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NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband Network (NBN), more than any other plan, CEO Mike Quigley has revealed.

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NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

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Govt urges telcos to team up against NBN Co

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The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has urged Telstra and the other telcos to join forces in their access negotiations with NBN Co.

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What has the debt level got to do with what plan people chose? I'd point out that the debt wont be $50 billion but i'd be wasting my bre...

13 minutes ago by mstat_z on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Quigley is entirely politically motivated, this is headline grabbing and nothing more. The statistic should read - "of those who took up ...

33 minutes ago by merarischroeder on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

RT @zdnetaustralia: NSW outs datacentre deal details: http://t.co/A1Cj4Eot ^LH

"the artificial speed tiers will mean that on average speeds the country will be left well behind others and social inequality will incre...

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The most insulting aspect of the ads is CommBank's expectation that we would accept a bank account with fees unless you deposit $2000/mth...

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That's right. Quigley DOES know best. So when Quigley presents a plan to the shareholders (us) and says "this is our worst case scenario...

1 hour ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

"NBNCo predict 13% of premises passed by fibre will opt for wireless because it is cheaper." Which leaves 87% well above the 70% estimate...

1 hour ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

HC the critics said the NBN wouldn't make a cent (yes, yes here comes the, it's still in debt arguments - we know what you meant and so d...

1 hour ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Look what you did Gwyn...LOL. Yes, but as you have been told umpteen times Mathew (whenever you sprout the same old repetitive lines abo...

1 hour ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

It's great that in one area NBNCo are beating the prediction on speed tiers in the Corporate Plan (page 118). Unfortunately it is the onl...

1 hour ago by mathew42 on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Do you have a reference for the 40% in Willunga? The only public figures I've seen are 29% for Willunga and 26% for Kiama. It would cert...

1 hour ago by mathew42 on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Considering that Quigley wrote the corporate plan based on a number of studies one would expect him and the plan to know best.

1 hour ago by mathew42 on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

yep don't worry, I'm sure the anti-NBN zealots will find some other ridiculous line to fill the void. I imagine it'll be "oh but these ar...

1 hour ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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You don't appear to understand what the CVC charge is. The CVC is a charge that the ISP pays and is waived while there's too few people c...

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Well, indeed Beta; indeed! Of course, the response to actual favourable data about the NBN is the same everywhere - out come the concern...

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But, but, but... they could do that on dial-up ;-)

3 hours ago by Beta on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

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RT @zdnetaustralia: NSW outs datacentre deal details: http://t.co/A1Cj4Eot ^LH

You don't need Mathew Gwyn, you have the other usual suspects rolling in with their FUD, like clockwork. Of course these two perpetually...

3 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Another way of saying that is "of the 3,500-11,000 [votes], they won't be representative of the approximately 10 million... households". ...

3 hours ago by Gwyntaglaw on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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The rural Silicon Valley: What happened in Senate Estimates this week? What's the issue with tech company taxes?... http://t.co/Umoa7CHX

Sweet: "Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the #NBN more than any other plan" http://t.co/yUFHdYFc

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@zdnetaustralia Thoughtful piece to end the week on. Thanks @joshgnosis

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BYOD for iOS devices is not a big deal, provided a passcode is enforced and jailbroken devices are excluded. But if Google can sort out ...

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Listening to Triple J on Spotify has ads for Commonwealth Bank. But that's okay apparently. http://t.co/O7zmcpvT

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