Turnbull should demonstrate broader comms nous
However you feel about the national broadband network, it’s hard to dispute that lately, Australia's Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband Malcolm Turnbull has been struggling to find new...
View ArticleOptus can level the 4G playing field
Optus could very well find itself able to match Telstra's wireless coverage for the first time ever.
View ArticleLibs rewriting the laws of physics and finance
Turnbull can hardly be budgeting for a return on an FttN NBN investment; how could he when he has made it clear that there is no viable business case around the NBN?
View ArticleWill Turnbull use an NBN Co boardroom coup to manipulate Telstra?
It's clear that Malcolm Turnbull wouldn't keep Mike Quigley around for long if he could help it — but would a victorious Coalition dangle NBN Co executive positions to get Telstra to help make FttN's...
View ArticleDo rural Aussies deserve a less-capable NBN?
Do rural Australians really want, expect, and deserve less from their broadband than those of us in the cities? Some private-sector telco execs seem to think so. But, of course they would.
View ArticleWhy the HFC is no NBN alternative: A sob story
If you're going to design a network and call it consumer-grade, it actually has to be able to cope with the massive data demands of your average consumer.
View ArticleHuawei: Shaken and stirred
I don't know about you, but whenever I watch a James Bond movie, one thought invariably crosses my mind: who pays for all this stuff?
View ArticleAdam tempted; are small ISPs on the eve of destruction?
Ever more stretched by the NBN's market restructure, small ISPs must work harder to differentiate — or hand over the reins to those who have.
View ArticleCarriers channelling Pavlov in data-frugality push, but will we bite?
Shifty quota cuts reflect carrier fears that data-hungry 4G customers will congest their evolving networks — but do we really need to be retrained to use less data?
View ArticleLibs should have joined Labor's NBN telework love-in
National Telework Week naturally spruiked Labor's NBN vision, but it also highlighted the Coalition's utter lack of vision.
View ArticleConroy's spectrum mistake is Telstra's 4G revenge
The very fact that Conroy needed to intervene in the digital-dividend spectrum auctions shows how much things can change in five years. But as Conroy reaps what he sowed, is he making things better or...
View ArticleTurnbull's media crusade masks Libs' NBN incoherence
Turnbull is playing the man, not the ball. But the media is not his problem; his policy is the problem. And no amount of bluster will change the fact that there are serious, unanswered questions around...
View ArticleChina's FttH an inconvenient NBN truth for Libs
The Coalition has been berating journalists for not looking at overseas plans for nationwide broadband networks — but now that the world’s most populous country has committed to FttH, what are we now...
View ArticleWill 13 be lucky for 4G, NBN, and Labor?
With a 4G auction looming, 3G congestion nipping at its heels, the NBN in put-up-or-shut-up mode, and an election on its way, 2013 is certain to be a thrill a minute. But as analog TV gear stares at...
View ArticleCould auction languor bring NBN Co into mobile 4G?
With the upcoming 4G spectrum auction looking shaky, Stephen Conroy would have to be considering what he'll do if the result falls short. One option would be to direct NBN Co to enter the 4G wireless...
View ArticleWill Abbott's Real Solutions include real NBN costings?
Honest pre-election costings would finally put a price on Turnbull’s FttN plan. Will the Coalition follow through, or will it use a post-election cost-benefit analysis to worm out of its long-held...
View ArticleLabor's NBN election sweeteners may turn saccharine
Labor is naturally keen to paint its NBN strategy as offering the most for voters, but giving too much, too early could very well backfire on the party by empowering Turnbull's alternative in the...
View ArticleIs Telstra's P2P throttling really so bad?
We all know what happens when an entire suburb turns on their split-cycle air conditioners on a 43-degree day. This is the same thing that happens to shared HFC networks when a few fanatics set out to...
View ArticleWeasel maths won't fix coalition's NBN case
For a party that's been beating the drum about transparency in government seemingly forever, the Coalition's election platform is sure looking pretty opaque — and its maths skills are seriously wanting.
View ArticleAs Quigley drops his knitting, is Labor's NBN unravelling?
Does Mike Quigley's surprise support for an FttP-FttN tete-a-tete suggest that NBN Co is preparing for a change of government? Or is it just Labor's way to pre-empt a Coalition CBA?
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