Monthly Archives: June 2011

NBN – Access Deed

In the fourth instalment of my series on the recently signed Telstra/NBN Co deal, I will highlight what I believe are the interesting and/or important parts of the fourth of the eight individual agreements – the Access Deed (AD). All descriptions are taken from the Telstra release to the ASX. As a summary, the AD […]

Getting Old, Need Glasses

At my regular annual eye check last week – (pretty much compulsory for a diabetic) – it was suggested that I should probably be getting classes for closeup work – (reading, computer, etc). Ordered Saturday, arrived today. Nice work SpecSavers!

Fogging Hell!

Having spent most of today in a training session in Werribee – (very handy for a Geelong resident!) – I was rather surprised to emerge and discover the ridiculous fog hanging around. Fog is common in this part of the world at this time of the year…but in the MORNINGS, and not at 5pm in […]

NBN – Infrastructure Services Agreement

In the next instalment of my series on the recently signed Telstra/NBN Co deal, I will highlight what I believe are the interesting and/or important parts of the third of the eight individual agreements – the Infrastructure Services Agreement (ISA). All descriptions are taken from the Telstra release to the ASX. As a summary, the […]

Site Power Works

Just a quick update for regular readers – there will be some unexpected power remediation works at one location where part of this site is hosted this afternoon, so there will be a short period of degraded service. The site will be up, but there will be errors in the right hand column of the […]

NBN – Subscriber Agreement

In the second instalment of my series on the recently signed Telstra/NBN Co deal, I will highlight what I believe are the interesting and/or important parts of the second of the eight individual agreements – the Subscriber Agreement (SA). All descriptions are taken from the Telstra release to the ASX. As a summary, the SA […]

Why I Dumped Telstra

About a year ago, Telstra – (along with Optus and iPrimus) – agreed to “voluntarily” apply a version of the government’s mandatory internet filter to the connections of all of their customers. They agreed to “voluntarily” filter out at least a certain subset – (mainly child pornography) – of the ACMA blacklist, the complete contents […]

NBN – Implementation and Interpretation Deed

In the first of a series of articles on the Telstra/NBN Co deal signed today, I will highlight what I believe are the interesting and/or important parts of the first of eight agreements signed – the Implementation and Interpretation Deed (IID). All descriptions are taken from the Telstra release to the ASX. As a summary, […]

The NBN Deal – What Just Got Signed?

Obviously one of the hottest topics today has been the announcement of binding agreement between Telstra and NBN Co for the former’s participation in the forthcoming National Broadband Network. There was also a similar agreement announced between Optus and NBN Co. But what actually got signed? In actual fact, it is a series of “eight […]

Telstra / NBN Agreement Signed

It was announced this morning that Telstra have signed the long-awaited deal for their participation in the National Broadband Network (NBN), and its rollout. Below is the full media release to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX): Full Telstra Media Release to the ASX I’ll be absorbing the deal throughout the day – (I’m actually away […]