Broadband News
Tue, 21st Dec 2010
Opinion: Will NBN pricing lead to better Aussie broadband deals?
Do the prices announced today for the National Broadband Network (NBN) mean you should be excited about having fibre connected to your home?
Source: PC Authority
Ai Group welcomes NBN business plan
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has welcomed the federal government's release of the national broadband network (NBN) business plan.
Source: Computerworld
Customers divided on need for speed
Having run a Mitre 10 store for the past 15 years, Byard Sheppard knows all about building things.
Source: Australian IT
Price shock looms for some on NBN
Some households could be forced to pay more for a basic internet service when they are compulsorily switched over to the $36 billion national broadband network, according to the business plan released yesterday by NBN Co.
Source: SMH
Mon, 20th Dec 2010
NBN Co's battery back-up plan goes flat
Communications Alliance has hit out at NBN Co's plan to make back-up batteries in fibre-connected customer premises the default option, saying it will create unnecessary cost and be environmentally damaging.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co given the OK to fibre up huge range of 'non-premises'
NBN Co has been given official permission to provide fibre services to a huge range of non-premises, including mobile network base stations, and provide services that could increase its revenues very significantly.
Source: iTWire
NBN to repay taxpayers 'with interest'
The National Broadband Network business case proves taxpayers' $27.5 billion investment will be repaid with interest, Julia Gillard has declared.
Source: Australian IT
NBN Co Corporate Plan, an essential step: Industry
The release of the NBN Co Corporate Plan is an essential step toward the development of Australia's digital economy and the development of new business models, according to the Australia Information Industry Association (AIIA).
Source: Computerworld
ISPs worried by NBN changes
Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are sceptical of the Federal Government's move to greatly increase the number of Point of Interconnects (POIs), despite in-depth negotiations.
Source: ARN
50Mbps, 500GB on NBN may cost $81 retail
A basic 12 megabit per second (Mbps) connection on the National Broadband Network will cost telecommunications wholesalers $24 per month, according to the business plan released today, although the plan could only estimate retail pricing.
Source: ZDNet Australia
1.7m premises connected to NBN by 2013
By June 2013, the National Broadband Network company hopes to have rolled out fibre, wireless and satellite to some 1.7 million premises around the nation, with most of those being fibre roll-outs.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull: NBN taxpayer cost "blowing out"
The Coalition has attacked the NBN Co Corporate Plan, calling the additional $2 billion cost to the taxpayer a "blow out".
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Plan: a business case for the cup half-full
The release of the three-year NBN Co Corporate Plan paints a solid future for the Government-funded company charged with building Australia's future fibre network – assuming a great many things fall into place for CEO Mike Quigley.
Source: iTnews Australia
Q&A with Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, on NBN Co business case
Arn spoke with Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, about the newly released NBN Co business case. It asked about the $200 million cost increase as well as when and why copper networks will be shut down.
Source: ARN
What will the Govt do after iiNet's BitTorrent case?
The Federal Government has distanced itself from a report that it was waiting for the outcome of the high-profile court case between iiNet and a number of movie and TV studios before seeking to overhaul online copyright laws dealing with illegal file-sharing by Australians.
Source: iTWire
NBN broadband priced at $24 a month
A basic feed from the national broadband network (NBN) will cost telecommunications wholesalers $24 a month, the federal government has revealed.
Source: SMH
NBN return lower than in commercial plan
The National Broadband Network will deliver an internal rate of return of 7 per cent, according to the NBN Co business plan released today.
Source: Australian IT
Hundreds of POIs 'insane': Hackett
National broadband provider Internode has published a strongly worded argument supporting the National Broadband Network Company's small proposed number of points of interconnect (POI) where internet service providers link their networks to that of the NBN, describing rival proposals as "insane".
Source: ZDNet Australia
Broadband network business plan to be released in full
The government is expected to release the full business plan for the $36 billion national broadband network today.
Source: SMH
Fri, 17th Dec 2010
Libs hazy on NBN Co commercial mandate
The debate over whether the National Broadband Network (NBN) should be run as a government body or a commercial enterprise that has had its share of acrimony. Yet with the Libs' latest shot across Labor's bow, Malcolm Turnbull has exposed a curious double-standard.
Source: ZDNet Australia
UN mulls internet regulation options
The United Nations is considering whether to set up an inter-governmental working group to harmonise global efforts by policy makers to regulate the internet.
Source: iTnews Australia
CSIRO trials TV aerial Wi-Fi broadband
The CSIRO has started testing its wireless broadband technology, which uses existing TV antennas, at the first National Broadband Network roll-out site of Smithton in Tasmania.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC sues TPG over $29.99 'Unlimited' plan
The national competition regulator today dragged national broadband provider TPG into the Federal Court, claiming its $29.95 'Unlimited' ADSL2+ plan actually cost a great deal more.
Source: Delimiter
iiNet challenges ex-AAPT 24x7 customers to leave
ISP iiNet's chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby has challenged any disgruntled users of the former AAPT Unlimited 24x7 plan to leave of their own accord rather than wait for a letter giving them a fee-free exit.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 16th Dec 2010
Spinners in $250,000 pitch for NBN plan
The government will spend more than $250,000 to hire a public relations firm to help promote its $36 billion National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
iiNet, Internode gear up for apps in 2011
iiNet and Internode have changing business strategies for 2011, with applications and improved customer service becoming they focal points in the coming year.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet reveals device sketches
SP iiNet has revealed a series of sketches of future products being worked on by its labs, including two futuristic curved devices with built-in touchscreens.
Source: iTnews Australia
Turnbull: Financially sound business plan will not guarantee NBN success
The Shadow Communications Minister hinted that regardless whether the full NBN business case claims can financially justify the $35.7 billion network is irrelevant to its eventual success.
Source: ARN
No content future for ISPs
As internet service providers (ISPs) accept lower margins from access provision, the battle is on to find a sustainable alternative revenue source. But it won't come from content provision.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 15th Dec 2010
iiNet launches BYO mobile service
Internet service provider iiNet has moved into the mobile arena, unveiling a number of contract-free mobile phone plans today.
Source: ZDNet Australia