National Broadband Network

iiNet founder Michael Malone takes nbn chair

Fibre-to-the-node backer replaces fibre-to-the-premises enthusiast Simon Hackett

Legal22 Apr 2016 | 4

Telstra's CRM system breached competition undertaking: ACCC

Overall, SSU compliance is improving

Legal17 Apr 2016 | 1

Telstra being paid to fix Telstra's network for NBN – AGAIN

Another AU$1.6b heading back to the Big T to work on a network it sold to nbn

Legal10 Apr 2016 | 11

NBN shenanigans: someone wants broadband speeds hidden

'Organisation' asked Bureau of Statistics to abstract advertised broadband speed data

Legal10 Apr 2016 | 20

Waleed Aly's NBN intervention is profoundly unhelpful

One second of buffering is entirely acceptable for almost anything

Legal06 Apr 2016 | 34

Australia's broadband policy is a flimsy, cynical House of Cards

Prime Minister Turnbull is strangling our economy

Legal06 Apr 2016 | 37

nbn special: See the FTTN and HFC cabinets coming to your street

<i>Reg</i> Roadtrip Vulture South ventures into the fibre-to-the-premises Goldilocks Zone

Legal21 Mar 2016 | 16

nbn tries to shift the conversation to future copper upgrades

<i>Reg</i> roadtrip Riding the nbn mythbusting bus with CEO Bill Morrow

Legal17 Mar 2016 | 19

nbn says Telstra's copper in better shape than expected

Fibre-to-the-distribution-point trials for remote-ish users, also future-profing option

Networks17 Mar 2016 | 24

Optus cable can't connect 500,000: NBN CEO Bill Morrow

Slow downloads? Blame retailers, not FTTP, says nbn^TM

Legal15 Mar 2016 | 7

Another week, another leak: is morale that low in Australia's NBN?

Even cost-saving good ideas are now being leaked

Legal02 Mar 2016 | 10

NBN rollout behind target, claims yet another leaked report

Leaks, schmeaks, says CFO Stephen Rue. By 2020 everything will be wonderful

Legal28 Feb 2016 | 7

Canberra passes USO review to Productivity Commission, tells the economists to hasten slowly

Mostly muted response to the Regional Telecommunications Review

Legal24 Feb 2016 |

Sell the NBN not long after rollout ends says Infrastructure Australia

Calls for sale - in pieces - to promote competition, plus reveal of bush services' costs

On-Prem17 Feb 2016 | 19

NBN activations to rise from 10,000 per week to 8,400 ... wait, what?

Ex-CTO unpicks growth numbers

Legal08 Feb 2016 | 8

A granny and a marriage celebrant show Turnbull's 4ked the NBN

Immersive cameras are mainstream, but our networks aren't built to deliver the content

Legal14 Jan 2016 | 14

Telstra dominates NBN retail, but less than you might think

Incumbent's NBN conversion rate only so-so, but will accelerate

Legal14 Jan 2016 | 6

Telstra costed fibre to the premises before it was Telstra

Cabinet documents reveal a history of might-have beens for Australia's internet

Legal12 Jan 2016 | 16

Telstra wins copper repair contract on the copper it sold to nbn

Optus in on the act, too, with deal to build and maintain HFC network sold to nbn

Legal20 Dec 2015 | 5

The Register's Australian technology headline predictions … for 2017!

Peering into the future through a crystal beer glass ... and finding a 'perfect' NBN rollout

Legal20 Dec 2015 | 13

Linknet shuttering, blames NBN rollout

NSW north coast customers at risk of three years without the Internet

On-Prem09 Dec 2015 | 2

NBN opens 400 tech jobs in looming second Melbourne security shop

Garden State becomes Security State.

Legal07 Dec 2015 | 2

NBN: blowout or not, leaks are an irritant for government

But they're also a two-edged sword for the ALP

Legal03 Dec 2015 | 4

NBN boss unleashes Australian Net Neutrality debate

Grab some popcorn and watch Netflix justify its data deluge

Networks16 Nov 2015 | 14

Queensland council plans own optical fibre network

Here we go again

Legal15 Nov 2015 | 14

Telstra, nbnTM deny Brisbane build battle

Negotiations on hold until next year: report

Legal12 Nov 2015 | 1

NBN mulls capacity charge revamp

Morrow announces tariff review

Networks09 Nov 2015 | 19

Even with Turnbull's NBN, Australian ISPs are getting faster

New Netflix speed index has good news all 'round, but Foxtel-owner Telstra is still last

Networks09 Nov 2015 | 10

NBN shows strong ARPU growth as users connect

HFC trials announced ahead of 2016 launch

Networks09 Nov 2015 | 3

Former nbn CEO Mike Quigley ends his silence, unloads on government

'You broke it, Mal, you bought it'

Legal02 Nov 2015 | 18

It's almost time for Australia's fibre fetishists to give up

1.8Gbps over copper trials show Turnbull's multi-technology-mix is sensible

Legal26 Oct 2015 | 73

NBN's good-to-go dates remain confidential

Patch-cables spark teacup-storm

Legal20 Oct 2015 | 2

New NBN build plan full of linguistic holes that will explain away delays

New list estimates where connection work is expected to commence by Sept 2018. Or H2 2018. For 9m connections

Legal15 Oct 2015 | 10

Australia’s opposition promises more fibre in national broadband diet

Overbuild of copper is inevitable and offensive says shadow comms minister

Legal14 Oct 2015 | 7

nbn™ loses chief operating officer Greg Adcock

So long and thanks for all the contracts, says nbn™ CEO Morrow

Legal14 Oct 2015 | 1

NBN net neutrality under fire following DPI RFI

We'll only sniff your packets FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

Networks30 Sep 2015 | 4

Telstra passes on NBN billions, plays it safe

Don't have techs to spare anyhow

Legal29 Sep 2015 | 7

US fibre rollouts are driving Cablelabs standards in new directions

Broadcom explains DPoE to El Reg

Networks29 Sep 2015 | 1

NBN fibre-to-the-node launched: Now the long sprint begins

60,000 homes per month by January 2016, company says

Networks21 Sep 2015 | 8

Australia's NBN gets a new minister: Mitch Fifield

The successor to the World's Greatest Luddite is now a successor to the World's Greatest Luddite

Legal20 Sep 2015 | 5

Deluded Aussie geeks hail Turnbull's elevation to prime minister

You still won't get a fibre-to-the-premises NBN back, but startup-land can smile

Legal15 Sep 2015 | 26

Beardy Branson says own OneWeb sats can replace Australia's birds

Sir Richard lights rocket, fires common sense into the Sun

Networks09 Sep 2015 | 3

Malcolm Turnbull's run Australia's NBN for two years. How's he done?

Updated On track, but no sign if the broadband project can hit top speed

Legal07 Sep 2015 | 16

NBN vaults Australia into global top-10 … DDoS attack sources

Or not, if you look at the numbers

Security04 Sep 2015 | 2

ACCC hopes to SLASH rural backhaul prices

Cities get a trim, rural links to take a haircut

Legal04 Sep 2015 | 1

NBN cable rules spark electricity network push-back

Government kicked for seeking free ride on power poles

Legal03 Sep 2015 | 13

nbn™'s Sky Muster satellite lands in French Guiana

PICS Rocket carrying broadband-beaming satellite aloft on Sept 30 is on the launchpad

Legal26 Aug 2015 | 5

NBN cost blows out by at least AU$10bn and FTTN isn't launched yet

Comms Minister Turnbull says it's taken two years to do the sums on true construction costs

Legal24 Aug 2015 | 14

NBN Co yet to make a single fibre to the node connection but is eyeing off G.fast

Trust us, says network-builder, we're ready to ramp up and our 2015 results prove it

Legal24 Aug 2015 | 18

Gigabit Google? We're getting ready for 10 gigabits says Verizon

NG-PON2 passes test, Verizon preps for RFPs by year-end

Networks12 Aug 2015 | 12

Remote Queensland fibre hookup hopes dashed, for now

Meanwhile, nbn^TM emnarks on AU$40m techie training cash-splash

Legal02 Aug 2015 | 4

Cheaper broadband will slow NBN adoption, says Turnbull

Carrier club SLAMS Comms department's submission to ACCC wholesale price caper

Legal23 Jul 2015 | 24

Regulator okays Optus exit from HFC network

Asset transfer to NBN gets provisional approval

Legal23 Jul 2015 | 6

Australian Government hopes to untangle NBN migration mess

'User focussed' and 'industry led' effort to stop folks coming a cropper post-copper

Legal20 Jul 2015 | 11

nbnTM plans for future backhaul upgrade to FTTN cabinets

+comment Better to rebuild later than over-invest now, says network builder

Legal15 Jul 2015 | 18

Practice makes perfect: NBN fibre deployments accelerate

Fibre passes more than a million homes, just before it's killed off

Legal13 Jul 2015 | 6