Tag: NBN

NBN write-down a band-aid solution

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Calls for the value of the National Broadband Network (NBN) to be written down won’t resolve the systemic problems with the telecommunications market, providing nothing more than a band-aid...

ACCC blames FTTN for NBN woes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Fibre-to-the-node connections are to blame for most of the slow NBN speeds but “further work” could help them reach “similar speed” to the other technologies, according to an ACCC...

Ziggy’s NBN value thought bubble

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...

Tackling Rudd’s NBN revisionism

Posted on   |  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...

Huawei banned from 5G network

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has banned Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the Australian 5G network. Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison issued a statement early on...

End of Telstra’s grand bargain

Posted on   |  by James Riley
One of the many things that the National Broadband Network has done is to finally torpedo Telstra’s grand bargain with the Australian government. Once upon a time this bargain...

WA wants at least 100 Mbps

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
In a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National Broadband Network inquiry into the NBN in regional and remote areas, the WA government has argued that the...

NBN financially doomed from start

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NBN Co was doomed to be a “financial disaster” regardless of whether it used Labor’s all-fibre model or the current multi-technology mix, respected independent telecommunications analyst firm New Street...

Messy NBN levy is under fire

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NBN Co may have posted what it calls “solid” third-quarter results, with a 112 per cent increase in total revenue to $1.4 billion for the nine months ending 31...