Tuesday, October 24, 2017

NBN boss signals new pricing plans for home broadband by Christmas

11:35 PM    
It’s been a busy week for NBN chief

executive Bill Morrow. After going on a media blitz to coincide with the ABC’s Four Corners program which reported on problems with the NBN, Mr Morrow spent Tuesday night getting grilled by politicians at Senate estimates.
The NBN boss faced questions on the so-called digital divide in Australia between those with superior fibre connections to the home and Australians being serviced by copper along the final length of the connection. He refuted the notion that the multi technology mix NBN created a digital divide, saying it was an insult to those still waiting for fast broadband to arrive.
He also fielded questions on the threat of 5G mobile broadband to the NBN and the troublesome pricing structure of the wholesale network which the ISPs complain is too expensive.