Recently we learned that telcos including iiNet, its subsidiaries and other small telcos have delayed signing NBN Co's new wholesale agreement due to delays provisioning services, fixing faults and attending customer meetings. The house of cards created by NBN Co's outsourced construction model is now the communication minister Malcolm Turnbulls problem and he is under pressure to get the problem fixed.
Less than two months before NBN Co's new CEO Bill Morrow takes the helm and questions are being raised about NBN Co's direction and the tasks that will fall to Morrow when he arrives. In Technology Spectator Morrow's challenge is highlighted and the hurdles ahead are going to be real test of his leadership and management skills.
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There is a lot of history behind the National Broadband Network (NBN), and it goes right back to 1982 and the dawn of the Australian deregulated telecommunications industry. Today, on John Menadue's blog the key decisions since 1982 are discussed and we find that Australia has not found a way to fix the underlying problems. I have tried to stay outside the political realm and explain the reasons why government moved to introduce the NBN and why the NBN does not provide fair competition (even before NBN 2.0 was mooted).
The MyBroadband website accompanying the Government Broadband and Availability Report 2013 is reviewed yesterday on Technology Spectator in an article MyBroadband gets an 'F' for Fail. The report and the website should provide powerful tools in our quest to learn more about the true state of broadband in Australia but the are too many questions left unanswered.
In a response to an article about the MyBroadband failure, the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull provided a GST on a Birthday Cake moment. Turnbull's faux pas is discussed in the weeks article on Technology Spectator.
Before the Coalition government takes a backwards step, Telstra should offer to save the NBN and give Telstra shareholders a boost along the way. In Technology Spectator the idea that Telstra can save the NBN is put forward and discussed. Should Telstra and the government get together and talk about what can be done, rather than perpetuating the errors of the past decades?
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The delaying tactics have not worked and options are fast falling by the wayside. Where is the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull? Apart from announcing new reviews and audits, and talking up select sections from reports, we have heard nothing concrete about what is going to happen next. Today in Technology Spectator the deafening silence is discussed. Turnbull's time is nearly up and if he does not act quickly the NBN will be beyond saving and Telstra will act to counter TPG.
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Interesting details can be found in submissions to the Communication Minister Malcolm Turnbull's endless NBN related reviews and audits. Like the one made by the Communications Alliance, having just swallowed the IIA, asking for the pesky ACCAN to be consigned to history as well. Last Thursday in Technology Spectator an attempt is made to discern what the telecommunicatons industry thinks of the NBN. And you'll already guess the answer won't you?
The news today that NBN Co has been given new instructions by the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull came only hours after I wrote in Technology Spectator about the Game of Reviews and Audits coming to a rapid end. Is it surprising that Turnbull has acted before the business case has been completed? No.