BROADBAND IN THE STICKS

First glance at the Rural Broadband Scheme using 3 Mobile wasn’t too promising!
I have been monitoring the situation as time passes and a picture is beginning to emerge of an advanced system being introduced which should meet the requirements of an advanced mobile market plus an indigenous rural market, whether it be domestic or business based.
The trend may be seen on http://www.telecompaper.com/

The following extract from Nortel helps to explain the technique being introduced:

“Although 3G technologies deliver significantly higher bit rates than 2G technologies, there is still a great opportunity for wireless service providers to capitalize on the ever-increasing demand for "wireless broadband" and take advantage of the technology innovation that improves the economics of deploying mobile broadband networks. Consequently, there is an expanding revenue opportunity from a growing pool of consumers and business professionals who are demanding the same experience and applications that they enjoy on a fixed wireline connection over wireless -- anywhere, any content, stationary or mobile. The solution is LTE, (3GPP Long Term Evolution), the next-generation network beyond 3G. In addition to enabling fixed to mobile migrations of Internet applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP), video streaming, music downloading, mobile TV and many others, LTE networks will also provide the capacity to support an explosion in demand for connectivity from a new generation of consumer devices tailored to those new mobile applications.”