By the numbers: will Willunga prove NBN's success?
Does Willunga disprove the myth that the NBN will only be popular with those who can afford it?
Does Willunga disprove the myth that the NBN will only be popular with those who can afford it?
Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband Network (NBN), more than any other plan, CEO Mike Quigley has revealed.
In this feature, ZDNet explores how fibre deployments across the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States are being achieved, at what cost, whether they have been successful, and how they compare to Australia's NBN.
The National Broadband Network — a massive undertaking which needs a stellar team behind it. We delve into the team, telling you where they came from and what makes them tick.
NBN Co's recent wireless knockback shows that it is far from infallible. Was this a rare anomaly, or does it suggest that rural councils are willing to stand up to the government to get the fibre they really want?
Critics of the NBN have pointed to wireless as the future of connectivity, but the numbers do not back up the claims made thus far.
Ed Husic and Kate Lundy had the strongest profiles on ICT issues, but their omission from Bill Shorten's front bench leaves great uncertainty around who will be appointed to hold Turnbull's NBN to account. But will it even matter who is chosen?
The launch of the Coalition's ICT "policy", followed by a pair of TV appearances in which first Tony Smith and then Tony Abbott proved that they know absolutely nothing about ICT, have confirmed beyond all doubt that a Coalition vote is a vote against Australia's business and communications future.
Over 420,000 more customers will receive fixed-wireless and fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) broadband services after an NBN Co review recommended an additional 1300 wireless towers be built – at an additional cost of $1.7 billion – to prevent latent demand from swamping satellite services to be launched in 2016.
NBN Co significantly increased the revenue it picked up in the second half of 2012, but the Australian government-owned company still reported a loss of over AU$400 million.