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10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More »
Rural Aussie Broadband Slower Than Carrier Pigeon
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More » 
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11:56AM Nick Broughall
It’s pretty basic language, but this video from Alcatel Lucent actually does a pretty good job of explaining to the general populous why we need a National Broadband Network. Although personally, I’m waiting for those holographic technologies they mention towards the end of the video to be unleashed… “Help us National Broadband Network – you’re our only hope!”
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Alcatel Lucent Explains The NBN For Your Mum
11:56AM Nick Broughall
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10:00AM Nick Broughall | Screw Wimax and LTE – The CSIRO has a brand new wireless technology in the works, and is pimping it to the government as a possible solution to the problem of rolling out the NBN to remote areas. More »
CSIRO Pimping New Wireless Tech For NBN
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Screw Wimax and LTE – The CSIRO has a brand new wireless technology in the works, and is pimping it to the government as a possible solution to the problem of rolling out the NBN to remote areas. More »
QOTD
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the Rudd Government’s proposed FTTH NBN, commenters are coming out of the woodwork to argue against the plan. What they are most concerned about is the lack of detail given by the Government on how it reached its figures, and at how the entire network will work financially. And although there’s a lot of speculation and doubt over precise figures, early numbers being thrown around by the opposition have the monthly cost to the consumer sitting at around $150 a month. More »
How Much Would You Pay For 100Mbps Broadband?
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the Rudd Government’s proposed FTTH NBN, commenters are coming out of the woodwork to argue against the plan. What they are most concerned about is the lack of detail given by the Government on how it reached its figures, and at how the entire network will work financially. And although there’s a lot of speculation and doubt over precise figures, early numbers being thrown around by the opposition have the monthly cost to the consumer sitting at around $150 a month. More »
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FCC Developing First Ever National Broadband Plan
12:20PM Adrian Covert | Beginning this morning with a one-hour meeting, the FCC embarked on a mission to roll out a national broadband plan within a year’s time. Where are they starting? With you. More »
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Australia To Stimulate Itself With Government-Backed 100-Megabit Fibre Broadband For 90% of Oz
11:20PM John Mahoney | Ozzie prime minister Kevin Rudd has announced what will be one of the biggest government-sanctioned nationwide broadband initiatives in history: an $43 billion plan to bring a fat 100mbps fibre pipe to 90% of Australians. More »
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2:22PM Nick Broughall | Since this morning’s announcement that the Government is going to be creating their own company to build the NBN, there has been an outpouring of love and respect from ISPs so profound that you’d think K-Rudd was the new Dalai Lama. More »
The NBN Is The Biggest Hippie Lovefest Since Woodstock
2:22PM Nick Broughall | Since this morning’s announcement that the Government is going to be creating their own company to build the NBN, there has been an outpouring of love and respect from ISPs so profound that you’d think K-Rudd was the new Dalai Lama. More »
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9:50AM Nick Broughall | So, it looks like we might actually get that NBN after all, despite it seeming like the neverending stall-ey (boom-tish). K-Rudd this morning announced that all five tenders from the private sector to build the NBN were a load of crap, so he, Conroy and his entire Labor Government posse has decided to build the damn thing themselves (with some help from the private sector). More »
Government Decides To Build The NBN Themselves
9:50AM Nick Broughall | So, it looks like we might actually get that NBN after all, despite it seeming like the neverending stall-ey (boom-tish). K-Rudd this morning announced that all five tenders from the private sector to build the NBN were a load of crap, so he, Conroy and his entire Labor Government posse has decided to build the damn thing themselves (with some help from the private sector). More »
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12:04PM Nick Broughall | Senator Conroy has a lot to answer for. Between trying to destroy filter the internet and keeping the whole NBN process clouded in secrecy (so nobody can criticise his handling of it, we suppose), there are a lot of arguments and issues that the Minister needs to answer for. And considering he’s going to be a guest on the ABC’s Q&A program next Thursday, this could be our chance to ask him the tough questions. More »
Call To Arms: Stephen Conroy On ABC’s Q&A Next Week
12:04PM Nick Broughall | Senator Conroy has a lot to answer for. Between trying to destroy filter the internet and keeping the whole NBN process clouded in secrecy (so nobody can criticise his handling of it, we suppose), there are a lot of arguments and issues that the Minister needs to answer for. And considering he’s going to be a guest on the ABC’s Q&A program next Thursday, this could be our chance to ask him the tough questions. More »
Online
10:15AM Nick Broughall | Remember the NBN? The Rudd Government’s promise to build a National Broadband Network for Australia so we all had super-fast faster broadband? Of course you do. But do you really care? Probably not, because like pretty much everything Senator Conroy touches, it seems to be waddling in a pile of its own excrement. More precisely, in this instance, Conroy refused to share any details on the report that suggests possible tenders for the network, therefore stopping anyone from scrutinising it. So Ben Grubb over at TechwiredAU decided to try and get his hands on the report using the good old Freedom of Information Act. Sadly, it didn’t work. More »
No Such Thing As Freedom Of Information For NBN
10:15AM Nick Broughall | Remember the NBN? The Rudd Government’s promise to build a National Broadband Network for Australia so we all had super-fast faster broadband? Of course you do. But do you really care? Probably not, because like pretty much everything Senator Conroy touches, it seems to be waddling in a pile of its own excrement. More precisely, in this instance, Conroy refused to share any details on the report that suggests possible tenders for the network, therefore stopping anyone from scrutinising it. So Ben Grubb over at TechwiredAU decided to try and get his hands on the report using the good old Freedom of Information Act. Sadly, it didn’t work. More » 
