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Thursday, 17th June 2010
Web snooping policy shrouded in secrecy
SMH - 0 Comments
The Federal Government is hiding controversial plans to force ISPs to store internet activity of all Australian internet users - regardless of whether they have been suspected of wrongdoing - for law enforcement agencies to access.
Who will be the content king?
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
Right now, all over the world, a battle is being fought. Everyone knows that we will soon be watching a significant amount of IPTV, but who will profit from this shift? Existing TV companies have agreements in place with the content providers, but internet service providers have a strong relationship with the end user.
Wednesday, 16th June 2010
Telstra call costs capped by Conroy
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today announced an extension of price control arrangements on Telstra which will force the telco to continue charging 22c for untimed local calls from home phones and 50c from payphones.
Call for calm over data retention talks
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The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has revealed that the Attorney General's Department has been discussing the possibility of data disclosure laws with Australia's ISPs for eleven years.
Inside Australia's data retention proposal
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
Telecommunications industry sources have called the claims by Attorney-General media relations that web browsing history would not be recorded in a controversial data retention proposal "a bit cute" and a question of terminology and semantics.
Internode revamps business ADSL plans
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Internet Search Provider (ISP), Internode, has announced reworked business ADSL broadband plans, claiming a combination of increased data quotas and reduced prices.
Conroy tries again on bill to split Telstra
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Controversial legislation that threatens to split Telstra in two will be reintroduced to the Senate today.
Telcos give a tick to NBN ad splash
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Several Internet service providers have backed the Federal Government's $16 million advertising splash designed to shore-up public support for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Tuesday, 15th June 2010
Conroy touts 50 percent uptake for NBN pilot
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
Almost half of all Tasmanian premises in NBN's stage one zones have signed up to fibre services that will launch in "a few short weeks", according to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
ISP snooping law would make piracy lawsuits AFACT of life
APC Magazine - 0 Comments
A proposal to log your every move online would not only violate your privacy, but provide the missing link for studios to sue file sharers within an inch of their lives.
Internet 'kill switch' proposed for US
ZDNet Australia - 0 Comments
A new US Senate Bill would grant the President far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of, or even shut down, portions of the internet.
More warnings over 'free' and 'unlimited' phone and Internet
PC Authority - 0 Comments
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has added its voice to the issue of misleading advertising over mobile phone and Internet bills.
Lessons learned from Europe's data retention laws
iTnews Australia - 0 Comments
Australia's Attorney General's Department might want to find a more successful international precedent to justify an introduction of data retention laws for telcos and ISPs than in Europe.
Monday, 14th June 2010
"It's not about your web history": Attorney General
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The Attorney General, Robert McLelland, has denied the government's controversial ISP logging policy will extend to users' web history.
Fewer Australians subscribing to broadband
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Australia is one of only two developed countries where the take-up of broadband internet connections declined last year, new figures show.
Small telcos up in arms over Foxtel-Telstra deal
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An attempt by Foxtel to offer extra services over the internet exclusively to Telstra customers has angered smaller internet providers, who argue the plan will harm competition and short-change consumers.
Battles loom over home wired network standards
iTWire - 0 Comments
The G.hn standard for wired home networks has been approved by the Telecommunication Union's Telecommunications sector (ITU-T), and is being touted as "the one global standard" but it faces competition from others.
Private equity, TPG set sights on AAPT
Australian IT - 0 Comments
AAPT could be in new hands as early as August if its owner, Telecom New Zealand, accepts one of several approaches for the business.
Saturday, 12th June 2010
iiNet's IPTV is three times the cost of Telstra's
APC Magazine - 0 Comments
In an industry where Telstra is almost always the most expensive, this certainly is a surprise.
Facebook adviser critical of filter
Australian IT - 0 Comments
A policy adviser to Facebook says he doubts the Australian government's proposed mandatory internet filter will work.
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