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NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow's in a difficult position and the Senate committee's questions will not make it any easier for NBN Co to move past the current raft of difficulties facing NBN Co. There is still uncertainty about the Coalition government's multi-technology mix NBN 2.0. Will NBN Co become a Telstra reseller?

The state of NBN construction is highlighted in this weeks article on Business Spectator and I ask the question "Is it too late to save the NBN?" Do you think the NBN can be saved and is the situation so bad that the NBN is doomed irrespective of whether the NBN is the Labor NBN or the Coalition multi-technology mix NBN 2.0?

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Senator Brandis's plan to 'Stop the Bytes' is folly and by tackling one aspect of a much larger problem the government is taking sides in an unwinable war. Yesterday on Business Spectator the issue of piracy, Australia Tax, global market segmentation, and multi-nationals failing to pay tax in Australia is discussed. What do you think of the government's efforts to 'Stop the Bytes'?

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Turnbull's announcement that Telstra will build the FTTN should soon be following by an announcement that NBN Co will become a Telstra reseller of FTTN and HFC. In Business Spectator this week the implications of Turnbull's annoucement are discussed. Will the telecommunications industry roll with the changes to the NBN that means a shift towards reasserting Telstra's dominance or will concerned companies step up and challenge what is happening?

A review of the NBN Cost-Benefit Analysis technical inputs and description of technical aspects of the NBN is surprising, for all the wrong reasons. The NBN CBA does not provide the answers we need, and fails to help move the NBN debate from its current politically motivated position. In Business Spectator the NBN CBA is discussed from a technical perspective and the result is disappointing.

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This week in Business Spectator the end of the NBN phony war is cause for celebration. The telecommunications industry has finally shifted to ask the hard questions of a government policy for a second best broadband network that will do nothing for Australia's economy when compared with countries that have adopted a fibre to the premises rollout.

2014 is winding down but for NBN Co the way is clear to move forward in 2015. After a delay in the first half of 2015 whilst the ACCC signs off on the new Telstra and Optus agreements, we should expect NBN Co to hit the streets in the second half of the year, rolling out FTTN technology that the German government now says is obsolete and should not be used. What is the government's intent in the lead up to the next election - to build a network the nation needs or one that will put Australia behind the rest of the world?

The NBN Co FTTB product technology specification highlights why FTTB/N should not be part of the NBN, but the government is pushing ahead with the multi-technology mix NBN that will leave Australia behind our competitors in the race to be a leader in the global digital economy. The details are discussed in an article in Business Spectator and the result will leave you wondering why is the government pushing ahead with an obsolete technology.

An investigation into Telstra’s Wi-Fi network this week in Business Spectator has highlighted the chaotic nature of the telecommunications industry, the lack of a government plan for the inevitable national and community public Wi-Fi rollouts and dithering by NBN Co, that has led to a missed opportunity to utilise the National Broadband Network (NBN) as infrastructure of choice for special services like Universal Service Obligation (USO) funded payphones and Wi-