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For rural and regional Australia to remain competitive they must have access to the latest technologies at competitive prices. Businessmen and residents need to embrace the opportunities that the telecommunications revolution is offering rather than wait for a city-based Telco to decide to roll out new products after their city rollouts are complete. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurial residents to provide access to the benefits of these new technologies and to ensure that their community remains competitive.
Our findings in existing Snoopa Community regions has shown a distinct lack of broadband coverage in the residential and industrial areas on the fringes (2-15km) of regional town centres. This has lead to the development of our Wireless Broadband Network, now actively deployed in all Snoopa Communities. This technology allows clients to connect to Broadband at rates comparable with metropolitan ADSL rates without the use of Telstra copper and without the latency issues of Satellite.
The telecommunications industry is on the brink of a revolution that will see dramatic changes in the way that calls are made and the cost of these calls. Historically telephone traffic has been carried on the PSTN with a copper wire into the home. Mobile networks have changed a lot of habits but due to the limited number of providers charges have remained high. Landline rental charges have continued to rise from $9 to over $30 per month. Sydney now enjoys an alternative to landline-based services with the deployment of wireless Internet networks by 3 non-traditional players. A plethora of providers has emerged to market VoIP to residential customers. Large corporations have enjoyed the benefits and savings of VoIP for a number of years. SME businesses will soon start to take advantage of the new VoIP technology due to price reductions in enabling technology.
The Snoopa model delivers all the benefits of a decentralised service without the costs of running operational and support systems. Centralisation of common infrastructure and only the deployment of locally unique infrastructure reduces the cost of establishing a community based Telco. This leaves the local entity to focus on important aspects of sales and marketing.