Broadband News
Mon, 29th Nov 2010
Don't add Telstra deal to NBN cost: Quigley
It is unreasonable to add the $13.8 billion payment to Telstra, which National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) counts as an operating cost, to the $35.7 billion capital expenditure cost of the whole network, NBN Co chief Mike Quigley has said.
Source: ZDNet Australia
IPv6 compatibility coming to more Billion routers in 2011
Network hardware vendor Billion has announced a forthcoming firmware upgrade for its X series routers that will allow the devices to simultaneously support IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
Source: iTWire
Happy Budde faces a hostile NBN crowd
Paul Budde's support for the National Broadband Network project is well known, with most in the industry considering the analyst's open bias to be a matter of public record.
Source: Delimiter
Nervous investors await ruling on NBN Co
Investors are watching how the ACCC plans to break the deadlock over NBN Co's plans to charge the same prices in the city and bush.
Source: Australian IT
NBN benefits 'grossly overstated'
An international study has found the claimed benefits of a national broadband network have been "grossly overstated", and accuses the federal government of misusing research to build the case for it.
Source: ARN
Sun, 28th Nov 2010
NBN boss: We know the Telstra financials but we won't tell you
The boss of the government-owned company in charge of implementing the NBN rollout today refused to reveal details of the project's business case relating to Telstra. Mike Quigley, In an interview on ABC TV, the CEO of NBN Co Mike Quigley claimed that the cost of buying Telstra's network could not be added to the cost of implementing the NBN but would not reveal how much Telstra is expected to improve NBN Co's bottom line.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 27th Nov 2010
Early customers test NBN's limits
Nbn customers in Tasmania who have bought high-speed connections are stretching their ISP's bandwidth capacity.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 26th Nov 2010
Telco reform bill passes Senate
Labor's controversial legislation to break up Telstra and restructure the telecommunications sector was approved in the Senate this afternoon, in a long-awaited move that the Federal Government has been pushing for for more than a year.
Source: iTWire
Govt stays ISP zombie laws
A peak Australian technology body has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to not force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect the infected computers of its customers as part of its response to a Senate committee report into online security threats.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Focus shifts to Telstra-NBN Co deal as Bills pass the Senate
With legislation crucial to the NBN and NBN Co's deal with Telstra now through the Senate the focus shifts to the deal between NBN Co and Telstra: NBN Co's business plan is predicated on definitive and binding agreements being signed by year end.
Source: iTWire
NBN "holy grail" of reform: Conroy
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has described the National Broadband Network (NBN) as the "holy grail" of micro-economic reform after the Senate passed legislation to break up Telstra.
Source: Computerworld
NBN: recreating Telstra by stealth
Worldwide it has always been fashionable to hate your government-owned telephone company and Telstra has been no exception. Privatisation and regulation has seen the Telstra haters dwindle in number and intensity amidst strong competition. Why then is the Government spending massive taxpayer dollars to buy back the previous government-owned telecoms monopoly in order to create another one?
Source: iTWire
Telstra separation bill passes Senate
The Senate has passed legislation which separates Telstra's retail and wholesale arms and paves the way for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: ZDNet Australia
AARNet to trial 'terabit' network
Education and research network operator AARNet has announced plans to trial a cross-Australia 'terabit' connection next year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Opposition throws spanner in efforts to pass NBN vote
The federal opposition has mounted a last-ditch effort to stymie the national broadband network by delaying until Monday a vote on the bill to structurally separate Telstra.
Source: SMH
Conroy lashed over lack of NBN discount
The NBN Co has faced criticism that its service could disadvantage lower-income households.
Source: Australian IT
Labor MPs stack NBN group
The committee being created to scrutinise the taxpayer-funded National Broadband Network will be stacked with Labor MPs and not operate until July.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 25th Nov 2010
Conroy assaults broadband alliance
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has dismissed the Alliance for Affordable Broadband as a group of "ten CEOs who represent almost no customers".
Source: iTnews Australia
Victoria proposes opt-out NBN model
A re-elected Victorian Labor Government would introduce legislation demanding households and businesses opt out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.
Source: Computerworld
NBN testbed plans terabit trials
Australia's Academic and Research Network, AARnet, which sees itself as "almost a testbed for the NBN", is planning a terabit per second communications trial next year and believes it will be able to offer network speeds of up to 500 Gbps to universities and research organisations by 2017.
Source: iTWire
NBN rebels: NBN to cost more than $55 billion, not $35.7 billion
The Alliance for Affordable Broadband (AAB) has ripped into the NBN Co business case summary, claiming the document reveals the National Broadband Network will cost close to $55 billion, almost $12b more than its initial budget.
Source: ARN
iPrimus signs up Smithton school to NBN
ISP iPrimus claims to have signed its first school onto the NBN in Tasmania, giving 128 students access to 100 Mbps broadband services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Senate may sit extra day for NBN bill
The Senate may sit into an extra day tomorrow as Labor tries to have key National Broadband Network legislation passed before the summer break.
Source: Australian IT
On the ground with the NBN rollout: Part 1 - Brunswick
The gentle hum of suburbia is broken by the grunts of a 2-ton digger edging past a Jacaranda tree. A wary Telstra site manager looks out for trouble - he knows just one accidental twitch could send the mechanical beast charging through flowerbeds onto headlines around the country.
Source: ARN
Labor bills lay groundwork for NBN
Two key pieces of legislation have been introduced into the parliament which will set up the regulatory framework for the National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
Libs threaten to drag out NBN debate
The Coalition is threatening to drag out debate on legislation to split Telstra after the government won the support of two senators for the bill.
Source: Australian IT
Fielding, Xenophon back Telstra split bill
The Telstra split bill appeared likely to clear the Senate after positive statements from key independents Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding in the lead-up to today's expected vote.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 24th Nov 2010
NBN Co to build wireless network from late 2011
NBN Co will start building its wireless network in November next year, according to a summary of the network builder's business plan [PDF] released today.
Source: iTnews Australia
10-year wait for NBN demand to hit 100Mbps
Nbn Co has forecast that the average consumer demand for broadband speeds won't hit 100Mbps until 2022.
Source: Australian IT
NBN summary "curiously inadequate": Turnbull
The coalition has jumped on the 36-page summary of the forthcoming NBN Co business plan as "curiously inadequate" in financials.
Source: Computerworld