Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both?
Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach
Offbeat10 Jan 2025 | 66
National Broadband Network
The right to repairable broadband befits a supposedly critical utility
Column A bolt of lightning has caused me days of misery, because the fix requires too much proprietary tech
Networks16 Mar 2022 | 85
After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’
Those 35,000 connections that aren’t built? Celebrate the 11.86 million that were, says Minister
Networks23 Dec 2020 | 42
Tech support scammer dialed random number and Australian Police’s cybercrime squad answered
Cops used the opportunity to figure out remote access traps
Security06 Nov 2020 | 126
Oi, Queenslander who downloaded 26.8TB in June alone – we see you
That's quite the appetite you've got there
Bootnotes11 Dec 2019 | 122
Remember Woolworths? Well there's a different* one that still exists in Oz. Telstra wants NBN Co to help shove fibre in it
3,000 sites on list
Networks23 Jan 2019 | 18
BROADER TOPICS
Telstra told by regulator to keep copper for an extra five years
Competition needs come first
Networks27 Nov 2018 | 1
As losses narrow, nbn™ says business will drive growth in ARPU (that'll be how much it extracts from each punter)
Oz broadband network-builder quarterly revenue bests half-billion mark
Networks20 Nov 2018 | 4
NBN satellite user waiting for extra gigabytes? Keep waiting
Relief is coming next year, CEO promises
Networks13 Nov 2018 | 6
The great and powerful Oz (broadband network): Revs rise, but nbn™'s exec bonuses don't
And competition regulator sees 5G clouds on the horizon
Networks01 Nov 2018 | 11
Aussies: Want gigabit symmetrical NBN? We've got good news and bad news
It's coming, but only for enterprise customers
Networks30 Oct 2018 | 2
Australia's national broadband bet shirk: NBN write-down not on the cards – chairman
Switkowski: Write-downs are a financial, not political, decision
Legal24 Oct 2018 | 4
Incoming NBN boss inheriting regulation, service headaches
Is there poison in the chalice that Stephen will Rue?
Legal23 Aug 2018 | 5
Better late than never: nbn™ DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade starts
Where? Not saying, but it'll be nearly everywhere by 2020. Pinky-promise
Networks07 Aug 2018 | 11
Telstra reveals radical restructure plan
Tel-colossus to shed 8,000 jobs, create new infrastructure company
On-Prem20 Jun 2018 | 9
nbn™ CEO didn't mean to offend gamers, just brand them unwelcome bandwidth-hogs
Actually, it's about ethics in network concurrency
Networks06 Jun 2018 | 33
nbn™ ponders a gamers' gate to throttle heavy wireless users
Using your service as advertised? How dare you!
Networks04 Jun 2018 | 21
Waiting for 100 Mbps NBN on wireless? Errr, umm, sorry about that
nbn™'s Norwegian Blue was dead after all
Legal25 May 2018 | 19
ACCC grabs pliers, extracts AU$1.5 million from Optus
Carrier misled customers over NBN, Federal Court finds
Legal23 May 2018 | 3
nbn™ isn’t fixing HFC, it’s ‘optimising’ it
And seemingly just-about rebuilding it, too
Networks16 May 2018 | 23
nbn™ scoreboard: miracle needed to hit FY 18 construction targets
Fastest-ever adoption and connection rate needed, but at least finances look decent
Networks15 May 2018 | 12
NBN dragging Telstra down, carrier wants 5G to haul it up again
CEO blames 'nationalisation' for limp financials, like The Simpsons can't defend ARPU
On-Prem15 May 2018 | 4
FTTP NBN gone from draft Australian Labor Party policy platform
new doc mostly mentions carbon fibre, natural fibre … not so much FTTP
Networks30 Apr 2018 | 17
nbn™ CEO blames copper for performance problems
Bill Morrow says what Australia's been thinking for about a decade
Legal29 Apr 2018 | 11
nbn™ CEO pleads with staff to control costs in ‘seeya later’ letter
Teases research showing the NBN is creating jobs, especially for self-employed women
Networks04 Apr 2018 | 9
nbn™ loses its head: CEO Bill Morrow bails
With the build mostly done, he reckons it’s the right to time to hand over to a new leader
Networks04 Apr 2018 | 7
Dodo, Commander, iPrimus are very sorry about 100/40 NBN plans
Regulator secured refund/exit deals for 16,000 unhappy customers this week
Networks23 Mar 2018 | 3
nbn™ gives ISDN, Frame Relay and Ethernet Lite a stay of execution
Users will be permitted to run them in parallel with NBN connections, but they've been marked for extinction
Networks07 Mar 2018 | 7
nbn™'s HFC fix will see connections tested from March to July 2018
Writes to residents to announce on-site inspection
Networks18 Feb 2018 | 5
nbn™ scoreboard: our new way to look at Australia's national broadband network
The numbers, not the spin, from nbn™'s half-year presentation and corporate plan
Networks13 Feb 2018 | 25
nbn 's CVC discounts worked - ISPs splashed for 38 per cent more bandwidth
Still just 1.53 Mbps per user, so let's not let that distract us from the ongoing build bungles
Networks08 Feb 2018 | 10
To hack Australia and learn its secrets, buy second-hand furniture
Secret cabinet documents found in filing cabinet sold because someone lost the key
Security31 Jan 2018 | 52
Australia won't prescribe its national broadband network a high-fibre diet
Nobody gets 100 Mbps, so nobody buys 100 Mbps, so nobody needs 100 Mbps. QED
Legal17 Jan 2018 | 27
Australia's future technology headlines … for 2019!
Predictions are like armpits, everybody has at least two and they often stink
Bootnotes21 Dec 2017 | 15
TPG joins the NBN speed-fail refund club
100 Mbps? Tell 'em they're dreaming, son
Legal21 Dec 2017 | 10
nbn™tries to ease peak hour crunch with cheaper bundles
50 Mbps / 100 Mbps now bundle CVC capacity
Networks14 Dec 2017 | 9
Optus to refund NBN customers for slow connections
'Technical limitations' hobbled copper-based services
On-Prem11 Dec 2017 | 8
nbn™ chair Ziggy Switkowski says HFC remediation mess is business as usual
'Every time we launch a new platform we got through processes learning how to do it well'
Networks05 Dec 2017 | 13
nbn™ pauses hybrid fibre-coax build and will fix current connections
+Comment Billions spent on networks not fit for purpose, cabling may be to blame
Networks27 Nov 2017 | 19
nbn™ to ISPs: share your speeds or we'll share 'em for you
NBN Week nbn™ financials, the speed scandal, and 'what millennials like part 1,096'
Networks19 Nov 2017 | 13
Telstra drops nbn™ in it as it wears compo for broadband speed ads
Carrier says 'it is not possible to accurately determine what speed the NBN can deliver to a customer prior to connection'
Legal08 Nov 2017 | 31
Who's to blame for the NBN? Hardly anyone remembers, or cares
NBN WEEK Vulture South wraps the week's news of Australia's National Broadband Network
Legal05 Nov 2017 | 10
Birds are pecking apart Australia's national broadband network
Everything in Australia wants to kill you and if they can't find flesh, telco cabling will do
Bootnotes03 Nov 2017 | 88
Woeful NBN services attract ACCC's attention
Mulls rewrite to wholesale service standards to give punters some leverage
Legal02 Nov 2017 | 13
Vodafone's NBN plans may include voice-over-WiFi, virtual landlines
Carrier already this overseas, seeks Oz punters' opinions on 'NBN extras' plan, name
Networks27 Oct 2017 | 3
nbn™ to use G.fast in late 2018, firstly in commercial premises
Off-roadmap announcement precedes debut of business kit and is weird about FTTN
Legal24 Oct 2017 | 9
nbn™'s problems were known – in 2008, a year before its birth
PM says the network's a waste of money? It's also yet another wasted chance at real reform
Legal23 Oct 2017 | 18
Joint Committee on the NBN splits, as National Party member sides with opposition
Liberal MPs say FTTN is fine, the rest call for FTTP or FTTC from now on
Legal29 Sep 2017 | 38
nbn™ sweetens the deal for business and its own bottom line
Updated Mirrors price relief offered to consumer market
Networks27 Sep 2017 | 2
Internet Australia chair, directors, won't seek re-election
+COMMENT 'Time for significant board renewal' and perhaps less sound and fury too
Legal06 Sep 2017 | 2
nbn™ adds premises to FTTC, HFC, slims down FTTN build
Build will end in 2020, stay in the financial envelope.
We promise, really, truly
We promise, really, truly
Networks01 Sep 2017 | 49
Australian telcos promise to be better NBN helpers
Just like they always promise to stop having rubbish customer service
Legal22 Aug 2017 | 8
Groundhog Day! ACCC again calls for truth in broadband advertising
100 Mbps? Call it the 60 Mbps customers might actually experience at peak hour
Legal21 Aug 2017 | 10
nbn™ blames cheap-ass telcos for grumpy users, absolves CVC pricing
All this will pass says CEO Morrow, once ISPs consolidate and stop discounting
Legal31 Jul 2017 | 31
Retailers would love an NBN backhaul tariff restructure
But it might be hard to persuade the government
Legal25 Jul 2017 | 50
Deutsche Telekom G.fast demo pushes G.Fast faster, further
Interview: Sckipio explains what carriers will like about cDTA
Networks20 Jul 2017 | 5
nbn™ hits the half-way mark – but has more than half of the job left
Signups remain at <50%, revenue isn't right and don't forget Turnbull promised we'd all be connected in 2016
Legal10 Jul 2017 | 25
Wanted: broadband crash-test dummies for ACCC's speed tests
Competition regulator wants you to help tag slack ISPs
Legal18 Jun 2017 | 3
If you live in a network lab, you'll get gigabit NBN over HFC soon
Cable networks' upgrade to DOCSIS 3.1 inches a step closer
Networks05 Jun 2017 | 14
nbn™ needs copper to build FTTN: another 15,000 km of it
Some greenfields won't get fibre, company tells Senate
Legal18 May 2017 | 36
nbn™ delivers another financial yawn-fest
Solid Q3 with no surprises
On-Prem11 May 2017 |
Up Wolf Creek without a signal: outback cable cut disconnects top end TPG, Optus customers
Truck hauls up Nextgen fibre, the fix is in once repair crews can find the break
Networks02 May 2017 | 4
Biting the hand that feeds IT
