Quigley fights back on NBN costs
In Business Spectator the fight back by former NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley highlights the dodgy figures being used by the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to justify the second rate NBN being provided under his watch that will ultimately be far more expensive than an all fibre fixed-access network and delivered years after it should be.
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The new PM and the NBN. ‘An expensive lemon’
In Business Spectator the discussion is on how the rollout of the National Broadband Network continues at a sedate speed and the litany of excuses from NBN’s management only further highlights why the multi-technology mix (MTM) approach was always fraught with danger. Recently, NBN boss Bill Morrow made a few interesting, some might say injudicious, observations about the rollout of the network and the role the previous NBN management had played in the problematic constr
Can the NBN spark a rural and remote mobile revolution?
The Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee chaired by Deena Shiff has provided a report that highlights the need for a new approach to how telecommunications including broadband is provided in regional and remote areas and in Business Spectator the discussion focuses on how change might occur that benefits people living in Australia's often forgotten outback.
How NBN Co's 'Fibre on Demand' works
NBN Co’s Technology Choice Program (TCP) provides a mechanism for individuals or local community groups to upgrade their National Broadband Network (NBN) access technology and while the concept might appear straightforward, for one local community group - the Nathan Forrest Community Association (NFCA) – the road to a technology upgrade has been a bewildering one.
NBN Co's slow road to providing satellite services
NBN Co's glacial approach to bring satellite services online is discussed in Business Spectator and how this will mean that people desperate for improved broadband in remote Australia might be waiting up to a year or longer.
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NBN Co's Sky Muster is a small step forward for a company in trouble
The launch of NBN Co's first satellite called Sky Muster is a significant step forward for remote communications but in Business Spectator the discussion focuses on why it is only a small step forward for a company in trouble.
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