Broadband News
Sun, 13th Mar 2016
TPG Relents To Tasmanian Government, Secures Extra Bandwidth From Telstra For Damaged Basslink
It’s been on the cards since Basslink, the power / data carrying cable that connects Tasmania to mainland Australia, was damaged in late December last year. Yet, TPG was happy to leave customers with degraded internet, potentially for months, until intervention from the Tasmanian government forced the ISP’s hand.
Source: Gizmodo
Sat, 12th Mar 2016
iiNet, Internode strike Telstra capacity deal for Tasmania
Tasmanian customers of iiNet and Internode are likely to see some relief from degraded internet services by Thursday 17th March after a breakthrough deal for Bass Strait capacity was signed late Saturday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tas govt wrings TPG 'review' from internet slowdown
The Tasmanian government has secured a commitment from TPG to “review” its Bass Strait cable capacity for brands including iiNet and Internode as major internet access issues dragged into a second day.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet group customer anger boiling over Basslink
Customers of the iiNet group of ISPs in Tasmania have reacted angrily to a warning that they should expect degraded internet services for the next three months.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tasmanian internet users angry as Basslink repairs slow downloads
Tasmanian internet users report slow internet speeds after repairs began on the faulty Basslink power cable, which also carries fibre-optic cables.
Source: ABC News
Fri, 11th Mar 2016
This Week's Biggest NBN And Telco News: You Must Construct Additional Fibre
Here’s where we round up all the Aussie news around the ‘net about the ‘net, every week. Check in here for a quick primer on everything from piracy to privacy to data retention and the NBN.
Source: Gizmodo
ICANN submits plan to grab Internet functions off US Government
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has submitted a plan to the US Government designed to lead to global ownership of key technical Internet functions associated with domain names.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 10th Mar 2016
Fifield releases spectrum legislation overhaul consultation paper
The Australian government has published its consultation paper on the proposed new spectrum licensing, regulation, and pricing legislation.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone Australia paid no tax in 2014 – Why?
Could it have been ‘Vodafail’ as customers deserted the less than stellar performing mobile carrier back in 2014. Whatever the reason a huge number of Australians want to know why the multinational mobile operator paid no tax in Australia – and they want to know now.
Source: iTWire
Optus Wi-Fi up and running at Mirvac shopping centres
Optus Wi-Fi services have been deployed at two flagship shopping centres of the Mirvac property group in New South Wales and Queensland.
Source: iTWire
Tony Windsor drawn out of retirement to fight for FttP NBN
With the NBN being one of the issues that made him choose to support Labor over the Coalition in 2013, Tony Windsor is returning to politics due to stalling with NBN, defence, and education funding.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Wed, 09th Mar 2016
Repair work begins on TPG’s PPC-1 cable
Repair work is on TPG’s PPC-1 underwater cable system is under way, the telco revealed yesterday.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 08th Mar 2016
ACCC investigation: Vaya telco responds
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reports that telco Vaya ‘has taken measures’ to address ACCC concerns following a spike in consumer complaints.
Source: iTWire
Basslink locates interconnector cable fault
The fault that took out power delivery over the Basslink electricity and data cable between Tasmania and mainland Australia appears to have been located, the company said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Basslink Tasmanian subsea cable to be repaired by May
The Tasmanian subsea cable, which contains fibre-optic assets used for telecommunications, should be repaired by late May, according to Basslink.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Aussie unis plan high-speed fibre research testbed
Three leading Victorian universities are planning to create a joint testbed for research that could significantly boost the capacity of fibre backhaul networks, a senate inquiry heard last week.
Source: iTnews Australia
The Netflix Mobile App Will Use Less Data (Soon)
Netflix makes constant iterative changes to its movie and TV streaming platform. Some of those are small, and some are major; most don’t make a huge difference to the way you watch videos though. A small change that might do exactly that for mobile users is on the way, though — a data saver option that doesn’t go all-out on video quality, in order to save your previous mobile data.
Source: Gizmodo
Optus denies name change to 'Yes'
Optus has said no to Yes, unequivocally saying that despite reports to the contrary, it is not rebranding.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mon, 07th Mar 2016
MyNetFone ‘re-invents’ its home phone service with unlimited voice plans
Promising savings of ‘up to 60% off’ normal landline phone bills, with the free advanced features MNF’s VoIP customers expect, great value new home plans have just launched.
Source: iTWire
Amaysim-owned Vaya’s new plans: better value than Amaysim?
In January, Amaysim purchased low-cost MVNO Vaya, and now it has made changes to its plans which see almost all receive increased value.
Source: iTWire
Build it in fibre – ‘Just do it.''
Internet Australia (IA) has called for an urgent re-think on NBN urging the Australian Government Senate inquiry last Friday to ‘just do it’ and deploy fibre.
Source: iTWire
'Deploy Fibre': Internet Australia Backs FTTP At NBN Senate Enquiry
In the past Internet Australia (IA) has called for fast, ubiquitous broadband without publicly favouring a technological solution. Based on new fibre costings and backed by a survey of its members IA has now called for a re-assessment of the Government’s MTM model.
Source: Gizmodo
Turnbull’s MTM not good enough, IA chief tells Senate NBN Inquiry
The chief executive of Internet Australia, the peak body representing Internet users, has told the Senate NBN Inquiry currently underway in Canberra that the MTM broadband network being built by nbn is not good enough for Australia’s future needs.
Source: iTWire
Government acknowledges poor internet in Canberra's south but sticks to NBN plan
Minister for Communications acknowledges some areas of Canberra's southern suburbs have poor internet access.
Source: SMH
Fri, 04th Mar 2016
Ericsson signs Decmil for NBN fixed wireless panel contract
Decmil Group will be responsible for the design, supply installation, commissioning, and integration of hardware and software in relation to the NBN's fixed wireless network capacity expansion.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus, TPG: ACCC did not 'ignore' NBN in Telstra copper pricing
The ACCC did not ignore the existence of the NBN in choosing to cut Telstra's wholesale copper pricing by almost 10 percent, and nor did it ignore its own principles, TPG and Optus have argued in court.
Source: ZDNet Australia
'We Would Always Look At Ways To Reduce Cost And Time': NBN Defends 'Secret' FTTP Trials
A leaked internal document recently revealed that the company building the nbn has been trialling a reliable, cheaper fibre to the premises technology — which has the potential to reach of an all-fibre system to the home.
Source: Gizmodo
This Week's Biggest NBN And Telco News: NBN Rejects Budget Problems, What Is 5G?
Here’s where we round up all the Aussie news around the ‘net about the ‘net, every week. Check in here for a quick primer on everything from piracy to privacy to data retention and the NBN.
Source: Gizmodo
Secret nbn trial slashes per-premises costs in half
A new leaked internal document reveals secret trials of low-cost fibre-to-the-premises program by nbn.
Source: iTWire