Malcolm Turnbull says the NBN is offering no cut-price nirvana. He’s right — the average wholesale price of $52 could translate to a retail price of around $80 to $85.

As internet service providers (ISPs) accept lower margins from access provision, the battle is on to find a sustainable alternative revenue source. But it won’t come from content provision.

As two major low-cost mobile providers set themselves up in Australia, Channel 7 is out to buy the rest of cut-price IP phone provider Engin. So what’s going at the cheap end of the industry?

So far the government and the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) have called for our support for a scheme that is scant on detail.

There’s been a multitude of wild ideas about how the NBN will change our lives — but one big difference will be in how we make phone calls.

The NBN was one of the reasons Independent MP Rob Oakeshott sided with Labor. Now he sees the Coalition’s position has changed and he’s concerned about the lack of reliable information from the government.

Using a fibre connection in Japan is the most common way of accessing the internet. Why are we so far behind?

In this edition of Twisted Wire, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that a split of Telstra is long overdue and his personal preference is for a structural separation.

Some of the major benefits to society from a ubiquitous broadband network will come from government services, including health and education. That means access to these services needs to be free, so everyone is able to make use of the channel, displacing other, more costly, ways of interacting.

Are folks in regional Australia really suffering from a dilapidated infrastructure controlled by an uncaring monopoly?