The NBN, service providers and you ... what could go wrong?
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
Unless you’ve been boycotting all forms of media in the past five years, you’ll be aware that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is well and truly on its way.
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?
Can Turnbull deliver his NBN? Have your say
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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.
Pulling the NBN debate out of the gutter
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The National Broadband Network (NBN) debate between the communications minister, Stephen Conroy, and the opposition communications spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, has devolved into a slanging match.