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Lindsay Grayson

It is one of the most popular tourism spots in Victoria, but locals face a deadly risk

When the power goes, a landline can be the difference between life and death. But NBN Co won’t pay to keep the infrastructure.

  • Benjamin Preiss

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Optus customers say they are still impacted by outages in Brisbane despite the telco assuring them the network was restored on Wednesday.

Optus customers remain without service 12 hours after connection ‘restored’

The telco said on Wednesday the network had been restored. But on Thursday morning, many cranky customers still had no service.

  • Courtney Kruk and Catherine Strohfeldt
Optus customers across Brisbane have been unable to connect to the internet through the NBN.

Optus internet outage affects 95,000 and impacts Triple Zero calls in Brisbane

Optus internet outages affected residents and business owners across Brisbane, with the major telco admitting it is also impacted Triple Zero calls from landlines.

  • Marissa Calligeros
The Albanese government steers clear of upsetting those with assets.

There’s one fight Anthony Albanese always tries to avoid picking

Labor’s scars and its determination to become the natural party of government are having a peculiar impact.

  • Sean Kelly
NBN Co chief executive Ellie Sweeney.

Today, the NBN is getting a huge upgrade. Here’s what you need to know

Download and upload speeds are about to skyrocket, though not for everyone.

  • David Swan
Level up your gaming experience.

The NBN is getting its biggest upgrade ever. Most people have no idea

Fairly or not, Australia’s NBN has long been the butt of jokes, ranking below Nicaragua and Venezuela for download speeds. That’s about to change.

  • David Swan
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Tesla chief Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos were mentioned specifically as billionaires who should do more to help solve the food crisis.

NBN Co snubs Musk, inks satellite deal with Bezos’ Amazon

The US tech giant will provide high-speed broadband to hundreds of thousands of Australian users from next year.

  • David Swan
The NBN.

How my NBN connection was stolen from under my nose

When you deal with big companies, you learn there are two kinds of people: ducks and eagles. Ducks waddle around and make noise. Eagles spot the problem and swoop to fix it.

  • Noel Whittaker
Labor says the NBN is still a superior product and more cost-effective than Starlink for a vast majority of Australians.

‘No way’: Labor says NBN will beat Elon Musk’s Starlink on broadband

Elon Musk’s Starlink network is winning Australian customers, but Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says NBN will remain cheaper and get faster.

  • David Crowe
Albanese says work on the NBN upgrades will start immediately.

Albanese splashes $3 billion on pre-election NBN upgrades

Australia ranks a lowly 82nd globally for broadband download speeds, behind Oman and Czechia, and just above Uzbekistan.

  • David Swan