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copper:
Third of chip production could face copper supply disruptions by 2035
Australian mines unlikely to be able to fill the gap.
Nathan Vifflin
Jul 9 2025 6:57AM
Hardware
Vic Police called to alleged copper theft from telco pit
Vehicles allegedly used to extract cables.
Ry Crozier
Sep 24 2024 6:32AM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co warns of copper network's mounting costs
Four times as many faults as fibre, and continuing to degrade.
Ry Crozier
Dec 1 2022 12:09AM
Networking
NBN Co has "difficulty competing" for new housing estate jobs
Commercial operators' success prompts government review.
Ry Crozier
Nov 25 2019 10:52AM
Telco/ISP
Telstra sees at least 59 exchanges broken into
Copper cabling damaged.
Ry Crozier
Aug 28 2019 7:15AM
Telco/ISP
V4 Telecom warned after wholesale dispute causes outage
Formally warned over its handling of complaints.
Ry Crozier
Jul 18 2019 11:12AM
Telco/ISP
Telstra to act faster to fix copper faults
Must carry more spares, perform upgrades.
Ry Crozier
Mar 13 2019 5:05PM
Telco/ISP
Telstra to get extra time for CustomNet exit
All services won’t have to shift to NBN before 2020.
Ry Crozier
Jan 10 2019 3:53PM
Telco/ISP
Telstra's copper to stay regulated until mid-2024
To remove temptation to raise prices.
Ry Crozier
Nov 26 2018 11:43AM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co chief gets frank about copper's problems
Helped quicken the rollout but caused ongoing issues.
Ry Crozier
Apr 27 2018 1:24PM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co 'error' halves new copper cable spend
Overcooks its estimates.
Ry Crozier
Dec 22 2017 9:35AM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co resumes micronode rollout
Almost 2000 now in the field.
Ry Crozier
Dec 19 2017 9:00AM
Telco/ISP
Telstra expands wholesale APIs to diagnostics, support tickets
Part of telco's digitisation program.
Ry Crozier
Nov 30 2017 6:45AM
Telco/ISP
Telcos draft industry code to improve copper broadband performance
Providers to co-operate for deployments.
Juha Saarinen
Nov 9 2017 10:30AM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co says it may not overbuild all FTTN
Could pick and choose areas of demand.
Ry Crozier
Sep 4 2017 6:45AM
Telco/ISP
Vocus sees NBN margins slip further behind ADSL
Widens to $5 less a month.
Ry Crozier
Aug 23 2017 12:01PM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co reveals 54,000 FTTN users can't get over 25 Mbps
Shows speed profiles for copper technology.
Ry Crozier
Aug 11 2017 1:49PM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co deploys fresh copper to new homes
First premises declared RFS under revised policy.
Ry Crozier
Jul 4 2017 2:53PM
Telco/ISP
NBN Co to give 8 percent of new premises FTTN
In-fill proportion revealed.
Ry Crozier
May 17 2017 6:57PM
Telco/ISP
Garbage truck takes down copper cable in FTTN area
But only NBN users are reconnected quickly.
Ry Crozier
Apr 21 2017 12:00PM
Telco/ISP
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