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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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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
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
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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
NBN Co booked total revenue of $2.75 billion for the December half, up 5 per cent compared to a year earlier.

NBN feels the need for speed as broadband demand outstrips supply

The company’s losses have ballooned, but NBN Co says that’s all part of the plan as Australians increasingly upgrade to ultra-fast broadband plans.

  • David Swan
NBN Co chief Stephen Rue says the network delivering on its promise of lifting Australia’s digital capability.

The NBN is set to boost the economy by $400b, but thousands have dumped it over the price

The NBN has reshaped Australia’s workforce and boosted female employment, a landmark study has found, despite some customers dumping the network amid price hikes.

  • David Swan

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