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Monday, 5th December 2011
Oz slides on OECD fixed-broadband ranks
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Australia has slipped from 18th to 21st in the latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) rankings for fixed-broadband services, while wireless percentages continue to soar.
iiTrial: High Court weighs ISP responsibilities
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Just how much notice should an ISP take of alleged breaches of copyright occuring over its network and what can it do to prevent further breaches?
Telstra to lodge revised SSU 'shortly' & no 'material changes'
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Following press reports that the ACCC will be unable to reach a decision on Telstra's structural separation undertaking by the 20 December deadline, both parties have expressed confidence that this timeframe will be met.
Telstra shutters wireless hotspots
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Telstra has moved to shut down its national wireless hotspot service from next year, continuing the trend away from the technology as an offload service from mobile networks in Australia.
Trans-Tasman roaming cost enquiry progresses - slowly
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DBCDE has called tenders for the provision of economic consultancy advice as part of the joint Australia-New Zealand investigation into trans-Tasman mobile roaming costs.
Saturday, 3rd December 2011
High Court day 3: AFACT's final pitch
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It would be in iiNet's economic interest to stop people using BitTorrent because it is such a bandwidth hog, the court heard on the final day of the High Court hearing between iiNet and the consortium of film and television studios known as the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
Friday, 2nd December 2011
High Court day 2: iiNet says AFACT lawsuit inevitable
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No matter what kind of warning notice scheme iiNet put in place to stop users breaching copyright, if it didn't include an account termination threat, it wouldn't have been enough to prevent the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) from launching legal action, iiNet counsel Richard Cobden has told the High Court.
Telstra-NBN deal timing called into question
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Questions have been raised as to whether the deal between the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) and Telstra can be completed by 20 December, at which point the deal would be terminated.
iiTrial: AFACT dismisses individual user suits
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has sought to downplay the relevance of section 202 of the Copyright Act in its ongoing battle with service provider iiNet.
iiTrial: ISPs 'set up' by rights holders
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Communications Alliance counsel Patrick Flynn has accused rights holders of "setting up" internet providers by delivering them an ultimatum to become copyright enforcers or be sued.
Thursday, 1st December 2011
iiTrial: Court mulls 'partially effective' ISP warnings
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The Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) has added weight to the proposition that passing on copyright infringement notices is only a "partially effective" means of an ISP avoiding accusations of authorisation.
"Final" wholesale agreement a work in progress: NBN Co
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Despite publishing its "final executable" Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), NBN Co has conceded that the contract terms will continue to be open for consultation with industry and customers for further development.
iiTrial: AFACT grilled on 'reasonable steps' for iiNet
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has faced tough questions from three of five High Court Justices over the efficacy of an ISP warning its users of alleged copyright infringements.
Wednesday, 30th November 2011
iiTrial: Comms Alliance, APRA allowed to intervene
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The High Court today dismissed four of six applications for amicus curiae, or "friends of the court", as hearings between service provider iiNet and content owners began in Canberra.
iiNet vs. AFACT: the road to High Court
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Today marks the beginning of the end for the landmark copyright infringement battle between iiNet and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). ZDNet Australia looks back into the three-year history of the case.
iiNet forgoes 'Amazon-style' model in cloud push
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iiNet has unveiled its take on infrastructure-as-a-service in the latest bid to ramp up its focus on the business market.
Optus continues WBA negotiations with NBN Co
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Despite the expected release of NBN Co's Standard Form of Access Agreement today, Optus has confirmed it is still in negotiations with the company to address what it views as unresolved issues in the draft version of the agreement.
Tuesday, 29th November 2011
Govt trials NBN-based health monitoring
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Chronically ill veterans will soon have their health monitored at home through technology driven by the Federal Government's high-speed National Broadband Network (NBN).
ISPs stuck with 'Malaysia' piracy solution
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You've got to have some sympathy for internet service providers, just like Labor with asylum seeker policies, no matter what they do around copyright infringement, someone will be unhappy.
NBN Co demo truck hits Tasmania
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Nbn Co's demonstration truck has begun its nationwide journey in Tasmania this week, with the 23-tonne mobile 'discovery centre' having arrived in Devonport yesterday.
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