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Time to give Gillard some credit?

Crikey readers talk the NBN v the Coalition’s broadband plan and whether we are being too harsh on Julia Gillard.

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‘Conroy’s new BFF’ spills on How Fast is the NBN site

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.

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You’ll love the How Fast is the NBN site … until you read this

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.

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PromiseWatch 2013: the NBN and broadband policy

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

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Tony Abbott’s ‘reverse Midas touch’ on Coalition policy

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

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Essential: Turnbull strikes out on broadband as Gillard stagnates

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.

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The TV-free generation and its role in the NBN debate

More and more homes in the US are ditching the TV and consuming video content online or via tablets or smartphones. Will Australia follow suit? And if so, what would that mean for our new national broadband?

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Broadband battle: hard numbers, ideology and gut feel

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.

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Turnbull’s copper magic, an almost-NBN policy

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?

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Broadband battlelines drawn: Turnbull’s plan for fast internet

There weren’t many surprises in the Coalition’s plan for the national broadband rollout, released today. But now the battle lines are drawn: Labor’s NBN verses Malcolm Turnbull’s cut-price, not-quite-as-fast model. And Turnbull nailed the policy announcement today.

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Ninety billion maybes: 13 questions about Turnbull’s NBN

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.

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Turnbull and the barking mad NBN debate: numbers needed

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.

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Sisyphus and the boulder of Chinese broadband bullshit

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

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Despite delays and blowouts, NBN remains broadly on track

The NBN is experiencing rollout delays and cost blowouts now, but as the project develops and efficiencies kick in these will be almost immaterial by the end of the 10-year project — assuming it survives.

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IT: the opportunities, some lost, from a low-tech budget

Looked at through the tech industry’s glasses — note that “tech” these days means only information technology — the budget seems benign. But there is some opportunity.

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Essential: Labor mired in gloom, but support for NBN up

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

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Bartholomeusz: NBN may go down to the wire

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.

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Roll on the NBN economy — the opportunities of connection

With all the foundations now in place, NBN Co is ready to roll. Finally, says telecommunications researcher Paul Budde, Australia can look forward to an exciting digital future.

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Google Maps charts NBN rollout

Want to know when the NBN will be rolled out in your area? To help people find out, NBN Co have launched a new service via Google Maps, reports Dan Warne.

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Telstra charges more and offers less to NBN customers

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.

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Essential: we don’t mind Labor’s policies, at least …

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

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Complaints to Press Council double — so will it beef up?

Those who are inclined to write off the Press Council might be given pause by the fact that the number of complaints it receives has doubled since October.

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The blindness of being pro-Europe

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Without him, there would be no NBN

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.

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How the NBN came to my house (and how much faster it is)

The prospect of being connected to this high-speed broadband network in the next few months sent me scurrying for information, writes Amanda Gearing, a freelance journalist in Toowoomba.

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