Broadband News
Mon, 16th Sep 2013
Telstra warned for overcharging on data roaming
Telstra has received a formal warning from the communications watchdog after admitting to overcharging customers for international data roaming to the tune of $30 million.
Source: iTnews Australia
Optus looks to fill the Coalition's NBN gap
As the Coalition seems set on changing the NBN to fibre to the node, Optus has said it is open to a variety of options to connect customers from the node to the premises.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Sun, 15th Sep 2013
Turnbull rejects NBN petition - 'Democracy? I don't think so'
Malcolm Turnbull, likely to be sworn in as Communications Minister on Wednesday, has rejected a petition calling for a fibre to the home NBN.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 13th Sep 2013
Optus launches '4G Plus' multiband network
Optus has expanded the rollout of its TD-LTE 4G network, taking the service to Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Adelaide ahead of the launch of the new TD-LTE compatible iPhones.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus rolls out new 4G network
Optus will roll out a second type of 4G network across four capital cities on Friday that it claims can deliver faster video streams and more consistent data download speeds.
Source: SMH
Turnbull rejects NBN petition
Coalition communications spokesperson Malcolm Turnbull has rejected an online petition with over 200,000 signatures calling for the Coalition to consider keeping the NBN design as is.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull vs Conroy - The rematch?
Senator Stephen Conroy has confirmed he will be seeking a front bench position in Opposition. What chance he will be Opposition Communications spokesman?
Source: iTWire
Thu, 12th Sep 2013
Liberal voter leads charge to keep NBN on fibre
An online petition calling on the incoming Federal Government to reconsider their preference for a FTTN NBN has attracted nearly 200,000 signatures.
Source: iTWire
Malcolm Turnbull rejects online petition to keep Labor's NBN plan, saying democracy has spoken
The Coalition has hit back at an online petition to scrap its National Broadband Network plan, saying the election victory gives it a mandate to implement its policy.
Source: ABC News
Conroy seeks position on Labor frontbench
Former Communications Minister Stephen Conroy could return to public sparring with Malcolm Turnbull, after he revealed last night he had applied for a position on Labor’s opposition frontbench.
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy wants spot on Labor frontbench
Former communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy wants to return to Labor's frontbench, saying he's got a role to play in holding the coalition to account from opposition.
Source: ARN
Wed, 11th Sep 2013
iiNet services stutter under gateway issue
iiNet customers experienced both slow and inaccessible services due to issues with an internet gateway router throughout the day on Wednesday.
Source: iTnews Australia
Petitions and twibbons won't save the NBN
I admire the enthusiasm of people signing a petition to save the fibre-to-the-premises NBN, but it's unlikely to go anywhere.
Source: ZDNet Australia
One name every 3.5 sec on NBN petition
An internet petition set up by a Liberal-voting student to save Labor's national broadband network (NBN) has become Australia's largest ever online petition.
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co strangles myNBN
NBN Co has re-asserted itself as the sole source of rollout information on the national broadband network, pulling offline the remaining data sources used by myNBN.info and other sites to vet weekly progress of the project.
Source: iTnews Australia
SubPartners sets date for Perth-Singapore cable build
United States cable layer TE Subcom has won the contract to build SubPartners' APX-West Perth to Singapore circuit, the company announced overnight.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 10th Sep 2013
University student gets 95,000 signatures in petition to scrap Coalition's National Broadband Network plan
A 20-year-old Queensland university student is hoping to use the power of the internet to change the new Coalition Government's mind about the National Broadband Network.
Source: ABC News
91k issue plea to Abbott on NBN
Nearly 92,000 people have issued a plea to prime minister elect Tony Abbott to continue the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a fibre-to-the-home plan, instead of the Coalition's proposed fibre-to-the-node plan.
Source: Computerworld
Internode doubling Wi-Fi at WOMADelaide
Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Adelaide’s WOMADelaide 2014 festival, which will see it double its intended free Wi-Fi coverage for the four-day music festival.
Source: ARN
MyNetFone NBN hits Coffs Harbour with local leadership
Hosted voice and data communications services provider, MyNetFone, has rolled out its NBN-based phone and Internet services to residential and business customers in Coffs Harbour.
Source: ARN
Turnbull may tap Switkowski for NBN
The incoming communications minister has said that any NBN Co CEO appointment would need to be cleared by Cabinet.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra moves ahead with throttling trial
Telstra has kicked off a controversial network management trial in Victoria, eight months after the telco announced it would trial peer-to-peer throttling.
Source: Computerworld
The NSA can "spy on smartphones"
Aided by GCHQ, spy agency can download data from iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices.
Source: PC Authority
Three-strikes laws do not reduce online piracy: study
New research from Monash University has found "three strikes" or graduated response laws introduced to reduce internet-borne copyright infringement are by and large ineffective and do not steer users towards legitimate sources of content.
Source: iTnews Australia
'Traffic management' or throttling?
Telstra has implemented an ADSL speed restriction plan - a practice usually referred to as 'throttling' - in Victoria.
Source: iTWire
Mon, 09th Sep 2013
NBN contractors gain in post-election trading
ASX-listed NBN contractors have had a good first day of trading since the Coalition was elected to government, today beating the broader S&P/ASX200 index gain of 0.71 percent.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telecommunications carriers worried change of government may slow down NBN rollout
Telecommunications carriers are worried the election might slow down the rollout of the National Broadband Network, as the new Government negotiates with Telstra for access to the copper network.
Source: ABC News
Abbott government must make NBN top priority to meet roll-out targets
The incoming government must make the NBN its priority if it is to meet its ambitious roll-out timetable.
Source: ARN
Telstra CEO calls for quick NBN deal renegotiation
Telstra has given its strongest indication yet that it would like to see any changes to the AU$11 billion deal happen quickly.
Source: ZDNet Australia
What will the new NBN look like?
The Coalition's resounding victory in Saturday's election means a new look NBN. The move to FTTN has been widely discussed, but how important will it be in practice?
Source: iTWire