How to stop a dead NBN battery unit beeping every 15 minutes

When the battery backup unit for a NBN Fibre (FTTH) NTD (box on the wall) reaches the end of it's life, it starts to beep every 15 minutes. BEEP BEEP BEEP

These days most people have landlines and most likely any devices plugged into the NTD won't have power to function anyway during a blackout, so you don't really need it and besides we all have mobiles these days.

How do you stop the annoying beeping? 

Just remove the battery from the box. Simple eh?

so, turns out just removing a dead #nbn backup battery stops the 15 minutes peeps and the internet still works... nobody suggested this :(

— Zac Spitzer (@zackster) October 4, 2016

Press Council complaint about Kenneth Davidson's recent NBN article progresses

On May 29, I decided to complain to the Press Council (and of course The Age)

On May 27th, you paper published the following article by Kenneth Davidson, Senior columnist at The Age Don't look now, the white elephants are multiplying

There are a large number of false claims and mistruths in this article as has been documented in detail by several respected technical journalists.

Fairfax columnist prints blatant NBN falsehoods
Yet more MSM NBN politicking 

I am making a formal complaint and I hope to see this to be properly addressed 

Regards

Well yesterday, I got a reply 

Dear Complainants, Complaint:

The Age I write in relation to your complaint about the article “Don’t look now, the white elephants are multiplying”, published on 29 May 2013.

The complaint is proceeding to level 2 for an adjudication. We will be in contact again to inform you of the outcome. Thank you for your patience.

Yours Sincerely, Justin

Australian Press Council

Suite 2 Level 10

117 York Street

Sydney NSW 2000

T    02 9261 1930

F    02 9267 6826

www.presscouncil.org.au

Level 2 means Adjudication, so based on the complainants, it looks like, quite rightly a number of people complained about this pathetically biased article.

Let's see what happens

Tony Abbott's scripted lies about #NBN costs

QUESTION:

Are you going to make Malcolm Turnbull the Treasurer?

TONY ABBOTT:

Malcolm is the Shadow Minister for Communications. He’s doing a really good job of exposing the fact that the National Broadband Network is a complete white elephant. He’s doing a very good job of promoting our real solution, which is national broadband that doesn’t involve digging up every street to deliver fibre to the home whether you want it, need it or can afford to pay three times the current price for it. He’s doing a very good job and I expect that Malcolm will be the Communications Minister in an incoming government.

Source: http://www.tonyabbott.com.au/News/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9083/Joint-Doorstop-Interview-Leumeah.aspx

@zackster @iinet No, they cost the same as their ADSL plans. @tonyabbottmhr is lying, shockingly. bit.ly/Woobtp
— John B (@johnb78) March 3, 2013

Note, he wasn't even asked about this, Abbott just wanted to deliver this prepared talking point

@r_chirgwin @zackster Abbott just came out with it. He wasn't asked a q and none of the press understand NBN anyway as u know Richard
— Vince O'Grady (@vogrady2132) March 3, 2013

Now just imagine if someone from the ALP had said this.... I am sick of the media double standards

The Age did report today, NBN users report no hike in bills  yet nothing about Tony Abbott's bullshit?

The irony of Abbott's lie is that most business customers would happily pay 3x current costs just to be able to access reliable high speed broadband.

For all the constant, right wing carry on about productivity, you think they might understand this concept.