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Coonan the Barbarian nurtures Lib paradox

You may have forgotten about her long ago, but Helen Coonan made a surprise appearance to announce the end of her time in Parliament. The NBN, unsurprisingly, got a spray, and the ghosts of OPEL were dredged up yet again. But have the Liberals evolved away from Coonan's wireless obsession? Or are we doomed to repeat the past as technological ignorance continues to pollute the NBN debate?

August 23rd, 2011 in Coonan by David Braue 23 Comments 2 Votes

Coonan delivers final NBN swipe

Outgoing former Howard Government Minister for Communications, Helen Coonan, has used her valedictory speech in the Senate to take a swipe at Labor's National Broadband Network (NBN) project, saying that the OPEL project would already be delivering fast broadband to regional Australians today.

August 19th, 2011 in NBN by Josh Taylor 28 Comments 1 Vote

Future Fund won't protest Telstra split

Future Fund chief executive Paul Costello yesterday remained tight-lipped in the face of sustained questioning over the fund's stance, as an investor, on the pending legislated separation of Telstra's operations.

October 21st, 2009 in Coonan by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Minchin, Coonan in united Conroy front

Senators Nick Minchin and Helen Coonan today opened fire in the Senate on communications minister Stephen Conroy in a joint attack marking the commencement of Minchin's term as shadow minister.

September 24th, 2008 in Helen Coonan by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Minchin will take Conroy down

The appointment of Nick Minchin as shadow communications minister is a bald-faced attempt to wipe Stephen Conroy off the face of the earth; and it will probably succeed.

September 23rd, 2008 in Broadband by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Timeline: Telstra's path from CDMA to Next G

It's been a long road to the closure of Telstra's CDMA network. ZDNet.com.au takes a look back at how it all happened.

April 24th, 2008 in Cdma by Jo Best Comment Vote

Labor to miss schools broadband plan deadline

The Liberals have accused the Labor government of "breaking another election promise" after Senator Kim Carr was unable to confirm that high-speed broadband access will be made available to schools in time to accompany government's planned one-PC-per-desk rollout for high school students.

March 20th, 2008 in Schools by Marcus Browne Comment Vote

Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

March 12th, 2008 in Broadband by David Braue Comment Vote

Telstra gets AU$1 billion 'secret documents' wish

A ruling preventing Telstra from accessing documents relating to the government's decision to award nearly AU$1 billion in funding to OPEL has been overturned.

February 14th, 2008 in Wimax by Jo Best Comment Vote

Digital TV: back to the future?

What a difference a decade makes.

February 8th, 2008 in Tv by David Braue Comment Vote

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Australian NBN subscribers are opting for 100/40 over 12/1 speeds: http://t.co/QsWk7u6Y That's the least surprising news I've ever read! :)

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But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

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Not much point running fiber back to the exchange if that exchange itself is connected by copper. It is access to fiber backhaul that de...

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
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