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Policy

Five Eyes fail on wireless tech: Turnbull

It was a “huge mistake” that no member countries of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have deep wireless technology capability, which has led to serious issues over the reliance...

Labor must make NBN its priority

1 November 2019 | by Mark Gregory

Labor must make the NBN an election priority and in doing so position itself as the champion of consumers desperate for a better online experience, and as builders of...

Labor outlines NBN future plans

9 April 2019 | by James Riley

Federal Labor has earmarked $125 million toward an NBN quick-fix for up to 750,000 customers with poor in-home cabling, and a further $60 million to conduct fibre-upgrade trials that...

Tackling Rudd’s NBN revisionism

16 January 2019 | by David Havyatt

Kevin Rudd’s The PM Years is an interesting exercise in revisionism that has fuelled great interest in his assertion that Murdoch attacked the NBN for commercial reasons. Before we...

NBN complaints soaring: TIO

16 April 2018 | by James Riley

Complaints about telecommunication services in Australia have continued to skyrocket in a wake-up call” for the industry, with issues related to the NBN more than tripling in the past...

Report opens up NBN data models

16 April 2018 | by Mark Gregory

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has unwittingly presented the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a rare and unprecedented opportunity to shine a spotlight on the...

NBN’s astounding results fail

14 February 2018 | by Mark Gregory

NBN Co’s half year results released on Monday provide confirmation that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a train wreck and there is nothing that can be done to...

The search for a crystal ball

24 January 2018 | by James Riley

The next twelve months should be a rip roaring ride for the technology and innovation scene in Australia and the world, full of disruption, instability and enormous opportunity. On...

The tale of a second rate NBN

16 January 2018 | by James Riley

Just over four years ago, Malcolm Turnbull released the 2013 NBN Strategic Review. This became the document upon which he justified abandoning a fibre National Broadband Network (NBN) in...

NBN’s financial hit on HFC fix

11 December 2017 | by James Riley

The NBN remains a favorite whipping boy for the opposition, but as the Coalition version of the Labor inspired network builds out, questions mount as to what an incoming...

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