Turnbull's HFC Folly
It’s difficult to envy Malcolm Turnbull’s job when it comes to the NBN. Explaining how The Coalition will come up with a “cheaper, faster” network is no small task.
His alluring promise has been out there for months, and until last week we had little sense as to how it would be accomplished.
The smart money was on The Coalition putting forward a national broadband policy platform that would simply see the overhaul of NBN Co. The recent slew of failures plaguing the rollout has given The Coalition ample justification for such an action.
The army should rescue the NBN
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is in dire trouble and has reached the point where Julia Gillard should declare a national disaster.
NBN Co gets survivability right
Labor’s ambitious national broadband network (NBN) is living on borrowed time and will almost certainly be binned after the September election. The NBN may have had its fair share of problems – some legitimate and some self-inflicted – but it has a lot of redeeming features as well, especially when it comes to the network’s architecture. The Coalition’s NBN alternative may seem pragmatic but can it afford to undo the good work done so far?
NBN Co goes back to the drawing board on pricing plan
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
Yesterday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recommended that NBN Co revise its wholesale agreement — including proposals on pricing and access — as outlined in its special access undertaking (SAU).
Coalition takes NBN back to the drawing board
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Opinion: Might not get off the ground before 2020.
There are many flaws to the alternative plan for a national broadband network delivered by the Coalition yesterday.
The worst of these threatens the viability of NBN Co, and would take the Coalition, assuming it wins government in September, back to the drawing board on broadband competition.