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NBN in pictures

NBN Tasmania launch

Last Thursday morning, the National Broadband Network was officially launched in Tasmania by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett.

In pictures: Ericsson opens next-gen IPTV centre (updated)

Ericsson Australia has established a regional TV centre in Melbourne to advance the development and adoption of next-generation TV in the emerging era of high-speed broadband communications.

The NBN: a timeline

The rocky road to the Rudd government's NBN announcement

Telstra has devoted over three years and some 900 engineers to designing a national fibre network, and Acaltel has chipped-in 1000 of its own engineers who have devoted an estimated 1.5 million hours on the project. Telstra offered a glimpse of some of the technology behind its $10B bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN)

News about NBN

Aussie Broadband debut 1Gbps NBN plans

Aussie Broadband are going all-in on speed when it comes to their new NBN plans.

News May 26
Superloop brings back $21 Black Friday NBN deal

Superloop have resurrected their Black Friday discount for their contract-free NBN plans.

News Feb 20
Aussie Broadband's Black Friday deal lets you save $20/month on NBN

Aussie Broadband are getting in on the Black Friday action with a promotion that lets you save $20 a month on internet.

News Nov 29
Fetch TV expands with Aussie Broadband

Fetch TV and Aussie Broadband have announced a partnership that will see the Fetch service available to Australian Broadband customers.

News Oct 31
What companies are providing the goods?

When it comes to more bang for the buck, an unlimited NBN plan is the best option. But before locking in a plan, what providers give you the fastest broadband on the market?

News Sep 13

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Features about NBN

Best Broadband Plans for Gaming

If you spend a lot of time playing online games like Valorant, Fortnite or Apex Legends, choosing the right NBN provider isn’t just going to save you money.

Features May 12
NBN Explained: How to get the best deal on your high-speed internet connection

You know you need NBN but you don’t know where to start. What’s the difference between NBN25 and NBN50? What’s CVC? Is NBN100 worth it? Here are the answers.

Features Apr 08
Cisco’s internet traffic forecast describes a sobering explosion of traffic growth and exposes government nbn plans as woefully inadequate

Cisco has delivered its annual Visual Networking Index internet traffic forecast which predicts traffic growth going out to 2020. Previous forecasts have been within 10% accuracy but it was noted that the 2010 prediction figures for 2015 were within ...

Features Jun 19
NBN: The case for upload

Until now, the controversy over the relative merits of various approaches to implementing a broadband network has been conducted in terms of FTTP (Fibre To The Premises) against FTTN (Fibre to the Node), mainly on the grounds that fibre to the node ...

Features Jun 15
The schoolboy maths error that underpins Turnbull’s ‘nbn’

Malcolm Turnbull has said in recent times that he does not want any spin and is that he demands straight talking from NBN co regarding its broadband rollout. However, his speech at the recent Commsday NBN Rebooted conference appears to fly in the fac...

Features May 24