Monthly Archives: December 2008

Sorry Telstra!

Telstra are already whinging after being excluded from the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender process, after submitting a non-compliant bid.
What did they expect?

Telstra Loses $6bn in NBN Hit

The bottom line is, even if their bid was compliant, their projected cost of $39.95 per user, per month, for [...]

Australia to Get FttP Network?

Finally some common sense in regards to Australia’s pending National Broadband Network (NBN), currently in the tender stage.
The government proposal is for a Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN) solution, with a target minimum of 12Mb end-user speed, using current xDSL technology for “last mile” reach into customer premises.

However, Canadian-based bidder, [...]