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Friday, 3rd September 2010
TransACT nets its 1000th FTTP customer
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It's not exactly an NBN-scale milestone, but TransACT has connected its 1000th FTTP (fibre to the premises) customer.
Analysis: Net gambling next on ISP filter hitlist?
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The Communications Law Centre (CLC) has called for a tightening of Australian laws to more effectively prohibit access to online casino-style games like poker, blackjack and roulette.
Broadband not on Katter's wish-list
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Rural independent MP Bob Katter has made public his 'wish-list' of issues he wants addressed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard or Opposition leader Tony Abbott before he is prepared to offer his support to either in forming a minority government - and it doesn't include broadband.
NBN key to open government: Lundy
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Labor senator and technology advocate Kate Lundy has told a New Zealand conference that only high-speed broadband offered by the National Broadband Network will lead to a true open government in Australia.
AAPT shooting blanks over email
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ISP AAPT has sent blank emails to customers in an attempt to advise them of the impending sale of their consumer broadband or phone account to iiNet.
Telstra move worries rivals
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The closure of a South Brisbane telephony exchange has Telstra's competitors fuming.
Thursday, 2nd September 2010
Internode flags business market push
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Internet service provider, Internode has flagged its intention to increasingly target the business market, announcing the opening of a Brisbane office to dirctly service its existing and expanding customer base in the sunshine state.
Treasury claims $900m Coalition NBN shortfall
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The Coalition's promised savings from scrapping the National Broadband Network were $900 million out over four years, a Treasury analysis claimed.
No one is selfless in NBN debate
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One of the signatories to a national broadband proposal unveiled at the eleventh hour to rival Labor's own long-running NBN project has accused vendors and telcos of stirring up hype for a fibre-optic cable future in line with a view to serving their own interests in generating massive contracts and gaining operating certainty.
Treasury costings scant on NBN details
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You might have expected that the Treasury's costings of the two major party's election policies - released to the Independents and the media late yesterday - would contain a fair amount of detail about how much each party's wildly differing broadband policy would cost.
Wednesday, 1st September 2010
If NBN 3.0 can promise "up to 100Mbps" by wireless why can't NBN Co?
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We now have two new acronyms in the every growing lexicon of telecommunications - NBN 3.0 and AAB, the Alliance for Affordable Broadband - along with the promise of near FTTH performance from wireless networks: all from a 'gang of seven' CEOs who, with two exceptions, are exclusively providers of wireless communications services.
Telstra overhauls Torres Strait broadband
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Telstra has embarked on a $5.3 million project to improve broadband services for islands in the Torres Strait region of far northern Queensland.
Business leaders call for NBN
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A group of telecommunications executives yesterday made an 11th-hour plea to independent MPs over the National Broadband Network.
Analysts explains why some telcos don't want an NBN
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Analysts have provided lukewarm responses to an open letter from senior telco executives that criticises the Government's National Broadband Network.
Telcos back coalition-style NBN, slam Labor
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A new telecommunications lobby group laden with telco chiefs has trashed the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) and backed a privately-run wireless network worth some $3 billion that is reminiscent of coalition policy which it dubbed NBN 3.0.
NBN3 Wireless plan needs 4G spectrum fast-track
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A wireless National Broadband Network proposal aired late yesterday called for the expedited release of 4G spectrum by regulators as well as access to Telstra backhaul and mobile towers to cut out further costs.
Telcos lob broadband grenade: Abbott may be right
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An alliance of large telcos has lobbed a last-minute grenade into talks around who will form the next government by proposing a new broadband plan that appears more aligned with the Coalition's policy than Labor's national broadband network.
Tuesday, 31st August 2010
Rebel yell: NBN 3.0 is a much better idea
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A splinter group of rebel telecommunications players have broken with their Australian brethren's long-standing support for Labor's National Broadband Network policy, publishing their own NBN 3.0 model in an apparent attempt to influence the independent members of parliament who may decide the next Federal Government.
Gillard cautions against "savage" NBN cuts
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has argued that the national broadband network should not be cut or savaged "just when it's making a real difference".
20 things to do with a big, fast Internet plan: Listen to Internet radio
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Digital radio might offer access to a few dozen stations, but internet radio over broadband brings the world to your doorstep.
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Latest Comments
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
It just proves that the Coalition does not get it. We have access to Satellite (2 Way) and on a good day wireless Telstra and on bad days dial-up speed... by Andrew Mitchell
Sep 03, 2010 3:25 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
I live in rural Victoria and am struck with dial up because nothing else here can compete with its reliability and price. =\ by Billy
Sep 01, 2010 4:29 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
This WiMAX may have the future capability for 1 Gbit/s but that's still a while off from being available and right now already fibre is already capable of those speeds... by Billy
Sep 01, 2010 4:25 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
Alex McKenzie is quite correct. Wireless in all its forms is a shared medium. At any given point on the planet, there is only 1 spectrum, there can never be... by Craig Findlay
Sep 01, 2010 2:59 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
Well, I'm happy. I get 6+Mb/s on wireless and its free. Pages load in seconds, YouTube plays instantly. Doesnt cost me a cent. Had it for over a year now.... by Len in Sydney
Sep 01, 2010 2:20 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
Max wireless is not a viable alternative. It is a shared medium. Put 1000 homes on a single WiMAX tower and they will all only get 1Mbps if they are... by Alex McKenzie
Aug 31, 2010 2:32 PM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
Please read his words carefully... he's not saying Australians don't want 100Mbps Internet, he's saying Australians don't want "100Mbps Fibre Internet". It IS a huge waste of money, the technology... by max phatt
Aug 30, 2010 1:07 AM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
All businesses that rely on data transfer IE~ all net companies benefit from fast reliable uncapped broadband which is lacking in Australia. Most OZ companies have to host their services... by david
Aug 26, 2010 7:37 AM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
I'm a recent (~ 8 yrs) business/entrepreneur immigrant here from Hong Kong. Most people here, and especially the politicos, do not have the vision to see how fast broadband internet... by KKam
Aug 25, 2010 11:45 AM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
@ Tech-Oz_INet ,
Your off ya rocker mate! No matter what speed your connection is, it will not determin how fast malware, virus's, trojans is spread. That is determinned by the... by Dean
Aug 24, 2010 10:11 AM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
Reading through all these posts I see many different opinions but one stood out the most.
The reason most aussie sites are hosted on US servers is because bandwidth here in... by Dean
Aug 24, 2010 9:51 AM
Australia doesn't want 100Mbps Internet, says Turnbull
100 Mbps .
Is how on in melbourne ( Bigpond ) cable .
i have order it last week .
the hell whit 24... by SC
Aug 23, 2010 11:58 AM