Entertainment

The NBN Has Been Hacked By ‘Evil’! Err, No.

Gizmodo AU

By now, you’ve likely heard of the 25 year old truck driver arrested by Federal cops for allegedly hacking into Platform Networks, an ISP which has signed on for (but not yet begun) NBN trials. “The NBN has been breached!” cried the TV news, and today the frustrated NBN Co boss slammed the reports: “The incident yesterday related to a commercial customer of NBN Co that has not yet connected services over the NBN.” For real! And Gizmodo was on Sunrise to explain just that. Video!


August 19, 2010

NBNCo CEO Mike Quigley Doesn’t Like The Libs Broadband Plan

Gizmodo AU

If I were CEO of a company building a government-funded National Broadband Network, which faced the threat of cancellation if the opposition was elected to power, I’d probably voice my criticisms of the opposition’s own broadband plan just like NBNCo’s Mike Quigley did yesterday.