Broadband News - Page 9
Friday, 9th December 2011
Australia near bottom of 4G value table
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Australia and Telstra have scored poorly, while European telcos lead the pack in a research report on carriers around the world who offer the best value for money 4G mobile data plans.
Upgraded Primus fibre attracts first customer
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Primus Australia has signed consultancy Wave Engineering Solutions as anchor tenant to its recently upgraded commercial fibre network.
Cost-benefit analysis sought for NBN
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The Business Council of Australia (BCA) says it is not too late for the government to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the $35.9 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).
Telstra rejigs separation plan
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Telstra has lodged a revised structural separation undertaking with the competition watchdog as part of its $11 billion deal with NBN Co.
Senators, critics question ICANN's generic TLD plan
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be moving forward too fast on a plan to sell hundreds of new generic top-level domains starting early next year, several U.S. senators said Thursday.
NBN Co's role in housing estates under scrutiny
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The Productivity Commission has warned that NBN Co's role deploying fibre to greenfield housing developments could unbalance competition in the sector.
Call made to tally up NBN benefits
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The social benefits of the National Broadband Network should be quantified, an independent inquiry has urged.
Thursday, 8th December 2011
NBN as secretive as Scientology: Turnbull
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As the year draws to a close, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has outlined operational concerns with the roll-out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and worries that the project will go way over the budget.
Internode video streams music festival, looks to expand content business
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South Australia-based ISP, Internode, has kicked-started its entertainment content plans with the streaming of the first Gorgeous Festival at McLaren Vale.
Townsfolk reject wireless NBN
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The NBN has come under fire in a Victorian country town who question why a wireless tower will be built instead of fibre cable.
Wednesday, 7th December 2011
Turnbull launches renewed attack on NBN
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Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has re-iterated the Federal Opposition's criticisms of the NBN, and added a few new ones, in a 3000 word essay posted on his blog.
How ISPs got caught up in the Internet wars
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The Internet has fuelled an ongoing global conflict that will engulf all of us, claims Australian political commentator and author Bernard Keane.
iiNet voices concern over NBN access plan
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Australia's number three internet service provider (ISP), iiNet, has raised concerns over a number of aspects of NBN Co's Special Access Undertaking (SAU), lodged to the competition regulator yesterday.
UK porn blocker lets explicit videos through
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Filter bug allows content from one of the web's biggest explicit video sites through ISP's net.
Tuesday, 6th December 2011
How much control does AFACT have?
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As the epic High Court legal battle between iiNet and the film studios wrapped up, the theme of the three-day trial was clear: it is a matter of choice versus control; iiNet's and AFACT's.
Xenophobia may be prudent for the NBN
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There has been so much discussion about the effect of the NBN on local telecommunications providers that it seems the industry has entirely ignored what could very well be an even bigger disruptive threat: the way the network will facilitate the entry of overseas telcos into Australia's local-access market for the first time.
ACMA study augers well for NBN uptake
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The ACMA is predicting a new wave of innovative, interactive applications and services, driven by the availability of 'next generation networks'. While high bandwidth is not necessarily a feature of an NGN, nor of the expected applications, realisation of the ACMA's forecast will inevitably lead to increased demand for bandwidth.
NBN Co retreats on price-hike clause
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After harsh criticism from the coalition, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has announced that it will limit wholesale price increases to half of the yearly inflation, and will freeze all wholesale prices for the first five years of the operation of the network.
Vodafone offers network guarantee
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Vodafone Australia has quietly rolled out provisions allowing customers to terminate their contracts within 30 days of signing up without further charges in a new bid to attract new and former subscribers.
NBN Co lodges undertaking to watchdog
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NBN Co has finally lodged a special access undertaking to the competition watchdog, nearly nine months after initially planned.
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