Telstra seeks reprieve for NBN greenfields

Telstra has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to be released from its obligation to provide wholesale voice services to competitors in National Broadband Network greenfield sites.

The process of developing a voice product for the NBN

NBN Co is all in all in the process of developing a voice product for the NBN; but, a number of retail service providers, just as Internode, have not at this point offered stand-alone voice services, instead offering VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) products that are bundled in with internet plans. Telstra's NBN plans bundled with a fixed line currently require clients to retain their voice service on the copper line. Primus has said it is working with NBN Co to develop a voice-only product for those residents who don't want an internet connection. It is understood that only around 4000 services will be active in NBN greenfields areas by September, and the issue is only expected to affect a minority of those, given that most would opt to either get a service with their own internet service provider, or to go without a fixed-voice service.

Due to the heavy noise on my telephone line my drop out rate yesterday was 652. Very annoying and on top of that, so much so I have had to ...

Good portion of his electorate covered

"Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull gets a good portion of his electorate covered..."What? Did I miss something? Who's in governm...