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Optus has won a five-year contract to provide command and control functions for the NBN Co satellites due for launch in 2015. The two satellites, now under construction, will provide connectivity to the most remote two percent of Australian households – those that fell outside the footprint of both the planned-but-to-be-canned …

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  1. RealFred

    You have to be joking. They can't supply a decent terrestrial service and they are put in charge of Satellites. Must be the cheapest quote

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    1. southen bastard
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      what the?

      Telstra have always said saterlite does not work, who do you want in control?

      Optus already control there own birds and telstra are just out of control.

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  2. AndyDoran

    that's a lot of money

    According to the NBN Co press releases, $AU620 million is just for building the 2 satellites. Total cost is $AU2beeellion.

    If my maths is correct, that's $AU10,000 per home (and probably excluding the cost of the receiving equipment (dish, receive/transmit iLNB, IP modem) and installation).

    Wow, browsing Facebook and youtube is really expensive these days.

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