"Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
news:Q%CKj.7141$n8.2986@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> From
> http://www.crn.com.au/News/73449,tel...g-network.aspx
>
> Telstra is talking up its Next G network, claiming the wide coverage and
> data speeds of its Next G network could open up new opportunities for
> businesses across Australia to monitor and control remote sites without
> leaving their home or office.
>
> According to Telstra this will come in handy for rural areas when it
> closes its 2G CDMA network on 28 April.
>
> Telstra country wide director, Gary Goldsworthy, said the high data speeds
> of the Next G network provided high quality video streaming and enabled
> users to control remote cameras or equipment from anywhere they had an
> internet connection.
>
> "Remote telemetry, which uses wireless technology to monitor and report
> data, is enhanced on Telstra's Next G network. This provides businesses
> with a huge potential to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs and
> provide superior real time information," Goldsworthy said.
>
> Telstra is currently working with a number of third parties, including the
> University of New England (UNE), to assist them in developing solutions
> that use the high data speeds and wide coverage of the Next G Network.
>
> "The UNE's RMCam product for example is a remote monitoring solution
> developed to deliver vision and telemetry services, with the key benefits
> being the mitigation of travel time, personnel expenses and maximising
> opportunity cost savings associated with staff and capital re-deployment,"
> Goldsworthy said.
>
> He said some examples of video-based telemetry services could include the
> remote viewing and monitoring of aquaculture sites, livestock in paddocks
> or even for security purposes.
>
> "Currently businesses such as farms, vineyards and aquaculture operators
> are using telemetry over the slower 2G mobile networks, such as CDMA, to
> monitor data such as rainfall, wind speed, soil moisture and water
> temperature," Goldsworthy said.
>
> "These businesses now have the opportunity not just to get this data from
> remote sites but to actually see what is happening on the ground and
> control remote equipment without leaving their office."
>
> According to Goldsworthy, this has the potential to offer enormous savings
> in both time and resources as businesses no longer have to travel to
> remote sites to check the status of or make adjustments to their
> operations.
>
> However Goldsworthy reminded telemetry customers that the CDMA network was
> scheduled to close on 28 April.
>

OK, please provide links to working NEXT-G telemetry products.

Pity that telemetry doesn;t need 'high speed', usually works fine on a 300
baud modem


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