Who’s winning the NBN fibre upgrade lottery, Why is Vodafone launching fixed 5G: Vertical Hold ep 302

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Where will NBN roll out fibre upgrades first, and what will you need to do to qualify? Can Vodafone win the Australian 5G wars with a fixed 5G service? Special guest Whistleout managing editor Alex Choros.

This week we return to our soup du jour, the NBN, although that soup really should be getting cold by now, with more details revealed around how NBN Co’s plans for consumer FTTP upgrades to the FTTN network will work, what kind of plans you’ll need to order and even where it will roll out first… and yet somehow, the plans are still vague.

Keeping with things starting with V, Vodafone has thrown its hat into the fixed 5G ring, but can coming to market late be a winning strategy — and how much will consumers pay for a variable fixed wireless service anyway?

Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News – podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia’s leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.