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1/10/2019
TIO congratulates new NBN CEO
In the wake of former Chief of Executive Officer Bill Morrow leaving, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has congratulated Stephen Rue for taking over the position and becoming the NBN Co's current CEO.Also known as 'TIO', the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman provides an independent dispute service for both residential consumers and
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16/01/2019
NBN to help cover upgrades to medical alarms
As the NBN upgrade rolls on nationwide, the majority of Australia's fixed-line phone and internet services are being replaced by NBN access network. As a result of this, people with unmonitored medical alarms may need an upgrade the, so that those devices will still dial out in the case of an emergency.  In an effort to help those people during
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13/09/2018
NBN assures its on its way to achieving its 2020 completion goal
The NBN Co has recently confirmed that all construction and activation remains on track for their 2020 completion goals. The company's 2020 outcomes are estimated to include a rollout completion with 11.7 million premises Ready to Connect (RTC) and 8.1 million homes and businesses hooked up to active service with the NBN access network.
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18/09/2017
NBN Customers To Get Refunds
Uh oh! The NBN has found its way into the headlines once again! Very recently, it was published that thousands of the National Broadband Network’s subscribers/customers will be given a refund after the nation’s biggest and most prominent telco launched an investigation into the overcharging of a huge number of customers. In May of this year, telco
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15/09/2017
NBN Exceed their FY 2017 Targets
This year, the NBN has absolutely blasted through their construction, activation and revenue targets for 2017. This is a monumental achievement for the NBN, with its footprint reaching a whopping 5.7 million premises in Australia, 2.4 million active services and a very impressive $1 Billion dollar revenue.  In fact, in the 12 months ending 30 June
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23/01/2017
NBN In-Depth: The Coalition’s NBN Plan
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 Australians can 'get by with 25mbps'...oh how he is wrong! This article will provide an objective
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4/08/2014
The NBN Post 2013 Federal Election
Nearly two weeks have passed since the Coalition won the 2013 Federal Election, and Australians are itching to know what will become of Labor’s NBN. Some Australians are even using online social media to protest the Coalition’s version of the NBN in hopes to save Labor’s original vision for Australia. The protest, which comes in the form of an
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4/08/2014
French satellites to service rural areas without NBN
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 to get ahead of the pack and see which plans are available? Give MyNetFone a call on 1300 421
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4/08/2014
What's new with the NBN
As a long term project bogged down in bureaucracy and political arguments, it's difficult to provide any sort of fixed timeline for NBN updates. For many weeks of the year, the NBN is all but invisible, with the only sign of its existence the technicians quietly laying out line after line in an effort to connect the country. Other weeks, however,
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4/08/2014
Optus announces NBN plans for small business owners
Optus has released their pricing plans for small businesses under the National Broadband Network (NBN). This follows a September announcement of Optus's residential NBN plans.Optus's NBN plans range from $59/month to $129/month, considering the variable factors of whether a bundle with home phone is provided and how many GBs of data quota you need
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4/08/2014
Turnbull argues NBN access will be too expensive
Opposition spokesman on communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has once again attacked the National Broadband Network (NBN) claiming it will cost more than what most Australians are willing to pay for internet access. NBN Co is likely to charge retailers such as iiNet or iPrimus $35 per month to sell plans via the fibre optic network. Based on this
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4/08/2014
NBN to be 10 times faster than previously predicted
The NBN is now to be 10 times faster than the already predicted superfast 100mbps internet connection many Australians have been looking forward to. 1Gb per second is now the NBN’s estimated top speed, the equivalent of 1,000mbps, or 100,000kbps. With many current Australian ADSL plans having a maximum speed of 1,500kbps, it’s hard to imagine just
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