• Tweet Telstra’s original broadband proposal was an ‘illusion’ that could never have worked, the boss of the national competition watchdog says. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel said Telstra’s proposal for a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) broadband network, or fibre to the street corner, was never going to work. ‘I can now summarise that [&hellip

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  • Tweet A $9 billion deal between Telstra and NBN Co on delivery of the national broadband network is being delayed by speculation over Australia’s political future. The Australian Financial Review reports that NBN Co. and Telstra have drawn up a series of ‘wipeout clauses’ in the event the $36 billion project is cancelled or scaled [&hellip

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  • Tweet Prime Minister Julia Gillard has switched on a glimpse of the future in Armidale, the first mainland community to receive national broadband network (NBN) services. The NBN roll-out in the northern NSW city will ultimately bring super-fast broadband to 4882 premises, including the University of New England, but the first to benefit are the [&hellip

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  • Tweet The builder of the national broadband network has suspended its construction tender following concerns about value for money. NBN Co head of corporate services Kevin Brown said the company would not build the network ‘at any price’. ‘We have thoroughly benchmarked our project against similar engineering and civil works projects in Australia and overseas [&hellip

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  • Tweet The head of the government funded company charged with the responsibility for building the national broadband network has denied speculation that the Queensland floods will significantly impact the NBN. NBN Co Chief Executive Mike Quigley says that he does not expect the Queensland floods to delay the rollout of the high-speed network, and that [&hellip

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