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The current NBN debate has been heavily focused on speed, particularly guaranteed speeds that each party is promising. For those who are not tech savvy it is hard to image what the speed difference would look like, or how an increase or decrease in m...
read more...11/05/2013 02:44 PM
The Independent Communications Committee (ICC) have scrutinised the Labor Government for overtly political content, wording and phrasing in their $24.9 million National Broadband Network advertising campaign. The ICC is a three-person body that guard...
read more...01/05/2013 02:58 PM
Late this morning, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott officially released the Coalition's NBN proposal. It is 'cheaper, sooner and more affordable'. Here is a clear outline and comparison of the plans an...
read more...09/04/2013 02:50 PM
Australia currently awaits the release of the Coalition's NBN alternative cost break-up. This is highly anticipated as Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Tony Abbot have been touting how much 'cheaper' their plan is...
read more...08/04/2013 01:32 PM
The debate and politicking over the National Broadband Network (NBN) has grown fierce in the last two weeks, as news has come to light on delays, contractor problems and coalition plans for the network if they come to power. In all the noise, a parti...
read more...03/04/2013 09:15 PM
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is largely favoured by Australians (well atleast compared to Tony). He is generally consdiered highly innovative and forward-thinking, but unfortunately not in his own portfolio. Mr Turnbull thinks that...
read more...02/04/2013 02:48 PM
French company Arianespace has just won a $300 million contract to build two 777 tonne rockets to send our satellites into orbit. According to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, this is scheduled to occur in 2015. Is the NBN coming to you? Want ...
read more...18/03/2013 11:54 AM
Telstra still has about 100,000 dial up customers out there. That means they have more customers on an internet connection that simply would not work in the here and now than many other ISPs have for anything at all.But it also means there’s at...
read more...25/02/2013 09:09 PM
Understanding the Australian telecommunications industry mostly means understanding Telstra, and then the rest. In few places in the industrialized world does a private company have such a stranglehold on such a vital utility as communications, with ...
read more...14/02/2013 04:11 PM
