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ACCC questions consumer need for higher-priced 100Mbps NBN services
Because 50Mbps is enough for streaming.
May 21 2020 12:52PM
Broadband tax start date delayed to January 2021
As laws finally pass parliament.
May 14 2020 5:00PM
NBN Co sources $6.1 billion from banks
Bolsters working capital, upgrades possible.
May 12 2020 7:45AM
NBN Co must hand over more data on 'impaired' fixed-line services
In its customer base.
May 5 2020 12:00PM
Govt says 2GB to 20GB a month 'enough to participate in digital economy'
But won’t work for multi-person households.
May 1 2020 12:30PM
NBN Co extends temporary bandwidth and quota boosts to July
Extra two months as service demands remain high.
Apr 30 2020 1:52PM
NBN Co gets wishlist to compete for new housing estate work
Price flexibility while other rules relaxed.
Apr 27 2020 11:39AM
NBN Co expects to pick up broadband tab of 300,000 businesses
Reveals relief not capped at $50m.
Apr 22 2020 6:59AM
Aussie Broadband starts rolling its own fibre to NBN POIs
Begins work on a 20km dark fibre loop in Melbourne.
Apr 21 2020 3:41PM
NBN Co creates new basic Sky Muster Plus tier for low-income internet offer
Comes with 80 percent less metered data quota.
Apr 20 2020 1:13PM
Superloop uses NBN scheme to offer free broadband to 5000 low-income homes
Opens applications.
Apr 18 2020 12:04PM
NBN Co to temporarily cut internet costs for low-income families
As part of $150m “relief” package.
Apr 17 2020 9:17AM
Telstra pushes for a full breakdown of NBN Co's costs
To expose the existence of any cross-subsidies.
Apr 16 2020 6:57AM
NBN Co starts testing feasibility of mmWave for future fixed wireless
Delivering services over distances up to 10km.
Apr 9 2020 4:00PM
Vodafone chief flags co-investment option to upgrade NBN FTTN users to full fibre
As merged TPG-Vodafone entity takes keen interest.
Apr 9 2020 1:10PM
NBN activations surge above 42,000 a week as Australia locks down
As boss blasts critics for talking down the NBN.
Apr 7 2020 10:30AM
NBN Co records highest ever peak throughput of 13.8Tbps
Starts publishing weekly numbers on network use.
Apr 2 2020 4:14PM
Telstra says COVID-19 leads customers to cancel technician visits
Or to refuse to let them in once on-site.
Apr 2 2020 7:05AM
Labor sees new data source emerge to identify children without connectivity
Pandemic response may provide fresh mechanism.
Apr 1 2020 3:24PM
NBN Co and biggest carriers to jointly tackle telco congestion
With 'unusual traffic management and capacity optimisation techniques'.
Apr 1 2020 10:12AM
