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Thursday, 11th March 2010
Plans afoot for new Sydney-US fibre link
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
Competition could be looming for the Southern Cross Cable that carries the majority of Australia and New Zealand's Internet traffic, if a group of New Zealand hi-tech business people behind a second fibre-optic link get their way.
iiNet confirms Netspace takeover talks
Computerworld - 0 Comments
Internet service provider iiNet Ltd says it is in discussions with rival Netspace about a takeover but no decision has been made to proceed with the acquisition.
NBN 'dead' without Telstra: Minchin
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The opposition has continued its assault on the federal government's plan to legislatively dismember Telstra as the telco's rivals ramp up efforts to lobby cross-bench senators to vote in favour of the bill.
iiNet to buy Netspace for $75m?
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
iiNet has requested a trading halt following speculation that it will acquire fellow internet service provider, Netspace.
Telstra split unAustralian: Liberals
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
The coalition has described Federal Government plans to break up Telstra as among the most draconian pieces of legislation ever put before federal parliament.
Telstra bounces on revival of hope
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Telstra shares enjoyed a brief reprieve from their three-month battering yesterday as investors clung to hope that the opposition had the support to scupper the government's plans to cleave the giant telco in two.
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
NBN Co setting up shop
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NBN Co has announced that it has selected Sydney and Melbourne offices, the latter within shouting distance of key government regulators, the ACMA and ACCC.
Exetel wants Telstra sorry ad
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
John Linton, chief executive of internet service provider Exetel, has challenged Telstra in court after it allegedly incorrectly listed the ISP as a "bad debtor".
Labor to vote on ISP filter this fortnight
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The Federal Labor party is set to vote on whether or not mandatory filter plans become legislation within the next two weeks, according to Government Senator, Kate Lundy.
Feds fund entire NBN Tassie 'joint-venture'
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The Australian Government is carrying the entire cost of the national broadband network roll-out in Tasmania, with negotiations over the planned joint-venture with State-owned utility Aurora Energy put on hold last year and not expected to resume until July.
Net filters could put ISPs $1M out of pocket
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The Federal Government's Internet content filter scheme could put many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) up to $1 million out of pocket.
Telstra plan hits a wall
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Kevin Rudd's bill to force the break-up of Telstra looks doomed to fail, with the Coalition and a key cross-bench senator resolving yesterday to vote against it.
Tuesday, 9th March 2010
New TPG ADSL2+ Plans released
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Today, TPG have released some amazing new ADLS2+ plans, and we have updated our database to show this.
Exetel takes Telstra to Federal Court
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Exetel has filed legal proceedings against Telstra in the Federal Court of Australia for alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.
ITU launches satellite interface standard for mobiles
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The International Telecommunication Union has released a new standard which it claims will boost mobile services in the areas of roaming and compatibility.
Hasty call-out for passive NBN kit
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
NBN Co, the company charged with building Australia's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN), today released an expression of interest for companies to provide passive network kit for the national roll-out.
Anti-filter flash mob planned to educate fools
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An online activist group will use a flash mob on April Fools Day to raise its concerns about the Internet content filter to the general public.
NBN likely to create skills shortage
Australian IT - 0 Comments
As NBN Co begins to hire in earnest, it will shy away from poaching top telco talent and could face a shortage of skilled IT professionals this year.
NBNCo won't dob on job seekers
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The National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) has poured cold water on reports it will contact the employers of prospect executives who attempt to jump ship from other telecommunications providers.
PIPE dream set to come true for TPG
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Speculation that TPG Telecom would struggle to garner 75 per cent support from PIPE Networks shareholders for the proposed $373 million acquisition was enough to knock 20ยข off the PIPE share price yesterday, closing at $6, a discount of 5 per cent to the offer of $6.30 a share. The shareholder vote will take place on Friday.
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Latest Comments
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I spent several hours last week on 3 separate evenings online to a call centre in India, trying to improve my internet speed. My son had been complaining about... by Lesley McEwan
Mar 09, 2010 6:52 PM
2009 Broadband Survey now running
Home adsl with optus, 512k
Today 8.05am getting line speed 315kbps and 39 kb/s download speed!
by SJFERG
Mar 08, 2010 8:12 AM
2009 Broadband Survey now running
On an Optus satellite ISP. Here is what I get from a 3Mb test today
Your line speed is 472 kbps (0.47 Mbps).
Your download speed is 59 KB/s (0.06 MB/s).
On my... by dusty1
Mar 07, 2010 3:31 PM
2009 Broadband Survey now running
Telstra are terrible, i suppose to be gettin 1500 kbps, instead its running just faster than dial-up, its like my internet is still slowed from going over my download the... by Jack Higgins
Mar 07, 2010 8:56 AM
2009 Broadband Survey now running
Yeah I've complained about this crap too, I'm on the same plan as you, here are my results for the last 3 days:
4/3/10 at 10.47pm - line speed 1.68MB/s, download... by Cherie
Mar 06, 2010 1:51 PM
| 6GB mobile broadband $39/m | |
| 25GB+100GB for $39.99/m | |
| 5GB mobile broadband $39.95/m |
