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In Pictures: NBN rolls into Armidale

The Prime Minister lit up its first NBN mainland test site, Armidale, during a launch ceremony at Presbyterian Ladies College .

In Pictures: NBN rolls into Armidale
IN PICTURES: Westcon delivers Imagine

Westcon's Imagine: All the highlights of the converged networking, security and storage event

IN PICTURES: Westcon delivers Imagine
IN PICTURES: Pushing the button on the NBN in Tasmania

Last week, the National Broadband Network was officially launched in Tasmania by Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett. In these pictures they pose with the big blue button at the official launch, and meet and greet the public — despite the fact that some residents and businesses in Tasmania have already been getting NBN services for weeks. There's also a biunch of pictures of installation in progress.

IN PICTURES: Pushing the button on the NBN in Tasmania

Sluggish top tier uptake throws NBN returns into question

nbn's average revenue per user remains stagnant for another year
Slow NBN reseller name-and-shame just “bad business”

No plans to punish RSPs over slow speeds
Optus slams proposal to levy “broadband tax” on business services

Charges nbn with being "opportunistic"
WA blames “inconsistent” NBN rollout on engagement fail

Points to “opaque responses” and poor engagement by nbn
Sky Muster resellers to pass on free data at “very little” extra cost

nbn's Sky Muster wholesale peak data gift may not end up being entirely free for end customers
NBN rollout hits halfway mark

One in two can connect to the service

ISP Q&A: BigAir

ARN talks with Jason Ashton, managing director of wireless broadband provider, BigAir, about Internet filtering, the NBN, and channel opportunities

EXCLUSIVE: The reseller roadtrip, Pt2 ( +18 photos)

The final part of ARN's Queensland roadtrip with Fujitsu
EXCLUSIVE: The reseller roadtrip, Pt1 ( +18 photos)

ARN and Fujitsu hit the road in Queensland