NBN Co keeps ISPs waiting for POI locations

More than a month since its commitment. NBN Co is still to determine when it’ll reveal the suggested locations of its 200-plus points of interconnect, regardless of the existence of a map that seemed to show off the sites. The network builder’s chief Mike Quigley referred briefly to a map of...

Internode hits wall in Point Cook negotiations

No guarantee of wholesale service once the trial is over. Telstra has confirmed that it won’t guarantee ISPs that participate in its Point Cook fibre trial that the ‘open access’ wholesale arrangements will continue once the trial is over. But the telco confirmed that customers who bought...

Quigley: Why an all-wireless NBN is pointless

Commercial return a hot topic. An all-wireless NBN would require five times the total number of mobile cell sites in Australia today to achieve a committed information rate of 5 Mbps, according to “saturday afternoon” calculations by NBN Co.NBN Co chief Mike Quigley used his brief appearance at...

NBN investment should be split up, says Pipe

Roll out regionally for social benefits, not commercial returns. The Government should carve out a multi-billion dollar portion of its NBN investment, pump it in under-serviced or un-serviced regional areas and not expect to make a commercial return on that part of the network, according to Pipe Networks...

Telstra opens Point Cook to retail ISPs

First time for open access fibre. Telstra has invited an undisclosed number of its wholesale customers to offer retail services in the RIM-to-fibre test suburb of Point Cook near Melbourne.”We’ve now made available the opportunity for our customers to participate in the trial in Point...