Why is the nbn so unreliable?
Why is the nbn so unreliable?
Retailers are driven to cut costs and buy less bandwidth from NBN so they can compete on price and blame NBN for the bad performance. NBN is responding like a true monopoly and just telling the retailers to buy more and pass the price on to their customers.
Who introduced nbn to Australia?
Labor Party Rudd government
The Labor Party Rudd government was elected on 24 November 2007 and initial planning commenced. The NBN was originally to deliver its wholesale service through fibre to the node (FTTN) and reach approximately 98% of premises in Australia by June 2016.
Which government introduced the nbn?
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) was announced in 2009 by the Labor Government. The policy aimed to address Australia’s broadband availability and performance and to facilitate the structural separation of Telstra by providing an optic fibre alternative to its copper access network.
Is Telstra a monopoly?
So, Telstra went from a government-owned monopoly to an even more vicious private monopoly. Shareholders’ value was now the number one concern, no longer the national interest. With little regulation to temper their behaviour, the company used its position to make competition as difficult as possible.
Who has fastest NBN?
Fastest NBN providers: Average percent of max. download speed
| Peak hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Exetel | 100.5% |
| #1 | Optus | 100.4% |
| #3 | Telstra | 99.8% |
| #4 | TPG | 98.3% |
Is NBN owned by Telstra?
Telstra is a retail service provider in respect of services on the nbn network. We do not own the nbn network; we re-sell services to our customers, like the other retailer service providers who also offer broadband services on the nbn network.
Who is CEO of NBN?
Stephen Rue (Sep 1, 2018–)
NBN Co/CEO
Stephen Rue is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at NBN Co, a Government owned business enterprise whose goal is to build a national broadband network to provide high speed wholesale broadband services that will reach every Australian by 2020.
Is nbn private or public?
NBN Co Limited, known as simply nbn, is a publicly-owned corporation of the Australian Government, tasked to design, build and operate Australia’s National Broadband Network as the nation’s wholesale broadband provider.
Is nbn part of the government?
NBN Co Limited (NBN Co) is a wholly-owned Commonwealth company – a Government Business Enterprise – and is represented by Shareholder Ministers – the Minister for Communications and the Minister of Finance.
Will Telstra buy NBN Co?
Telstra will need to go beyond the proposed restructure it announced on Monday and demerge its fixed-line telecoms business if it is to be able to bid for NBN Co when the federal government puts the state-owned national broadband network up for sale.
Is iiNet better than Telstra?
Consumer watchdogs CHOICE recently published the results of their Best NBN Providers report, and found iiNet at the top of the heap. Combining real-world speed tests and customer satisfaction scores, iiNet sits in first place above TPG, Telstra and Optus – in that order.
