Gary McLaren blog posts
“Deep Fibre Broadband for The Networked Economy”
A comparison of NBN Corporate Plans
NBN Co released its latest Corporate Plan on 30 August 2019 with the headline that it is on track to finish the build of the network by June 2020. After a decade in the build phase NBN Co is highlighting how it now plans to move to an operational mode with a focus on...
Boris Johnson’s UK shows Australia the way for fibre broadband
The newly minted UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has doubled down on his campaign promise to ensure all UK households can get full fibre broadband connections by 2025. During his first round of Prime Minister Questions (PMQs), Mr Johnson committed to...
Future of the NBN – Inteview with Gary McLaren
We interview Gary McLaren – former CTO of NBNCo. We all know it’s a massive failure, but is there hope for the future? Click ‘read’ to watch the video interview here.
NBN Co pricing review : delaying tactic or the first admission of its financial dilemma
NBN Co has announced a review of its wholesale pricing. This review will be done in private with no public consultations – just consultations with its RSP customers (ie. Telstra, Optus, TPG Telecom, Vodafone etc). This review comes after both Telstra and Optus...
Yet Another Slapdown for TPG
This post first appeared on the 13th May 2019 in the Australian telco newsletter CommsDay under the heading “TPG continues to be the whipping boy of policy inconsistency”. TPG became a successful operator through keeping to itself while building its...
Protected: Turnbull’s 5G Sputnik moment
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No Person is Above the Law
As the title of this post makes clear what follows is not about the Network Economy and especially not about the need for Deep Fibre Broadband. Readers who aren’t interested in my opinion on mainstream political matters may want to skip this read. The release of...
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