Broadband News - Page 2
Monday, 30th January 2012
Telstra plans repair to North Bundaberg
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Telstra has sped up plans to reconnect some 900 premises in North Bundaberg to fixed-line services by Wednesday this week.
Telcos demand more power for ACCC in NBN Co SAU
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Telcos are worried about the insufficient powers the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) can wield over the National Broadband Network (NBN) under NBN Co’s special access undertaking (SAU).
Friday, 27th January 2012
Telstra's competitors call for wholesale ADSL to be regulated
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Telstra's major competitors, from Optus downwards have been unanimous in calling on the ACCC to regulate Telstra's wholesale ADSL service.
Israel plans to rollout its own NBN
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Israel's state-owned electric company hopes roll out its own high-speed national broadband network.
Internode adjusts fibre plans to match NBN services
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South Australia-based ISP, Internode, has released new fibre broadband service prices for more than 20 real estate development locations to match the speed and pricing of its National Broadband Network plans.
Thursday, 26th January 2012
Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room?
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Wireless bandwidth is like land in Manhattan -- it's extremely valuable because they're not making more of it.
Wednesday, 25th January 2012
Greenfields residents gain terabyte quotas
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Internode has begun offering terabyte data quotas to residents in supported new housing estates for the first time in the latest of several changes bringing its greenfield prices in line with National Broadband Network offerings.
Telstra opens 4G era for smartphones, but Bondi's off line
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Smartphones have just become a whole lot faster potentially. Advantages can run from loading web pages five times more quickly than with the fastest 3G phones to using Facebook and email simultaneously and having video chats with less disruption.
Vodafone plans Australian restructure
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Vodafone Australia has confirmed it will embark on a restructure of the organisation in the "coming weeks" to reduce costs.
Tuesday, 24th January 2012
Dodo core routers downed
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A fault in Cisco switching equipment on Dodo's core network overnight has been blamed for intermittent and downed connections for thousands of users overnight.
Telco industry group attacks Telstra fibre network exemptions
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Communications Minister granted Telstra's application to exempt some of its fibre networks from NBN laws does not sit well with the telco industry group.
Telstra upgrades to boost fixed over mobile
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Telstra's upgrades to street cabinets will drive some frustrated customers back from mobile broadband to fixed-line internet services, according to the Commonwealth Bank.
TPG wades in on Telstra SSU discussion
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TPG has issued a scathing review of Telstra's revised structural separation undertaking (SSU).
Telstra opens Velocity estates to third parties
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Telstra has cut a deal with the Federal Government that will see 118 of its Velocity fibre-to-the-premise communities opened to retail competition for the first time.
Monday, 23rd January 2012
The Megaupload takedown
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Megaupload, rated by some as the 13th most visited site on the Internet was taken down late last week by the FBI under accusation of copyright infringement, however many other rights have been infringed by their actions.
iiNet offers free wi-fi to Perth subscribers
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iiNet has rolled out wireless hotspots across Perth's central business district in a bid to extend its reach beyond existing customers' fixed lines.
Telstra fibre networks to offer regulated and fair wholesale services
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The telco will have to offer open access wholesale services on its South Brisbane fibre network and some of its Greenfield fibre rollouts subject to ACCC scrutiny.
Internode NBN FOI request rejected
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The Freedom of Information Commissioner has upheld a decision by NBN Co not to release the full details of its $11 billion deal with Telstra to rival internet service provider Internode under Freedom of Information laws.
Telstra skirts SEA-ME-WE3 cable limits
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Telstra has bought one of four fibre pairs on a new subsea cable system connecting Perth and Singapore, partly to gain some control over transmission technology upgrades on the route.
Sunday, 22nd January 2012
$20.6m to pilot NBN based telehealth
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The Federal Government has launched a telehealth pilot program that will use the National Broadband Network to provide services to older Australians, people living with cancer and those requiring palliative care.
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