on November 8 from 3–4.15pm (see advert on page 11 for details). We asked GC&M News readers for some of their stories … here’s a few of what they had to say:
“Don't have NBN or ADSL. Been told that we will only get satellite NBN, which is crap so I use mobile broadband and I live only five km out of the main part of town. Go figure the third world treatment we get.” Sara, Peachester “We can't even get ADSL let alone NBN. We have to rely on a Yagi antenna on the roof plugged into a mobile WiFi unit which is completely unreliable and very expensive. I have regular issues with this system which generally turns into days and days of frustrating conversations with Telstra. If I have to work from home I can't – we use a VPN connection to log into our work system and we generally don't have a strong enough signal to get the connection or when we do it uses so much data my monthly usage can be used up in a day. Mobile reception is completely non-existent so we have the additional expense of having to have a landline installed to be able to communicate. I could go on and on with the Telstra issues I have had over the last few years but it just makes me so angry. Totally ridiculous for this day and age.” Kate, Glass House Mountains “We had a very unreliable landline that Telstra would not fix, so we rely on our mobile phones. The issue is we have no mobile reception either, so we have had to install antennas and repeaters worth thousands of dollars to get Telstra reception. It was the only option for us when really it shouldn’t be!” Ryan, Diamond Valley
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