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30/01/2024
66% of Australians haven't upgraded their Internet plan for at least 3 years
As we move further into the New Year, it's a good idea to check if your current Internet plan still suits your needs.  According to the NBN Co, the amount of data we’ve been using in the past seven years has increased triple-fold, but two in three Australians haven’t changed their Internet plan speeds in the last three years - are you one of
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25/08/2023
ACCC: Red Lines on NBN Regulation Drawn; Warning on ICRA Released
According to the commissioner of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Anna Brakey, the commission doesn’t deem that the Special Access Undertaking of NBN Co was operating the way it was intended to.   Brakey further revealed in the Melbourne Congress that the SAU failed to deliver a high degree of certainty about the product set
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24/08/2022
Productivity Commission Inclined on New Tender Mechanism, NBN and Black Spot Funding Pushed Back
The direct government funding allocations for NBN Co, the Mobile Black Spot Program as well as the Regional Connectivity Program is set to a halt as funding for a transparent market-based Universal Service Guarantee is pushed. This is according to a recommendation published by the Productivity Commission. The report from the commission is highly
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19/08/2022
What's the new wholesale offering from the NBN?
The NBN Co has just announced that they will be launching a new wholesale enterprise product that operates "at symmetrical speeds (of up to 1Gbps) with premium customer service experience over the nbn™ broadband access network."According to ther press release, Enterprise Ethernet connections are designed to be built on request, and include a
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15/08/2022
Will NBN Co’s Focus on Fast Campaign Benefit Consumers?
As NBN Co gets closer to the completion of its nationwide rollout in Australia, the company launches a new campaign that will see pricing rebates and additional data inclusions for customers. Known as the Focus on Fast campaign, this program is expected to reduce the costs of internet connection for subscribers. How will this be possible and will
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8/08/2022
34TB Usage on the NBN Network in a Single Month - Can You Beat the Record?
You can find lots of useful, informative, and surprising content on the Internet every day. You can see them on different websites or social media platforms. Though most of the content on the Internet can help or inspire people, others will make you wonder. That's because there's a lot of weird news or content on the Internet as well.  Just like
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3/08/2022
NBN to ACMA: Carrier Separation Rules Not Well Understood By Smaller Telcos
According to NBN Co, in its experience, carrier separation rules are not well understood by smaller telcos. The wholesaler has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: “The consequences of this are pockets of premises with far less retail choice (in some cases as few as one retail provider) than the general service area, primarily
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28/07/2022
The Australian Broadband Guarantee: What you no longer need to know
The Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) was an initiative by the Australian Government aimed at providing high-quality broadband services to residential and small business premises, especially those in remote areas where commercial metro services were not readily available.  About the Australian Broadband Guarantee Eligible premises could
NBN
21/07/2022
FTTN Upgrades Now Available with the Launch of NBN’s Fibre Connect, FTTC Available Beginning May
The Fibre Connect program of NBN Co was already launched and the operator started taking orders for its FTTN-FTTP program. Its FTTC-to-FTTP program is set to begin in May. There are around 50,000 FTTN premises eligible to be upgraded as soon as the wholesaler receives an order from a participating RSP for a Home Fast, Home Superfast, or Home
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21/07/2022
NBN Co and ACCC Must Abandon CVC Usage for Good Says Aussie BB
According to Aussie Broadband CEO Phil Britt, there is a need for various telcos to increase the pressure on NBN Co and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to abandon the CVC usage pricing construct.   Britt said the steady increase in demand for bandwidth after various COVID-19 lockdowns is driving up CVC costs to levels that are
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21/07/2022
NBN 10Gbps Enterprise Services Set to Launch by the End of June
Starting from the end of June this year, NBN RSPs will be able to offer Enterprise Ethernet services with speeds up to 10Gbps.   The trial for this commenced during the first quarter of this year. The trial encompassed the testing and evaluation of the performance of the services which includes information rate and associated frame size, as well
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14/07/2022
HFC Gigabit Upgrade Completed by NBN Co 18 Months Ahead of Time
NBN Co has completed its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial network upgrade 18 months ahead of its planned rollout schedule. The upgraded network can offer near-gigabit internet speeds.   What makes the move significant is that the HFC footprint covers five major metropolitan areas, allowing retailers to embrace cost-efficient marketing through television and
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