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8/04/2013
NBN News: The Coalition leak new NBN cost figures
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. In the mean time, the Coalition has leaked parts of their report containing new Labor NBN cost
NBN
4/04/2013
Why Wireless Won’t Work for NBN
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 particularly grating misconception has once again made itself heard, suggesting that the idea of a
NBN
3/04/2013
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
NBN
18/03/2013
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
NBN
26/02/2013
What is the cloud, and how will the NBN make it better?
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 least 100,000 people out there who care enough about being online to pay for it, who will eventually have
NBN
15/02/2013
How Telstra Could Win Back Our Hearts
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 such implicit government support.                           This shouldn’t necessarily be a bad
NBN
29/01/2013
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
NBN
4/12/2012
Refresher - The National Broadband Network
NBNco, the government corporation installing the National Broadband Network, has begun running television ads to raise awareness of the project. The ads hint at a communications revolution, in which TV and education will be delivered over the internet in the form of floating 3D holograms, like something straight out of science fiction. How accurate
NBN
29/10/2012
NBN begins works in Brisbane
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has come under fire of late, with reports demonstrating a steep divide between the expected numbers of home to be connected to the network, and the actual access achieved to date. But the project is rolling on, with fibre right now being threaded through the Brisbane suburbs of Aspley, Zillmere, Northgate, Ascot
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20/08/2012
Turnbull rejects criticism of coalition NBN policy as 'madness'
Alan Kohler, a commentator for Business Spectator, launched a quick and scathing attack on the coalition NBN plan this morning. In “The Coalition’s NBN policy is Madness” Kohler suggests a scenario in which Malcolm Turnbull, as Communications Minister, would be sitting across from a smiling Telstra line up of lawyers and managers, ready to talk
NBN
26/07/2012
A rebuttal to Malcolm Turnbull from Compare Broadband
OPINION/ANALYSIS   This week, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull posted on his own blog a detailed rebuttal to comments made by Stephen Conroy, the current Communications Minister on Channel Ten’s ‘Meet The Press’ program from the previous Sunday. In this statement, Turnbull outlaid a point by point argument against the National
NBN
1/06/2012
NBN: Weekly Wrap Up
NBNco came under fire this week for their controversial $800mn deal with Optus. In a bid to put an end to infrastructure competition, NBNco closed a deal to pay Optus $800mn to close their Hybrid-Fibre-Coaxial (HFC) Cable network and migrate nearly 500,000 cable customers to NBN fibre. Shadow Communications Minister Malcom Turnbull slammed the
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