MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 11:00 am on December 24, 2020 | 11 comments The Morrison Government has declared “mission accomplished” on the National Broadband Network (NBN), with Minister for communications, cyber safety and the arts Paul Fletcher claiming the NBN is “built and fully operational”. However, The SMH reports that 35,000 premises are still waiting to be connected to the NBN. ItNews also reports that 238,000 premises unable to get 25Mbps speeds – the benchmark speed deemed to represent “broadband” in Australia. For mine, the NBN won’t be “mission accomplished” until it provides speeds near the top of global rankings. At present, Australia’s fixed broadband is ranked an abysmal 60th in the world according to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index: