Australia's got no upload: New Zealand picks up broadband Bledisloe crownThe Australian National Broadband Network is held back by artificial restraints and shocking upload speeds.May 31, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Home Networking
NBN could end up as a 100Mbps network and the ACCC thinks it might be too quickExcess pricing will push retailers and thus users towards an access-only 100Mbps plan, which will hollow out the lower end of the market, the ACCC has said.May 23, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Networking
Aussie Broadband rising in NBN share as majors dip downTelstra, Optus, and TPG all saw market share drops of 0.3 percentage points, while Aussie Broadband accounted for over half of the 1 percentage point rise in small players.May 18, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Mobile Carriers
Labor wants to measure mobile signal across Australia from postie vansOpposition wants to form an evidence baseline for mobile coverage.April 4, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Mobile Carriers
NBN names 50 suburbs getting upgrades for AU$73 million Victorian government spendTaking two years, 34,000 residences and 7,700 businesses in Victoria will get access to fibre to the node upgrades.March 27, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Broadband
NBN FttC upgrade orders are starting at end of MayCustomers will need to place orders for 250Mbps speeds or higher, and remain on it for a year to avoid a downgrade fee.March 23, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Broadband
ACMA orders Optus and TPG to refund AU$6.5m for under-delivering internet speedsMore than 38,000 customers were being charged for internet speeds they could not get.March 22, 2022 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Mobile Carriers
NBN opens up first suburbs for FttN to FttP upgrade ordersOver 50,000 lines are lucky enough to be in the first batch of availability.March 21, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Broadband
NBN to spend AU$750 million upgrading fixed wireless to be millimetre-wave 5G capableAustralian government has kicked in AU$480 million for the upgrade.March 21, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Networking
NBN fibre alternatives cannot keep up: ACCCUsers on Uniti's network have slower connections and experience a higher rate of outages compared to those on full fibre NBN lines, the ACCC has said.March 16, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Broadband
NBN carries less purchased bandwidth as Focus on Fast promotion endsAs far as demonstrations of artificial capacity restraints go, NBN discounting makes for a perfect use case.February 21, 2022 by Chris Duckett in Broadband
ACCC chair says NBN should be treated as sunk cost in any efforts to recoup spendACCC maintains the 25-50Mbps down and 5-20Mbps up Fixed Wireless Plus plan is sufficient for most households.February 17, 2022 by Campbell Kwan in NBN