On 19/06/2016 9:04 PM, David Boxall wrote:
...
Does anybody know where I can find figures on the number of 'phones in
Australia that don't have a physical land-line?...
Some of the radio 'phone towers seem to have been around so long that at
least one could be heritage listed! :)
<http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2620425>
The old HCRC network apparently provided "approximately 17,000
individual services to 9000 customers" in 2012.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-kills-point-to-point-radio-shutdown-295417>
An old research paper puts the number on DRCS (which preceded HCRC) in
1987 at about 10,000.
<http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=673152759858157;res=IELENG>
It looks like current figures might be "Commercial in Confidence", but
an unnamed source says about 27,000 on Telstra's proprietary NGWL.
So, steadily-rising numbers relying on infrastructure so old that at
least some of it qualifies for Heritage Listing. :/
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