Broadband News
Mon, 01st Aug 2011
1500% cost rise on NBN: Australia On Line
The head of internet service provider (ISP) Australia On Line has warned that smaller telcos will face up to 1500 per cent cost increases for infrastructure as a result of the competition regulator's decision to extend the National Broadband Network (NBN) to 121 points of interconnect.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telcos stop worrying, learn to love NBN
Once you look past the amazingly heated, persistent antagonism towards the NBN, things are far less troublesome than we have been led to believe.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vividwireless rolls over unused data
Internet service provider vividwireless has introduced rollover credits to its prepaid wireless broadband plans, allowing customers to keep unused quota indefinitely.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra commits to structural separation by 2018
Telstra has submitted its structural separation undertaking (SSU) and migration plan to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as the telco prepares to separate its wholesale and retail arms by July 1, 2018.
Source: ARN
Fri, 29th Jul 2011
Kiama prepares free NBN 'hubs'
Kiama Municipal Council is expected to be one of the first places in Australia to erect community 'hubs' with free access to the National Broadband Network in an attempt to educate locals on the possibilities it brings.
Source: iTnews Australia
Lower price pledge as NBN rolls out
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says internet prices will fall as major service providers begin offering services on the National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
NBN at 100Mbps more affordable than today's services: Quigley
NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley has hit back at critics of the perceived high prices for premium services of the National Broadband Network, saying it is much cheaper than any equivalent services on the market today.
Source: iTWire
Telstra competitors worried about access while NBN being built
The Competitive Carriers' Coalition (CCC), which represents Telstra's competitors in Australia, has hit out at the dominant carrier for not revealing its plans to structurally separate in preparation for the incoming National Broadband Network.
Source: iTWire
NBN bows to telco anger over agreements
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has tweaked its Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA) for retail service providers in its third release of the document, bowing to pressure over liability and blame issues.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN switched on in NSW
More than 2000 homes in Kiama, NSW will be connected to the National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 28th Jul 2011
NBN Co releases wholesale broadband agreement and draft access undertaking
NBN Co has released the third edition of its Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA) and a discussion paper providing an overview of its planned Special Access Undertaking (SAU).
Source: iTWire
Telstra execs promoted in anticipation of the NBN
Two Telstra executives will step into new roles later this year, as the telco gears up for the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
NBN Co boss Quigley slams misleading NBN hacking reports
The boss of NBN Co, Mike Quigley, has launched a broadside at news outlets who have published what he calls misleading stories about the recent hacking affair concerning NBN provider Platform Networks. NBN Co is concerned that reports have incorrectly portrayed the security breach as a vulnerability of the NBN itself.
Source: iTWire
Most enterprises will be on IPv6 by 2013: Survey
It professionals overwhelmingly say they want their companies to be leaders not laggards in IPv6 adoption, Network World survey finds.
Source: Computerworld
NBN provider one of many cyber breaches
Police have flagged more arrests over one of Australia's biggest online hacking attacks, which they say could escalate to companies overseas.
Source: Computerworld
NEC's Nextep rolls out regional DSLAMs
NEC Australia-owned network Nextep has announced it will deliver dozens of new DSLAMs across regional locations in Australia, following Nextgen Network's fibre roll-out as part of the Federal Government's Regional Backbone Blackspots program.
Source: ZDNet Australia
'IPv6 brokenness' problem appears fixed
The Internet's biggest content providers -- including Yahoo, Facebook and Google -- are reporting a significant decline in their measurements of "IPv6 brokenness," a term that describes end users with misconfigured systems that can't access websites supporting the next-generation Internet protocol called IPv6.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 27th Jul 2011
Hacker's 'threat to national infrastructure'
An alleged hacker could have pulled the plug on hundreds of thousands of internet users after infiltrating a major service provider linked to the National Broadband Network, police say.
Source: Australian IT
NBN reassures public over hacking threat
The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) has moved to reassure the public the network has not been affected by an alleged hacking of a service provider.
Source: Computerworld
"Evil" hacker exposes vulnerability of NBN providers
The arrest by the Australian Federal Police of a self taught 25 year old computer hacker for taking control of the network of Platform Networks, an ISP providing trial services on the NBN has exposed the frightening vulnerability of broadband providers.
Source: iTWire
Pacific Fibre signs iiNet as third anchor
New Zealand submarine cable venture Pacific Fibre has signed service provider iiNet as one of four foundation customers to use its 12,750-kilometre link to the US.
Source: iTnews Australia
Hacker accused of posing threat to NBN
A NSW man has been charged with hacking a National Broadband Network provider, allegedly putting the national infrastructure at risk.
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 26th Jul 2011
Industry code works best: Comms Alliance
An overhaul by the telecommunications industry of its consumer protection code has improved and will, with adjustments, improve customer service to the levels required by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), according to the Communications Alliance.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra lays out true cost of service plans
Telstra has started providing customers with a "summary of offer" document laying out the true cost of taking a new telecommunications service, with at least two more telcos set to follow suit.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to light up Kiama
NBN Co will hold a launch event to mark the first National Broadband Network (NBN) connection to households in Kiama, NSW.
Source: ARN
NBN: Unlimited downloads a "definite", says Dodo
Unlimited downloads and super fast fibre Internet? Let's hope this doesn't end in tears.
Source: PC Authority
Telstra shops for Next G wholesale support
Telstra has begun discussions with mobile reseller carriers in hopes of opening its Next G network for wholesale opportunities early next year.
Source: iTnews Australia
Mon, 25th Jul 2011
ABS warns of Census internet slowdown
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has warned internet service providers to expect a "considerable" spike in traffic around the 2011 population census next month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Exetel joins NBN pricing fray
Low-cost internet service provider Exetel has become the latest to reveal its planned prices for services over the National Broadband Network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Eftel, Dodo sign up for NBN
Eftel is on the road to becoming a wholesale aggregator for National Broadband Network (NBN) services, today announcing that it has signed a deal to take part in mainland trials with Dodo as its first wholesale customer.
Source: ZDNet Australia