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  • Broadband Dept hires for NBN team

    The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is on the hunt for five key executives to join its National Broadband Network team.

  • Govt sees progress in Telstra NBN talks

    Federal Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy says he is confident the government will have significant progress to announce by Christmas in the broadband negotiations with Telstra.

  • Oppn slams NBN forum as waste of time

    Opposition communications spokesman Tony Smith has slammed the federal government for spending more than $500,000 of taxpayers' money on a forum dedicated to Australia's "broadband future".

  • Conroy's broadband forum to cost $500k

    A conference to be held at the University of New South Wales on the future of fast broadband will cost taxpayers $528,000.

  • Tassie NBN expands to 10 towns

    Seven new towns have been nominated as early recipients of Tasmania's National Broadband Network (NBN), bringing the total number for the island to 10.

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  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

  • That other broadband revolution

    While everyone was distracted by the NBN, a revolution was under way in the supply of fixed line broadband.

  • NBN operator must be separated

    Functional separation is a powerful tool that could be employed to ensure consumers receive value for money, choice, variety, and innovative services across the nation.

  • New NBN a threat to Telstra

    The Rudd Government's decision to build its own broadband network significantly cranks up the threat to Telstra's dominance in the telecommunications sector.

  • Win a copy of Wired Brown Land

    We've got a few copies of former Optus executive Paul Fletcher's new book "Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband" floating around the office and it's time to pass one on.

Videos (6)

  • The NBN reaction

    Australians tell us what they think of the $43 billion National Broadband Network.

  • NBN delays 'almost inevitable': Lundy

    ACT senator and former shadow Minister for ICT Kate Lundy told ZDNet.com.au last month in a video interview that a project as large as the National Broadband Network was bound to see schedule slippage.

  • Nick Minchin interview

    Shadow Communications Minister talks about key issues in his portfolio: the National Broadband Network, the ISP filter and more.

  • Telstra's union on strike, NBN exit

    Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) national president Ed Husic talks about how Telstra's strikes are going and what Telstra's fall from the national broadband network process means to its workers.

  • Are the NBN numbers viable?

    Australian ISPs BigPond, iiNet and Internode discuss whether the National Broadband Numbers stack up.

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