When the power goes,a landline can be the difference between life and death. But NBN Co won’t pay to keep the infrastructure.
The telco said on Wednesday the network had been restored. But on Thursday morning,many cranky customers still had no service.
Optus internet outages affected residents and business owners across Brisbane,with the major telco admitting it is also impacted Triple Zero calls from landlines.
Labor’s scars and its determination to become the natural party of government are having a peculiar impact.
Download and upload speeds are about to skyrocket,though not for everyone.
Fairly or not,Australia’s NBN has long been the butt of jokes,ranking below Nicaragua and Venezuela for download speeds. That’s about to change.
The US tech giant will provide high-speed broadband to hundreds of thousands of Australian users from next year.
When you deal with big companies,you learn there are two kinds of people:ducks and eagles. Ducks waddle around and make noise. Eagles spot the problem and swoop to fix it.
Elon Musk’s Starlink network is winning Australian customers,but Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says NBN will remain cheaper and get faster.
Australia ranks a lowly 82nd globally for broadband download speeds,behind Oman and Czechia,and just above Uzbekistan.