Tuesday, 10th December 2013

NBN Co execs to be hauled before Senate committee

Acting chairman of the NBN Committee Stephen Conroy has ordered the executive team of NBN Co to appear before the committee tomorrow after the executives again declined an invitation.
Source: ZDNet Australia

NBN Co should focus on passing every premises: Hackett

New NBN Co board member Simon Hackett has said that while he prefers fibre to the premises as a network design for the NBN, the focus should be on getting high-speed broadband out to everyone in Australia.
Source: ZDNet Australia

Mike Quigley to Malcolm Turnbull: 'You don't have a minute to lose'

He may have been founding chief executive of the best-funded start-up in Australia, but Mike Quigley and his staff consistently refused to throw undue amounts of money at the national broadband network's problems just to make them go away.
Source: SMH

Telstra reconnects copper service in NBN connection stuff-up

Telstra has reconnected the copper line service for a customer it thought it had connected to the NBN fixed-wireless service but left disconnected for close to three months.
Source: ZDNet Australia

In-home FttN wiring testing needed, costly: NBN Co

NBN Co needs to test and fix customers' in-home copper wiring to get the best speeds from VDSL2, but it's the most expensive and least preferred of three options for in-home connectivity, the company's advice to the Coalition government warns.
Source: ZDNet Australia

Vodafone opens its Hobart call centre

Vodafone has opened its new operations and call centre in central Hobart.
Source: iTWire

Bridging our broadband gap

As debate of the NBN continues, new research report reveals the impact of next generation broadband for Australian households and businesses.
Source: iTWire

Monday, 9th December 2013

NBN politics hindered business investment in broadband

Uncertainty over the future of the National Broadband Network over the last three years has stopped businesses from investing in broadband, according to the CSIRO.
Source: ZDNet Australia

FTTN CVC revenue shortfall could keep FTTP prices high: NBN Co

Limitations on the products available over a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) NBN could reduce CVC revenues so much that the government would be forced to keep prices for FTTP high to compensate, a confidential NBN Co report has warned.
Source: ZDNet Australia

Coffs Harbour residents test NBN's impact

Australian researchers are hoping to see the firsthand impact of the national broadband network by studying two NSW north coast communities as they receive fast internet - or wait for it to arrive.
Source: iTnews Australia