Broadband News
Mon, 23rd Jun 2014
AusBBS challenges NBN market with budget telephone-only plans
Australian ISP, AusBBS, has launched National Broadband Network (NBN) based telephone plans starting at $34.95 for consumers on the brink of copper disconnections.
Source: ARN
Fri, 20th Jun 2014
Vodafone blames backhaul for outage, offers free data
Vodafone has blamed its backhaul for causing a nation-wide mobile outage in Australia yesterday, and has offered free data to its customers this weekend in apology.
Source: ZDNet Australia
All three carriers hit with major outages
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone all had serious network problems yesterday. Vodafone is offering a free weekend of data to make up for it.
Source: iTWire
Thu, 19th Jun 2014
Good customer service is no longer good enough: Optus
A recent study by Optus has shown that Australian organisations still have a long way to go in achieving 'outstanding' customer experience.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone's network goes down across Australia
Vodafone has experienced major network issues today which have downed mobile services for customers right across the country, in an afternoon when customers of all three Australian network providers have suffered degrees of service interruptions.
Source: iTnews Australia
Outage strikes Telstra ADSL customers in Victoria
A hardware failure has resulted in an ADSL outage in Melbourne for Telstra customers.
Source: Computerworld
Vodafone, Optus mobile networks down as Telstra's ADSL takes a hit
Vodafone and Optus’ mobile networks took a blow on Thursday, June 19, with the telecommunications providers confirming mobile network outages throughout the day, while Telstra experienced ADSL service disruptions.
Source: ARN
Vodafone's network suffers outage across Australia
Vodafone says it is working to get service back for customers across the country who have been unable to make or receive calls since lunchtime.
Source: ABC News
Govt refuses to support data breach notification bill
The Coalition Government has refused to back a reinvigorated bill that would force companies to notify customers of a data breach, saying while it agrees with the concept in principle, the proposed legislation needs more work.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN job market thriving as vacancies increase 248 per cent: Indeed
National Broadband Network (NBN) related job vacancies have increase by 248 per cent in the six months since NBN Co submitted its Strategic Review but this has contributed an overflow of IT professionals looking for positions, according to job search Web site, Indeed.
Source: ARN
Slow internet? Maybe you have one of 120,000 vulnerable broadband routers
Is your home internet running slow? Is your monthly internet bill larger than you expected?
Source: SMH
Wed, 18th Jun 2014
Judgement reserved in Telstra underground duct access pricing dispute
Judgement has been reserved in the Telstra (ASX: TLS) case versus Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) and iiNet (ASX: IIN) subsidiaries as Telstra continues to maintain that it acted in accordance with its underground duct access pricing contract.
Source: Computerworld
Vocus buys submarine cable capacity from Telecom NZ
Vocus has paid Telecom NZ nearly $2.5 million to acquire 10 per cent interest in the Sea-Me-We 3 cable between Perth and Singapore.
Source: Computerworld
Foxtel to blame for Game of Thrones piracy, says Choice
Foxtel's "outdated business model" is to blame for Australia's high rate of pirating Game of Thrones, according to consumer advocate and advisory group Choice.
Source: SMH
Cheaper texting on the way
The cost of SMS text messages in Australia is set to drop, with the ACCC deciding to regulate the costs in the same way it does with voice calls.
Source: iTWire
Dodo failed to warn broadband customers of excess usage
Internet service provider Dodo failed to let customers of its fixed broadband services know that they were approaching their monthly quota limits for data, an Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation has found. As a result, thousands of customers incurred excess usage charges without first receiving a warning.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 17th Jun 2014
ACCC to regulate SMS termination fees
The competition watchdog will for the first time regulate fees charged by network operators to receive and terminate SMS services on their networks, after its inquiry into the regulation of mobile termination access services (MTAS) found commercial negotiations had failed to lower abnormally high SMS rates.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra reaches for regional Australia with 700MHz spectrum
Telstra has hit speeds of 235 Mbps in a test of 4G mobile broadband using 700MHz spectrum in Perth.
Source: Computerworld
Downloading 300 gigabytes is small time in the world of pirating
Despite illegally downloading 300 gigabytes of movies and TV episodes every month, Alex Mack* says he doesn't even come close to being Australia's most prolific infringer of copyright.
Source: SMH
Mon, 16th Jun 2014
Online scams hurt the most
Almost $90 million was reported lost to scams in Australia last year, with nearly half of that amount through online scams.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co to roll out fibre and fixed wireless to 26 regions across Australia
Almost 45,000 premises in 26 regions across Australia are set to receive fibre and fixed wireless broadband in the continuing rollout of the NBN.
Source: ARN
Melbourne city train tunnels get mobile coverage
Melbourne follows Sydney in securing mobile covering in its city loop train tunnels.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Next NBN rollout areas announced
NBN Co has announced a further 44,709 homes and businesses around the country are in line for fibre or fixed wireless connections.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 13th Jun 2014
Police investigating cut Telstra cables
Tasmanian police are investigating how vandals managed to cut Telstra cables in three locations in one suburb on Wednesday night, causing significant disruption to the local network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra renews Service Stream wireless construction contract
Telstra has renewed its wireless construction contract with NBN contractor, Service Stream, in a two-year extension.
Source: ARN
Thu, 12th Jun 2014
Telstra's Foxtel bundles threaten net neutrality: ACCAN
As more content is streamed online, and Foxtel locks up exclusive rights to that content, Telstra's bundles and unmetered streaming of Foxtel represents a threat to net neutrality, according to the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co and Internode connect first South Australian fixed wireless service
NBN Co has connected its first fixed wireless service in South Australia as part of a rollout in the Coorong region.
Source: ARN
NBN Co renews Service Stream field services delivery contract
Service Stream has won its second contract renewal for work on the national broadband network in a month, today announcing a two-year extension to its existing field services delivery contract across five states and territories.
Source: iTnews Australia
Spirit Telecom launches 200 Mbps residential service
Melbourne voice and data carrier Spirit Telecom has made 'up to' 200 Mbps Internet available to residents of the new Triptych apartments in Melbourne's Southbank.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 11th Jun 2014
Popularity of public Wi-Fi complicates mobile security
Research released earlier this year by analyst firm Telsyte revealed that despite the growth of smartphones and tablets in Australia, the mobile data market had seemingly plateaued.
Source: Computerworld