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NBN Co reveals first locations with an FTTN upgrade path to full fibre
Starts work on bringing fibre from node to street.
Oct 27 2020 11:54AM
NBN Co sets a low bar to qualify for a full-fibre upgrade
Also reveals the cost-per-premises it will incur.
Oct 23 2020 7:00AM
NBN Co limits gigabit services to just 7 percent of HFC footprint
Similarly constrains access to 250 Mbps tier.
May 29 2020 1:07AM
NBN Co quotes at least 1200 customers on a switch to full fibre
Does not reveal acceptance rate.
May 27 2020 11:41PM
NBN Co upgrades small portion of slow FTTN services to full fibre
Where the other underperforming services will move is unclear.
Jan 9 2020 12:36PM
How NBN Co struck its bothersome business deals
Exclusive: Two months after the ACCC's formal warning, what’s changed?
Dec 10 2019 6:50AM
New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020
Chorus upgrades lasers.
Nov 18 2019 1:41PM
NBN Co to trial its first FTTN upgrade paths from June
Part of wider program of work codenamed COAT.
May 27 2019 1:10PM
Aust fibre subscriptions up 70 percent in three years
Well above OECD average.
Mar 1 2019 6:50AM
UNSW researchers find FTTP NBN worth the extra billions
Economists tally social costs of policy shift.
Sep 11 2018 11:46AM
NBN Co says 'not possible' to show cheapest FTTP connections
Does not track bulk drop numbers at that level.
Jul 20 2018 7:00AM
NBN Co asks $11k per premises in area switch upgrade
Highest quote in last financial year.
Jul 18 2018 11:15AM
NBN Co shows upgrade path thinking for almost all access techs
Through to 2023 and beyond.
Jun 27 2018 12:24PM
NBN Co refuses to disclose cheapest FTTP connection costs
Skirts questions.
Feb 26 2018 3:27PM
Govt refuses to budge on MTM NBN
After 210-page report slamming project.
Jan 16 2018 4:54PM
Few users go through with expensive NBN tech switches
Hundreds of applicants, tens of upgrades.
May 31 2017 6:00AM
Ballarat blasts NBN Co over claimed $13m repair bill
Local area left worse for wear after contractors move through.
Apr 20 2017 10:59AM
Is the NBN heading towards a mobile iceberg?
Could lose 20 percent of users to mobile.
Apr 11 2017 3:40PM
NBN Co shows off 10Gbps FTTP technology
Passive fibre tech for end user, backhaul connections.
Apr 11 2017 7:10AM
NBN Co reveals first two 'area switches' in-progress
Along with five-fold increase in individual premises switches.
Jan 3 2017 12:54PM
