Are you about to get the NBN?
WORK is finally underway to get the long awaited, high speed national broadband network to 200,000 new homes and businesses.
Internet
Why we will never have a world-class web
IT WAS meant to provide lightning-fast internet speeds to virtually every home. But a report out today means it is unlikely we will ever see the world-class web we were promised.
NBN winners and losers revealed
THE big winners of the NBN will be data-hungry households downloading TV shows, as research shows Australians will be $16bn better off under a Coalition plan.
Turnbull: “Seeing is believing”
MALCOLM Turnbull has just shared the speeds of the first house connected to his new NBN network. But is all as it seems?
NBN: ‘A $73 billion bungle’
THE National Broadband Network has been slammed in a new audit report, which finds costs have blown out by $30 billion.
Abbott hits snag as he reels in NBN cost
THE Coalition said Labor’s national broadband network was a waste of money. Now we can reveal how much it has spent on its own cost-benefit studies.
Another broken NBN promise?
A NEW report has revealed that the Coalition is locked in to much of Labor’s promised NBN spending, and that hundreds of thousands of Aussies could still miss out.
Why we all need to change our passwords, now
A MAJOR flaw has been found in one of the internet’s key encryption methods, which means the sensitive information we thought was actually safe is not really protected.
Best Twitter moments of Aussie politics
TWITTER is a perfect way for the folks who lead the country to interact with us, but sometimes they don’t exactly use it properly. Here are the best bits.
Did Turnbull just give up on NBN?
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken to Twitter to tell a woman she should move houses if she wants a decent broadband connection. Does this mean the NBN is dead?
NBN probe after $30m brand spend
THE National Broadband Network will be audited after revelations $30 million was spent on marketing including almost $500,000 on beanies and vests.
This is where your internet comes from
THIS map shows where the world’s internet cables go and how mesmerisingly complex the world’s internet infrastructure is.
Korea to have ‘movie in a second’ internet
SOUTH Korea is looking to roll out a $1.5 billion 5G network by 2020 that will be able to download a movie in a split second.
Your slower, more expensive NBN
THE new national broadband network (NBN) will deliver slower speeds and cost up to $30 billion extra to deliver, under the government’s new scheme.
Vodafone calls for NBN rethink
WHAT if you could pay just one bill for your home internet and mobile phone? Vodafone wants the government to make the NBN available to mobile phone operators to make this dream a reality.
Telstra is suing NBN for $100m
AUSTRALIA’S biggest telco is suing the National Broadband Network claiming it owes them fees worth $100 million.
One name every 3.5 sec on NBN petition
A PETITION calling on the incoming coalition government to save Labor’s national broadband network has garnered more than 116,281 signature in five days.
Aussies pay for FOI request on NBN
A TECHNOLOGY website has raised money for an expensive FOI request on the National Broadband Network – simply by asking readers to donate.
Turnbull agrees with Deloitte NBN report
MALCOLM Turnbull says a Deloitte Access Economics analysis does not compare Labor’s NBN policy to the coalition’s.
NBN helpful for Foxtel, says Telstra boss
TELSTRA boss David Thodey does not see the National Broadband Network posing a problem for the Foxtel pay TV business.
Australians pay off NBN FoI request
AUSTRALIANS are so keen for information on the NBN that they’ve paid the cost of a FoI request for ministerial briefings in just five hours.
Turnbull, Albo showdown on NBN
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of sitting on a draft of the latest National Broadband Network business plan.
NBN a ‘failing project’, says Opposition
TONY Abbott unveils the Coalition’s broadband policy, vowing to provide the service quicker and cheaper than Labor’s NBN.
Dumped Telstra boss appointed NBN chief
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Malcolm Turnbull has appointed Ziggy Switkowski as the new boss of NBN, a man Labor claims is not without controversy.
iiNet dumps NBN satellite plan
THE NBN’s ailing satellite service which has been experiencing technical problems has forced iiNet to can its 20GB plan whose popularity was too much for the network to handle.
Bosses show little support for NBN
A POLL of Australian bosses shows few believe the NBN will provide business benefits, whatever the download speed.
Turnbull called for NBN Co board’s scalps
THE communications minister has asked the NBN Co board to resign, with Labor dismissing the move as the “trashing” of the national broadband network.
Don’t like the Lib NBN? You can get …
LIBERAL frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has expressed regret over “vulgar anglo-saxon” language, after his senior policy adviser told an NBN blogger to “get f … “.
Former Telstra boss to head NBN
ZIGGY Switkowski has been appointed executive chairman of the new NBN Co board, Communications Minister Malcolm Turbull announced today.
Govt to temporarily continue NBN rollout
THE Abbott government has set new targets for NBN Co and asked it to continue to roll out fibre-to-the-premises until a review is completed.
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