100 satcom dishes installed on Rural Fire Service buildings

Monday, 15 March, 2021

Satellite dishes to provide NBN connectivity have now been installed on 100 Rural Fire Service building and evacuation centres across Australia under the $37.1 million Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) package.

The dishes are connected to the NBN’s Sky Muster satellites, which cover all 7.7 million square kilometres of Australia.

You can read more about the STAND package here.

Image courtesy NBN Co.

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