The NBN is described by its supporters as our best hope for things like “e-health”. E-health, of course, is what will help parents in the dead of night. The NBN will also teach our young, make us a “telecommuters” and save the environment. Now, we learn from Tony Hale that the NBN will save the [...]

I believe the NBN is bad policy, and I think it will distort the telecommunications market profoundly. I also agree with many of the criticisms of the NBN policy set out by Joshua Gans and Jerry Hausman in his submission to the ACCC inquiry into the Telstra/NBN deal. Despite my opposition to the NBN, I [...]

Internode is the first retail broadband company to publish their fee card for services under the new NBN model. There are 2 features of the plans which bring into question the underlying premises behind the NBN investment. The services most often predicted when justifying the NBN is that it will unlock revolutionary services, like “e-health” [...]