But fewer than half those households and firms were actually using NBN services, figures showed, and critics warned parts of the network would have to be rebuilt in as little as five years to keep up ...

Meanwhile businesses are losing customers because of the NBN’s unreliability. Formal complaints about NBN faults — including slow data speeds and drop outs — soared by a staggering 148 per cent last ...

NBN Tasmania has awarded Corning Cable Systems its second deal to supply the state's fibre optic cable to connect around 5000 homes by mid-2010 under the $38 million initial phase of the project.