SPECIAL REPORT: Upgrading the Coalition NBN
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The National Broadband Network is a vital nation building project that has been plagued by ongoing criticism of the network design, cost blow-out claims and ongoing construction delays. Despite its grand ambitions NBN Co has managed to connect far fewer premises to the NBN than originally identified in the first NBN Co rollout plan.
NBN reviews are not what we have been told
Have you ever felt that your leg is being pulled? Well the government told us that they would carry out open and independent reviews of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and by the evidence available the reviews are little more than a change management process.
If the government continues along the current path then the review report due out on 2 December 2013 will be little more than lightweight technically deficient justification for change.
Journal Article: A flexible upgrade path for the Australian National Broadband Network
The refereed journal paper titled A flexible upgrade path for the Australian National Broadband Network has gone live today. The journal paper provides more information and background behind the article that appeared on Technology Spectator titled Special Report: Upgrading the Coalition's NBN.
What's next for NBN Co
Only two weeks to go until the NBN Co review report. The big money is betting on Australia aiming to buck the trend against FTTP and aim low by proceeding down the UK BT FTTN approach. Can we do it? Can we really achieve the world's first brass medal for the worst new broadband network? What should NBN Co be really doing? Here are five things that could be done immediately.
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Rescuing Turnbull's NBN
Turnbull's second rate NBN is in need of rescuing and if necessary we can adopt a technique normally used as a network reaches obsolescence or to provide redundancy for business. Connection Bonding is described in Business Spectator including how it might be used to provide a better connection than what will be provided by Turnbull's multi-technology mix (MTM) NBN.
NBN debate falsehoods - remember this?
The NBN review and the myriad of backflips and summersaults by the Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull prompted me to revisit what I said in April about the Coalition NBN proposal - do you remember this?