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This week the How Fast Is the NBN website has got both Liberal politicians and the media up in arms about its accuracy. But the site’s creator, James Brotchie, defends the speeds shown.

A clever website purporting to show the difference between the speed of Labor’s NBN and the Coalition’s broadband plan has gone viral — but is it a fair and accurate representation? We fact-check How Fast is the NBN.

CPD researcher Julia Hosking and Crikey’s Andrew Crook find out where the parties stand on the National Broadband Network.

The less Tony Abbott has to do with Coalition policy, the better. It doesn’t augur well for a Coalition government after September 14.

Labor’s primary vote is starting to recover, but the PM’s personal ratings are not. However, voters aren’t enthused with Malcolm Turnbull’s broadband proposal.

Yes, Malcolm Turnbull knows Labor’s NBN policy of fibre to the premises is technically superior than the Coalition’s plan. But he argues this is not the only factor.

Whatever its flaws, Malcolm Turnbull’s broadband policy had dragged the Liberal Party a long way in recognising the importance of broadband. Has he removed a key reason not to vote Liberal with this policy?

Some time this week we will see “the 12-page costing” for the Coalition’s broadband policy. Stilgherrian lists 13 questions to ask as you flip through the pages.

Malcolm Turnbull has offered a defence of the Coalition’s broadband internet strategy, but claims he needs more numbers from NBN Co. We’d settle for rough estimates ahead of the election.

China isn’t getting an NBN, and it doesn’t cost a third of ours, regardless of what The Australian claims.

Labor and Julia Gillard continue to poll poorly but support for the NBN has reached its highest level ever.

Once the $11 billion-plus deal between NBN Co, Telstra and the federal government was cleared, the path was clear for the acceleration of the national broadband network.

Telstra finally released prices for its NBN packages yesterday. But the telco giant has already been criticised for charging too much and delivering too little, reports Patrick Stafford.

There is strong support for several of Labor’s major policies, despite its parlous polling situation, new polling finds.

What Stephen Conroy wants, Stephen Conroy gets. Right now that means we’re all paying for the infrastructure needed to create the National Broadband Network, whether we want it or not, writes Angela Priestley.