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US systems vendor Coriant has announced a successful test of a backbone fibre “superchannel” running at 1 Terabit per second over a 1,066-km NBN fibre ring in the south-east Queensland city of Towoomba. While the test won't have any particular impact on consumer-side services, it restates the long-term upgrade path of the NBN' …

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  1. Combat Wombat
    Pint

    This just makes me

    Weep for what could have been.

    Unfortunately my countrymen (and women) elected a bunch of complete twats to office, so likely this system will be sold off to Telstra at some point in the very near future.

    beer icon, because the death of the NBN has driven me to drink.

    1. LaeMing

      Sold?

      Given away in return for an unofficially guaranteed future board position, more like it.

  2. Craig Foster

    Cmon, Turnbull!

    Can the ex-Telstra copper do THAT?!?!?

    Or will you bury your head in IPA and yes-men reports, like an ostrich.

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