Broadband News
Tue, 10th Dec 2013
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
Mon, 09th Dec 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
FttN NBN needs customers more than coverage: NBN Co report
The NBN's self-funding nature means the Coalition government should prioritise boosting its subscriber numbers in new rollout areas over rushing to meet coverage objectives, a confidential NBN Co report has advised.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Training critical to Australia tapping broadband potential: CSIRO
Bringing faster broadband to Australia could disadvantage certain households and businesses if there is not sufficient education on how to take advantage of the increased speeds, according to a report by the CSIRO.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet's new NBN service to bring regional customers up to speed
Internet services provider iiNet has made its NBN 25/5 wireless broadband service available to customers in regional areas of Queensland and Tasmania.
Source: ARN
TPG buys AAPT
Telecom Corp has sold its Australian AAPT unit for $450 million to ASX-listed internet service provider, TPG Telecom, beating initial expectations of what the unit would go for.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone opens temporary Hobart centre
Telecommunications provider Vodafone has opened the doors to its call centre on Elizabeth Street in Hobart, in which it will run its operations with 100 employees.
Source: ARN
Fri, 06th Dec 2013
Telstra gets 300Mbps speeds in expanded LTE-Advanced trial
Telstra has expanded its LTE-Advanced trial to new spectrum bands where the company was able to achieve peak download speeds of 300Mbps.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Senate to explore submarine cable security
A Senate committee will scrutinise planned changes to submarine cable laws in Australia in a bid to shore up security provisions for critical internet cable infrastructure.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN review released next week, says Turnbull
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he will release the NBN Strategic Review next week. But he did not say how much of it will be released.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 05th Dec 2013
Coalition NBN must be a monopoly to survive: NBN Co
Universal price guarantees, ensuring equal prices for regional and urban Australians under Labor's NBN model, could disappear if the government's fibre-to-the-node (FttN) services tried to compete against existing HFC networks, NBN Co has warned.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co reveals NT and WA wasteland
State-by-state breakdown of NBN Co's rollout statistics reveals the patchwork nature of the network's deployment
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co updates web roll-out information
NBN Co has reactivated roll-out progress on its website.
Source: ARN
AusBBS introduces SOHO NBN plans
Locally-owned startup, Australian Broadband Services (AuSBBS), is targeting small businesses with new National Broadband Network (NBN) plans priced at $100 and $155 per month.
Source: ARN
Wed, 04th Dec 2013
Turnbull agrees to release NBN review
Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he intends to release a copy of the NBN strategic review, though it's expected to be heavily redacted.
Source: iTWire
NBN fibre upgrade 'essential'
NBN Co's long-term profitability will be restricted if the Coalition's proposed mix of cable, copper and fibre networks is not replaced with a full fibre network in coming years, government briefings reveal.
Source: SMH
NBN Co can't guarantee Libs' 50Mbps speed promise: report
The unpredictable performance of VDSL2 technology over Telstra's copper network means that NBN Co would be unable to guarantee customers the 50Mbps speeds promised by the new government, a leaked NBN Co report has warned.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Ookla Net Index delivers verdict on Australian Internet speed
Internet metrics company, Ookla, has ranked Australia 48th for download speed and 96th for upload speed in its most recent Net Index which covers tests recorded on Speedtest.net from June 3, 2011, to December 2, 2013.
Source: ARN
Tue, 03rd Dec 2013
Turnbull to defy Senate order to produce NBN report
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated he will not release the NBN Co strategic review on Monday, despite an order from the Senate to do so.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Massive Internode outage affects half of Victoria
A massive hardware fault has taken down service roughly half of Victoria's Internode ADSL customers, with still no ETA on a fix.
Source: iTWire
Nextgen trials 400Gbps Sydney-Canberra link
Nextgen Networks has trialled a 400Gbps link between two data centres in Sydney and Canberra to prove the future scalability of the company's intercapital network.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACCAN supports Telstra's move to kill the CAPTCHA
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is backing Telstra's move to eliminate online CAPTCHA tests from its websites, and is encouraging other companies to follow suit.
Source: ARN
Is Coalition's NBN endgame up in the air?
It's still not clear just how the Coalition plans to meet its difficult FttN NBN goals. But as new information about its operating parameters continues to emerge, it's worth considering one way it might make everything work.
Source: ZDNet Australia