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Tag Archives: Malcolm Turnbull and NBN
PAUL BUDDE. Australia needs a proper NBN.
Regrettably it appears that on both counts – proper infrastructure plans and the need for affordable services – the government and the nbn company, despite spending something like $50 billion, have failed to come up with the right solution for … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Media, NBN, Politics
Tagged fibre-to-the-home, Malcolm Turnbull and NBN, NBN, Paul Budde
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Paul Budde. NBN company needs support to pursue FTTdp
In his blog of 5 April, Paul Budde suggests that the NBN company needs support to help it overcome the stumbling block of Malcolm Turnbull who seems unwilling to reconsider the mistake he made on the NBN as Communications Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Media, NBN, Politics
Tagged AFR, Malcolm Turnbull and NBN, NBN, Paul Budde, Paul Smith
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John Menadue. Media censorship and the NBN
The ABC’s outgoing editor of its Technology and Games subsite, Nick Ross, has claimed that he has been ‘gagged’ by ABC management from publishing further articles about the NBN. He has now left the ABC. For link to an article … Continue reading
Posted in Media, NBN, Politics
Tagged delimiter.com, Malcolm Turnbull and NBN, media censorship and NBN, Renai LeMay
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Mark Gregory. Turnbull’s NBN Mess
It has been an inauspicious beginning to 2016 for NBN Co and the year only promises to go from bad to worse as the rest of the world moves ahead with NG-PON2 Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) rollouts and Australians … Continue reading
Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN.
The evidence continues to build that Malcolm Turnbull’s version of the NBN is failing on almost all grounds. Analysis by Monash University researcher, Richard Ferrers, shows that the fibre to the premises option would actually deliver better value than the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Media, NBN, Politics
Tagged delimiter.com.au, Malcolm Turnbull and NBN, Renai LeMay, Richard Ferrers
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Laurie Patton. Malcolm Turnbull: NBN killer?
The ABC Online News headline on the 14th of September 2010 was pretty blunt: “Abbott orders Turnbull to demolish NBN”. In the article itself then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is quoted as saying: “The Government is going to invest $43 … Continue reading
John Menadue. Malcolm Turnbull and the NBN mess
As Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull had two major responsibilities. They were the public broadcasters, ABC and SBS, and the NBN. As I pointed out in an earlier post, the ABC needs rebuilding after the harsh budget cuts and termination … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, NBN, Politics
Tagged John Menadue, Malcolm Turnbull and NBN, Mark Gregory, NBN, Paul Budde, Renai LeMay, Rod Tucker
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