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How my NBN connection was stolen from under my nose

When you deal with big companies, you learn there are two kinds of people: ducks and eagles. Ducks waddle around and make noise. Eagles spot the problem and swoop to fix it.

  • Noel Whittaker

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Labor says the NBN is still a superior product and more cost-effective than Starlink for a vast majority of Australians.

‘No way’: Labor says NBN will beat Elon Musk’s Starlink on broadband

Elon Musk’s Starlink network is winning Australian customers, but Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says NBN will remain cheaper and get faster.

  • David Crowe
Albanese says work on the NBN upgrades will start immediately.

Albanese splashes $3 billion on pre-election NBN upgrades

Australia ranks a lowly 82nd globally for broadband download speeds, behind Oman and Czechia, and just above Uzbekistan.

  • David Swan
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Booming solar industry will make nuclear power obsolete

In 2023, China installed as much solar capacity as the entire world did in 2022.

The NBN will stay government owned.

Australians don’t care who owns the NBN, they just want better broadband

The federal government is pushing for new laws that would keep the NBN in public hands, but will it lead to cheaper or better internet?

  • David Swan
Anthony Albanese is due to arrive in Laos on Wednesday night.

NBN is the government’s $60 billion investment that will never be sold

Realistically, the government would crystallise a loss of the order of tens of billions of dollars if the NBN was sold – and that assumes someone would want to buy it.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Not for sale: the government plans to introduce laws to keep the NBN in public hands.

Not for sale: Labor moves to keep NBN in public hands

After weeks of debate about the Middle East, the government will try to force the opposition’s hand on the $51 billion internet network.

  • David Crowe
Mark Gregory is an RMIT Associate Professor and telco expert.

The blurred lines leading to internet dropouts and rushed installations

Frustrated NBN customers have been left in a feedback loop, where no one is to blame when things go wrong.

  • Angus Delaney
NBN Co chief executive Stephen Rue says Australians will keep paying for more internet data.

Optus appoints NBN boss as chief executive six months after outage

After nearly a decade at NBN Co, Stephen Rue will take on the job of repairing Optus’ reputation.

  • David Swan
Chorus is the biggest fixed line communications infrastructure business in New Zealand.

NBN set to become five times faster ‘at no extra cost’

Broadband speeds are set to skyrocket for some 9 million Australians with NBN Co launching a proposal to turbocharge speeds at no extra cost.

  • David Swan

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