Many businesses not ready for NBN | News.com.au

Many businesses not ready for NBN | News.com.au: "MANY Australian businesses are unprepared to reap the benefits of the National Broadband Network just as the nation suffers a slowdown in the non-mining economy, according to new research."

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NBN Co finalises agreement for construction in SA and NT - Government News: Government News and Issues

NBN Co finalises agreement for construction in SA and NT - Government News: Government News and Issues: "The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Penny Wong, has announced that NBN Co has reached agreement for the volume rollout of fibre in South Australia and the Northern Territory. "

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AdNews: NBN boss to outline multicast TV at ASTRA

AdNews: NBN boss to outline multicast TV at ASTRA: "NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley will keynote the annual ASTRA subscription TV conference in March on innovation, where he will outline the impact the national broadband network will have on content and broadcasting. "

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NBN the 'telework game changer': Conroy - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia

NBN the 'telework game changer': Conroy - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia: "The National Broadband Network (NBN) is the "game changer" that will benefit firms and their employees by increasing teleworking, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has said.

Conroy said that more firms and employees are destined to gain economic, social and environmental benefits from telework, lifting productivity and cost savings, and increasing workplace flexibility."

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NBN wireless nets NIMBY-pamby opposition - Full Duplex - Blogs - ZDNet Australia

NBN wireless nets NIMBY-pamby opposition - Full Duplex - Blogs - ZDNet Australia: "When The Wild One's Marlon Brando was famously asked what he was rebelling against, he asked, simply, "Whaddya got?" These days, proponents of the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) movement — whose adherents argue that the dangerous equipment, hazardous substances and morally questionable practices associated with modern life are fine so long as other people have to deal with them — have added the NBN to their list of things to rebel against."

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NBN Co picks 5 companies for wireless trial - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia

NBN Co picks 5 companies for wireless trial - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia: "Five companies have signed up to conduct trials of NBN Co's fixed-wireless long-term evolution (LTE) network, ZDNet Australia has learned.

A source close to the agreement told ZDNet Australia that NBN Co has selected five companies to trial services on the fixed-wireless network that will cover four of the final 7 per cent of premises in Australia not covered by the fibre roll-out."

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Too few players on NBN's level field? - Twisted Wire - Blogs - ZDNet Australia

Too few players on NBN's level field? - Twisted Wire - Blogs - ZDNet Australia: "Michael Malone, Simon Hackett and Mike Quigley discuss whether the structure of the National Broadband Network forced Internode's sale to iiNet.

Simon Hackett, the founder of Internode, has been saying for some time that very few companies will be able to afford the cost of providing national coverage with the NBN. It gets down to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's decision to overturn NBN Co's plans for just 14 points of interconnect. Instead, to protect the backhaul industry, the regulator insisted on 121 points on the new network, escalating the cost of providing true national coverage."

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