Stuck In A Time Warp
It’s now 11 years since the twinkle of the National Broadband Network was formed in the Broadband Advisory Group’s eyes. It’s like the current government is desperately trying to take us back to 2003,...
View ArticleWhat Comes Down Must Go Up
Over the years, I’ve only really touched on upload speeds with the National Broadband Network a few times, not because I have nothing to say on the subject, but because it’s so damn hard to explain...
View ArticleSwitkowski’s Dubious Claim
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Meet Ziggy Switkowski: nuclear physicist, ex-Telstra CEO, liberator of bits! Well, that’s the image that the Liberal party would love us to have, unfortunately, as an...
View ArticleIs it possible for Turnbull to have a rational argument, ever
A picture of Turnbull tweeting away. Wait, I think I mixed up the image. The Set Up Perhaps this could be seen as a case study not just of the volatile and sometimes distorting character of social...
View ArticleThe Right Kind Of Competition
It’s rather amusing to watch the current government twist and turn on the TPG FTTB/Optus FTTB problem. For the last few months there’s been hints at an overhaul of the legislation governing competing...
View ArticleThe Final Nail
Photo: Herzi Pinki Over the past three years we’ve seen some quality acting from the Earl of Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull. From decrying transparency, to claims that HFC is the future, to demanding a...
View ArticleOff With Their Heads
I am becoming confident (this may sound idealistic) that some-time in the near future we may be able to talk less about plumbing, and focus more on how the communications sector and broader economy...
View ArticleWhy Buy The JSF & Not Build An FTTP NBN?
As a geek I love toys, big toys, little toys, basically anything that’s fun and interesting. When I first laid eyes on the prototypes that would become the F-35 Lightning II, colloquially known as the...
View ArticleThe MDU Problem
Photograph: Locked Gate by Matt White NBN Co has, for some time, had serious problems with Multi-Dwelling Units (MDU). Not through any fault of its own, this is just the nature of bodies corporate;...
View ArticleA Conrovian Pandemic
Recently Senator Stephen Conroy made a speech in the Senate regarding the National Broadband Network (NBN) Senate Committee’s findings regarding Malcolm Turnbull’s “Strategic Review”. While the...
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