Meet the new boss just like the old boss.
This week we got a brand new Communications Minister in the form of Deputy Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.
He assures us everything is fine and dandy, but the telco industry is less than pleased with the establishment. iiNet heavyweights have warned NBN Co this week that if they don’t listen to the industry on pricing then they’ll walk away from the network. The full story is complete with some choice language.
NBN Co assures us that everything is fine so far, saying that it has met its roll-out targets up to 30 June. Not everyone is convinced, however, with some calling for an audit into the numbers after it was revealed that almost a third of those “passed” by the NBN can’t actually get connected.