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6/09/2024
NBN to launch faster speed tiers and multi-gigabit Internet by September 2025
The NBN Co has announced it will accelerate the download and upload speeds of its top three wholesale products starting from September 14, 2025. This upgrade will be available to internet retailers for both residential and business customers who connect via Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) or Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) technology. As part of this
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17/07/2024
It's official - Fibre to the Premises wins for reliability
Australians with fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband have fewer outages compared to other NBN connection types, according to the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report. The report compared the performance of different NBN fixed-line technologies, focusing on outage frequency, latency, and packet loss. Key findings include: FTTP:
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3/07/2024
Regional Australians to access four times faster NBN
NBN Co is rolling out significant upgrades across its fixed wireless network, benefitting over 700,000 homes and businesses in regional Australia.  This initiative, backed by a $750 million investment (including $480 million from the Australian Government and an additional $270 million from NBN Co), aims to revolutionise broadband access in remote
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22/05/2024
Telstra is jacking up its Internet pricing on July 1 - Here’s how to avoid the price rise
Telstra customers have started to receive emails from the telco about increasing home internet pricing. From July 1, Telstra customers on the two cheapest speed tiers are going to be facing up to an extra $60 a year to stay connected through Telstra.   It’s not entirely bad news. Telstra customers on the more expensive speed tiers are going to
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17/05/2024
NBN Co moves towards 2Gbps "Hyperfast" Internet
NBN Co has announced plans to introduce new, higher-speed Internet tiers following feedback from Internet retailers.  Initially, NBN Co had been discussing upgrades to its current top three speed tiers, increasing them to 500Mbps, 750Mbps, and up to 1Gbps. However, feedback has led to the proposal of a new "hyperfast" tier offering speeds beyond
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18/04/2024
Breakthrough: Live NBN Network demonstrates 100 Gigabit technology for the first time
Nokia revealed today that NBN Co, Australia’s leading broadband provider, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone: It conducted the world’s first live network demonstration of multiple next-generation PON technologies.  Nokia, known for its phones, has shifted focus to business networking in recent years. It provided the prototype technology for
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28/03/2024
ACCC: New NBN pricing boosts Internet performance during busy hours
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reports that broadband speed performance during peak demand hours has significantly improved for users of NBN 'Home Ultrafast' 1000 Mbps services.  This improvement follows the removal of capacity-based charging under NBN Co's new wholesale pricing structure. A bit of background Broadband
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5/03/2024
NBN Co plans to turbo-charge high speed tiers
Australians could soon experience faster Internet speeds with NBN Co's proposal to boost download speeds on its NBN Home Fast product from 100/20 Mbps to 500/50 Mbps at no extra cost. There are also plans to triple the download speed of its NBN Home Superfast product from 250/25 Mbps to 750/50 Mbps and increase the speed of its NBN Home Ultrafast
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13/02/2024
Telstra completes South Brisbane Fibre
The South Brisbane experiment is about to draw to a close, and it provides some lessons about what might have happened with a Telstra led NBN, and about what might happen in the future in similar ‘Brownfield’ sites. What is the significance of South Brisbane?The South Brisbane distribution area (DA) is a large telephone loop, servicing about
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13/02/2024
Satellite Service Outage Experienced by NBN Co Over Christmas
An incident last December 21, 2021, resulted in a satellite outage. NBN Co said it was still working with partners and vendors to reconnect some Sky Muster users. Even if most Sky Muster and Sky Muster Plus satellite services were restored soon after, there are still approximately 0.5 percent of NBN satellite customers who continue to be affected.
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13/02/2024
NBN upgrades: These are the latest suburbs eligible for faster internet
For most people, having a stable and reliable internet connection at home that delivers the speed and data they require is already a necessity. This is one of the reasons why NBN Co is striving to ensure that every home reaps the benefits of a fast internet network. Just recently, the company revealed some of the latest suburbs that are eligible
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13/02/2024
NBN Co: Meeting Investment Needs of Network - A Basis of Future Success
NBN Co has rallied for its need to earn enough profit to cover its investment requirements. This was because approximately $2.5 billion was already spent on capital expenditures last financial year. This was from its $3.1 billion earnings after opex. This push was made days before the re-activation of a revised Special Access Undertaking process
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