Position Papers/Rural Networking

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The government of Australia is looking at VHF and UHF television spectrum as a possible vehicle for the delivery of wireless rural broadband Internet and telephone service.Australia TV Broadband

They call it BushLan. The aim of the BushLAN (Bush Local Area Network) project is to investigate the use of low VHF TV spectrum (45 - 70 MHz) for the provision of high speed Internet to regional Australia via terrestrial wireless. In particular it aims to address the issue of "the last mile" Internet connection from users over 3 to ~ 100 kms into regional centres.

--Akshay 12:55, 24 Nov 2004 (IST)

Also, [http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_80222.html IEEE STARTS STANDARD TO TAP OPEN REGIONS IN THE TV SPECTRUM FOR WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES]