Broadband News - Page 1

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Friday, 12th March 2010

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Coalition still likes OPEL broadband template

iTnews Australia - 0 Comments

Opposition Communications Minister Tony Smith was again forced to dodge questions on the Coalition's NBN policy, promising a policy outline "in good time."

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Pipe Networks' shareholders OK TPG sell

ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments

Pipe Networks' shareholders have voted to approve a $373 million deal that will see the company acquired by TPG Telecom.

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NBN hearings extended over retail clause

Australian IT - 0 Comments

The Senate select committee on the NBN has called for extra public hearings on the $43 billion fibre broadband project.

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Filter trial vendor sceptical over Internet clean-feed

ARN - 0 Comments

Internet filtering won't prevent people deliberately looking for inappropriate material from accessing blocked content, according to security vendor, M86.

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Filter paves way for censorship: Hockey

ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday launched an attack on the Federal Government's internet filtering scheme, in one of the first cases of a senior Opposition figure coming out publicly against the controversial policy.

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Internode doubles its Southern Cross link capacity

iTnews Australia - 0 Comments

ISP Internode plans to double its share of network capacity between Sydney and the USA before June as part of a five year deal with Southern Cross Cable network.

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Australia on net censorship blacklist

Australian IT - 0 Comments

A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.

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Thursday, 11th March 2010

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NZ Internet filter goes live

Computerworld - 0 Comments

New Zealand's opt-in Internet content filter has gone live today with a least two confirmed participating ISPs. The government-run and operated scheme was quietly turned on early last month as a soft launch.

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Oh dear: Optus didn't learn from Telstra's mistake

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if there's one thing that we find amusing, it's when history repeats itself. As it so often does in Australia's fickle telecommunications industry.

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iiNet and Netspace? Finally

ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments

I would be surprised if iiNet managing director Michael Malone and Netspace managing director Stuart Marburg haven't been flirting with the idea of a merger on and off for the past decade.

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Government considers free filters for small ISPs

Computerworld - 0 Comments

Small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) need not spend a cent to meet the national Internet filtering requirements in a move under consideration by the Federal Government.

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Exetel mulls unlimited ADSL2 plans

PC World - 0 Comments

An 11 March email to customers of Internet service provider (ISP) Exetel has revealed the company is considering ADSL2 plans with unlimited uploads and downloads. The email states that the ISP believes "there will be ongoing 'convulsions' in the marketplace and there will be many permutations that will change ADSL2 offerings quite substantially over the coming months."

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Plans afoot for new Sydney-US fibre link

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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.

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iiNet confirms Netspace takeover talks

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Telstra bounces on revival of hope

The Australian - 0 Comments

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.

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Wednesday, 10th March 2010

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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.

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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".

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