In the event NBN needs to restore services during an emergency, NBN says it will work closely with power companies and the emergency services and work.
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Subscriber only A team of marine rescue volunteers and two nbn Disaster Satellite Service units have been added to Mackay s emergency toolkit. Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson said the council had worked with NBN Co to install the satellite technology at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre and at Sarina. After the Tropical Cyclone Debbie, one of the biggest issues that we had in our valley, was communication, Cr Williamson said. The (nbn) service provides a back-up communications connection using satellite technology and will be switched on to disaster mode during an emergency event, providing free full satellite broadband functionality, including Wi-Fi and video streaming, Mackay Regional Council documents stated.
NBN Co has opened its first NBN Disaster Satellite Service in the outskirts of Canberra at the Namadgi National Park Visitors Centre.
The service aims to boost the support offered to communities and emergency services personnel during and in the aftermath of emergency events, such as bushfires and floods.
The Disaster Satellite Service provides a back-up communications connection using satellite technology and will be switched on to ‘disaster mode’ during an emergency event, providing free full satellite broadband functionality, including Wi-Fi and video streaming.
NBN Co said it is the first service to be rolled out though funding provided by the federal government’s Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) package to increase the number of temporary emergency network services.