Broadband News - Page 243

Friday, 26th June 2009

Leak: Vodafone customers protest poor network

iTnews Australia

In the Voice of Retail newsletter obtained by iTnews, Vodafone tabled the biggest headaches raised by customers and retailers from March to May. Coverage, degradation, dropouts and echo are users' biggest bugbears.

Thursday, 25th June 2009

Conroy lands first NBN legislation

ZDNet Australia

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy this afternoon introduced one of the first pieces of legislation into parliament to deal with the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Pipe Networks pushing towards $100m revenues in FY2010

iTWire

Pipe Networks is forecasting consolidated revenue for FY2010 of $92m-$96m, with EBITDA of approximately $50m-$51m and NPAT of approximately $20.5m-$21.5m from a combination of its existing business and its submarine cable arm, expected to start generating revenues later this year.

AAPT shuffles executive ranks

iTnews Australia

AAPT has lifted its head of international carriers to general manager of its wholesale division.

Legal advisors sought for NBN implementation study

ARN

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is looking to appoint a primary legal services advisor to assist with the national broadband network NBN implementation study.

Wednesday, 24th June 2009

Bill shock: BigPond users charged thousands for 'data they didn't use'

The Age

A Telstra BigPond customer has been slugged thousands of dollars for excess data usage and others have been hit with unexpected bills for downloads they claim they didn't use.

Conroy: NBN won't be an eyesore

ZDNet Australia

Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy today assured local council representatives that the National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre infrastructure would not be an eye-sore on their landscapes.

Telstra welcomes one small reduction in its regulatory burden

iTWire

Wishful thinking or Telstra trying to be conciliatory to the Federal Government? Whatever, Telstra's over-enthusiastic welcome to a minor piece of legislation was in stark contrast to the song and dance the Trujillo-Burgess double act used to kick up.

Joyce flags NZ fibre delays

ZDNet Australia

The New Zealand Government's $1.5 billion investment in its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network faces lengthy delays as the government untangles 104 submissions on its broadband plan.

Conroy lays out civil engineering interests

iTnews Australia

Senator Conroy has used an address at the National General Assembly of Local Government to invite more inputs on how the NBN might "interact" with local planning laws.

Tuesday, 23rd June 2009

Telstra bumps Next G uplink to 5.8 Mbps

iTnews Australia

Telstra has increased peak network uplink speeds on its Next G network to 5.8 Mbps, meaning customers will achieve at least 300 kbps up to 3 Mbps in real-use terms.

Minchin claims there is no need for NBN

iTnews Australia

Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has seized on an ACMA report showing most Australians are satisfied with their ISP to claim the country does not need a National Broadband Network (NBN).

Telecoms services users satisfied, but complaining a lot more

iTWire

The ACMA has released results of its survey of consumers' and SMEs' satisfaction with fixed, mobile and broadband services reporting high satisfaction levels with most services, but noting also a very large increase in the level of complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

The NBN is not about fast Internet

ARN

The Federal Government's $43 billion national broadband network (NBN) is not just about super-fast Internet access for consumers and decision makers must get out of this mindset, a leading contender to provide access technologies has claimed.

States battle on broadband centre

Australian IT

The NSW government is poised to lodge its official bid to host the headquarters for Australia's national broadband network with the federal government.

Monday, 22nd June 2009

Blog: 100Gbps Ethernet shows NBN's promise

ZDNet Australia

The coming glut of 100Gbps Ethernet shows that the potential growth of the National Broadband Network is limited only by the laws of physics - and the laws of Parliament.

Saturday, 20th June 2009

Some of the best posts on the content filter trial

ARN

Whatever your point of view on the Federal Government's contentious Internet content filtering trial there is no denying it has ruffled feathers and roused opinions from far and wide.

Friday, 19th June 2009

ispOne out of the regional NBN loop

iTnews Australia

Wholesaler ispOne has called on the Federal Government to involve regional ISPs more in NBN discussions rather than "playing political games" to force Telstra to open its network.