Radio talkback king Alan Jones has always had a fairly liberal view of the world, but he clearly doesn’t have a clue about technology. Andrew Ramadge over at News has picked up that the opinionated personality jumped on the story of German researchers breaking the data transmission record as a way to trash the NBN, despite the fact they use the same technology. More »
If you needed any indication that fibre is a broadband infrastructure for the future, look no further than this morning’s story that German researchers managed to transfer data at 26 terabits per second over a single fibre cable. NBN Co certainly feel vindicated in their choice of a fibre network. More »
As part of its official launch of the mainland NBN, NBN Co produced this little animation video to celebrate. Is it just me, or does it look like NBN Co set off a bomb of fibre in the northern NSW town? Hey NBN Co! Blow me up with fibre too!
The long wait for fibre to the home broadband has taken its first major step today, with NBNCo officially launching NBN services in Armidale in northern NSW. More »
It seems kind of odd that Vodafone – a company that spent so much time trying to convince customers to ditch the landline – has confirmed it will be offering trial fixed broadband trials at first release mainland NBN sites. Would you sign up with Vodafone for the NBN? More »
Kansas City, Kansas citizens! You lucky somuvaperson. Google just announced that they will outfit your city of 145,000 people with ultra fast, super speedy 1Gbs fibre network. Congrats! Sometimes, re-naming your city or naming your kids Google isn’t enough. More »
CNET is reporting that Apple will introduce a new high-speed connection technology with either their upcoming MacBook Pro or another product altogether. Supposedly, the technology is actually Intel’s Light Peak technology, which is expected to replace the various cables that connect multiple devices (your display, usb etc). Light Peak is originally fibre optic-esque but Apple will actually be using a copper based system. Interestingly, Apple is expected to re-name Light Peak. [CNET]
During the Q&A session of his Mobile World Congress keynote, former Google CEO and current Executive Chairman of the company professed his love for Australia’s NBN. More »
Netgear CEO Patrick Lo had a lot to say at an intimate lunch with journalists on Monday. But while his comments on Apple and Microsoft were the big stories of the week, he also had some fascinating perspectives on the NBN. Given his position in the networking space, they’re well worth listening to. More »
