back to article Vodafone Australia promises fixed-line broadband over NBN

As widely anticipated, Vodafone's Australian tentacle has announced it's getting into the fixed-line broadband business. The carrier will offer services to those lucky enough to enjoy connection to Australia's national broadband network. The company's canned statement says the services will mean customers are "always …

  1. JJKing
    Facepalm

    As oft asked in the area where I live and only 40km from Melbourne's CBD, "What's NBN?" It's certainly not faster, quicker, sooner therefore the price part of the TWS (Three Word Slogans) doesn't even enter this equation. Not even listed on the FBN's (Fraud Band Network) website.

    Almost as bad as not even being able to get it within 10km of the CBD. Gee, a refrigerator sized spacecraft can travel millions, nay billions of kilometres through space and intercept a tiny comet with all this timed down to mere seconds yet we can't even get an estimate when we might possibly expect work to possibly commence of preparing for the eventual beginning of the crappy FTTN rollout to areas of not just my local but to a swath of this country.

    Still, should not be surprised. Four months since the election and has ANY legislation been passed yet? If Bob Day was deemed to have been in breach of Senate rules, does this mean any legislation that he did vote for and was passed by a single vote, does that legislation now need to be put before the Senate again? If he wasn't a legal member of the Senate due to the rule breach of having the taxpayer pay the rent of his electoral office, a building which he owned, then surely that legislation was passed by the vote of an illegal Senator.

    Now if he was sitting (and voting) as a non Senator, which political party should have had that seat for the PREVIOUS electoral sitting period? Will he have to pay back the nearly $2 Million of taxpayers money for that alleged bribe to his school in exchange for his vote for the Liberal Govt legislation?

    Apologies Simon, went a bit off topic there but was Day instrumental in getting any Liberal Broadband legislation passed through the Senate?

  2. Jon B

    Why not Fixed Line Wireless

    Vodafone NZ and Spark both offer fixed line wireless plans - can't Vodafone do the same in Aus to bypass NBN for some users?

  3. Spotswood

    Step right up and choose the pig with the best lipstick!

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