Tag Archives: NBN

NBN: What Will IPTV Look Like?

Over recent months, much of the debate surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN) has revolved around what it will be used for. What will it provide to Australians, that current broadband infrastructure cannot? That depends very much on how you look at it – on a macro and/or micro level. Can the current systems deliver […]

Internet Filter Demonstrably Useless

Earlier this year I speculated that the National Classification Review, set up by the federal government via the Attorney-General’s (AG) department and the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) might become a vehicle for a tactical retreat on the mandatory internet filtering policy. Certainly, the government has been noticeably quiet on the […]

NBN: No Evidence of Trial Site Favours

Ever since the National Broadband Network (NBN) became the catalyst for the formation of current government, with parliamentary support from independent members Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott getting the ALP over the line, there have been accusations that trial sites for the network were chosen on political grounds. Certainly, it is curious that one of […]

This Photo Is In Need of a Caption!

This photo of Stephen Conroy and Julia Gillard at yesterday’s launch of the Australian Broadband Applications Laboratory (APAL) is absolutely crying out for a caption. Jump to it in the comments!

A Simple NBN Maths Lesson

Amid all the bickering, postering, bleating and prognosticating over Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), there has been one thing missing from a lot of the arguing. A simple and clearly defined explanation of where it will make its money back. Many claim it could never justify its cost, including the federal opposition who said the […]

NBN: The National Barnaby Network

Whilst reading this excellent article from David Havyatt in regards to the piecemeal alternative to the National Broadband Network (NBN) offered by Malcolm Turnbull yesterday, I followed a reference David provided to a 2005 report prepared by the Page Research Centre. Future-proofing Telecommunications in Non-Metropolitan Australia Most interestingly, the deputy chairman of the research panel […]

NBN Will Not Require Rewiring!

Last week we were subjected to the ridiculous notion that the NBN was hacked. Of course, it wasn’t hacked in any way whatsoever – the story perpetuating from a piece of lazy and sensationalistic journalism, apparently from a staff writer at the Sydney Morning Herald. Another myth that has been floating around for a long […]

The Australian FUDs It Again

There’s been a lot of rumbling, particularly since the 2010 Federal Election, in regards to a perceived media bias against the Australian Labor Party and its policies, particularly from Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited newspapers – most notably The Australian, our “national” paper. For me, their ongoing campaign, especially in the light of the News Of […]

NBN – Commonwealth Guarantee

In this the final 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 last of the eight individual agreements – the Commonwealth Guarantee (CG). All descriptions are taken from the Telstra release to the ASX. As a summary, the […]

NBN: The RFD and the ICMD Agreements

In this the sixth and penultimate 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 and third of the agreements between Telstra and the Commonwealth – the Retraining Funding Deed (RFD) and the Information Campaign and Migration Deed […]