Telstra-NBN Co agreement no surety: ISPs

Mixed reaction to $11 billion agreement. Internet service providers including iPrimus, Internode and Exetel labelled yesterday’s $11 billion agreement between NBN Co and Telstra everything from a victory to a backwards step for the industry. A poll of ISPs conducted by iTnews revealed the difference in...

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...

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...