• 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 WIRELESS internet technologies present a major threat to Labor’s $35.9 billion national broadband network, a government-appointed consultant has warned. An assessment of the NBN Co’s corporate plan by Greenhill Caliburn said the project’s revenue assumptions "appear to be in line with a range of domestic and international benchmarks". But the success of the network [&hellip

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  • Tweet   One of the internet’s pioneers $36 billion is "stunning investment" Filter net at production end, not distribution ONE of the internet’s founding fathers says he’s "jealous" of Australia’s $36 billion broadband network. Vint Cerf, who helped develop email and TCP/IP technology, told The Australian during a visit to Sydney yesterday he thought the [&hellip

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  • Tweet THE competition regulator has punched a hole in the business case for the $36bn NBN by urging the government to reject a proposal to extend its monopoly. It is understood the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told the government to discard the NBN Co’s contentious plan to build only 14 points of interconnection [&hellip

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