Can Telstra save Australia's NBN?
Before the Coalition government takes a backwards step, Telstra should offer to save the NBN and give Telstra shareholders a boost along the way. In Technology Spectator the idea that Telstra can save the NBN is put forward and discussed. Should Telstra and the government get together and talk about what can be done, rather than perpetuating the errors of the past decades?
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Is it too late to save the NBN?
The state of NBN construction is highlighted in this weeks article on Business Spectator and I ask the question "Is it too late to save the NBN?" Do you think the NBN can be saved and is the situation so bad that the NBN is doomed irrespective of whether the NBN is the Labor NBN or the Coalition multi-technology mix NBN 2.0?
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Turnbull's claims on JJJ Hack Debate unwarranted
During the JJJ Hack Debate on the NBN on April 16, the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull asked the question why I have "never contacted him nor his office" and thereby implied that I was in some way living in an information vacuum. Turnbull is quite correct that I'm not a journalist, I'm an academic that is commenting on the NBN - my area of expertise. Postive and negative aspects of the NBN have been discussed over the past several years.
NBN Co: Where to next?
NBN Co has found reverse gear and has now put the foot down. How fast can it go backwards? We will have to wait and see how good the new management team are. It should come as no shock to anyone that the article on Technology Spectator discusses what the key players are doing in this lull before the rush to yesterday begins in earnest.
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NBN: Turnbull's time is up
The delaying tactics have not worked and options are fast falling by the wayside. Where is the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull? Apart from announcing new reviews and audits, and talking up select sections from reports, we have heard nothing concrete about what is going to happen next. Today in Technology Spectator the deafening silence is discussed. Turnbull's time is nearly up and if he does not act quickly the NBN will be beyond saving and Telstra will act to counter TPG.
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NBN Public Policy Process Audit
Turnbull's most recent NBN audit must rise above politics if it is to achieve a believable and reasonable outcome. But will it? There are so many factors to the NBN debate and Turnbull must realise by now that he will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to justify the multi-technology mix NBN. Can he? In this weeks article in Technology Spectator the NBN public policy process audit is discussed.