Broadband News
Wed, 10th Aug 2011
Large ISPs face $2m penalty over service guarantees
Large internet service providers could face fines of up to $2 million if they do not meet performance benchmarks for customer connections, fault repair and appointments.
Source: iTnews Australia
Backlash forces NBN rebates
One-third of the revenues NBN Co had hoped to derive over the next 15 years from a controversial pricing structure will come under pressure.
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 09th Aug 2011
NBN Co calls truce in wholesale cost fight
NBN Co has reached a compromise in its public war on network connection costs by agreeing to rebate the first 150 Mbps of connectivity virtual circuit charges in the early stages of the build.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN listens to Hackett, cuts prices for now
After months of fierce criticism from Internode founder Simon Hackett, the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has rejigged its connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) charge, waiving the charge for usage under 150 megabits per second in areas where less than 30,000 premises have been passed.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Issues raised over NBN's role in disaster communications
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will play a minor role in providing communications in a major natural disaster due to its low levels of redundancy and availability, according to the country's fifth largest ISP, Internode.
Source: Computerworld
Gyppedsland: NBN's too hard basket meets 'install different'
The news that several towns in Gippsland will miss out on a piece of the moral broadband challenge of our generation is joined by the NBN Co shifting responsibility for getting consent to get the fibre connected from itself, to ISPs, although renters will still need the landlord's consent.
Source: iTWire
Telstra: 800MHz better for public safety than 700MHz
While emergency services organisations (ESOs) continue to fight for the 700MHz spectrum, Telstra has insisted the 800MHz spectrum is an even better substitute for a high-speed public safety mobile broadband network.
Source: ARN
Mon, 08th Aug 2011
Global recession fears to put pressure on NBN: Turnbull
Unstable global financial markets will put more pressure on the government to cut the cost of delivering its National Broadband Network (NBN), according to opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
Source: Computerworld
Police declares Govt's 800 MHz plan unviable
The Police Federation of Australia has stepped up criticism of a Government proposal to shunt a planned emergency services mobile network into the 800 MHz band, saying it could take "decades" to clear a suitable block.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tas schools, govt access NBN via Aurora
Tasmanian utility Aurora Energy has been picked to provide internet services to Tasmanian schools and government on the National Broadband Network (NBN), following a month of controversy over the deployment of internet in the region.
Source: ZDNet Australia
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Source: Computerworld
Telstra 4G to launch end-August
Telstra will begin selling USB modems for its 4G network from August 29 but refuses to nominate the speeds the new network will achieve.
Source: Australian IT
Fri, 05th Aug 2011
Internode rescinds forced plan changes
Internode managing director Simon Hackett has revoked recent plan changes after they largely affected the service provider's most loyal customers.
Source: iTnews Australia
Online tax ruling triggers a barrage
Retailers have slammed the Productivity Commission's recommendation to keep purchases from foreign internet sites tax-free.
Source: Australian IT
Conroy defends take-up of NBN service
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has defended the tiny numbers of NBN customers in the scheme's first inner-city trial area.
Source: Australian IT
Townsville ISP joins NBN mainland trials
Townsville-based ISP, On Q Communications, has joined the National Broadband Network (NBN) mainland trial.
Source: ARN
Thu, 04th Aug 2011
Internet already shaping Australian economy before NBN: Google's Leeder
Google Australia managing director, Nick Leeder, has a message for the nation: the Internet is already worth big bucks to the economy - $50 billion to be precise. And that's before the government even started digging trenches to house the NBN.
Source: ARN
Capacity no biggie for our wireless: NBN Co
As it is a fixed wireless network, the National Broadband Network (NBN) long-term evolution (LTE) deployment will not suffer the same capacity issues as regular mobile networks, according to NBN Co's chief technology officer Gary McClaren.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Brunswick renters posed NBN challenge
The inner-city Melbourne suburb of Brunswick has gone live on the National Broadband Network (NBN) today, but has been afflicted by a low sign-up rate due to the high number of renters and apartment buildings in the area.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Microsoft PR to lead NBN push
Microsoft stalwart Cathy Jamieson is leaving the software giant tomorrow to take up a new role running a nationwide public information campaign for NBN Co.
Source: iTWire
Turnbull offers good NBN alternative
Stephen Conroy says he is looking forward to seeing Malcolm Turnbull negotiate with Telstra over broadband with "an empty hand".
Source: Australian IT
NBN switches on in Brunswick -- but only 50 per cent sign up
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has finally made it to the big city, with the NBN this morning being switched on for the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. The First Release area includes around 2700 households, but only 52 per cent have signed on for a lead-in to the fibre network, NBN Co has revealed. Fourteen customers have so far been hooked up.
Source: Computerworld
Coalition plan rejects need for speed
A policy anchored on affordability and availability for taxpayers will form the Coalition's alternative to the National Broadband Network.
Source: Australian IT
NBN rolls into first metropolitan area: 14 customers connected
Nbn Co has switched on the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick with 14 customers on-board.
Source: ARN
NBN Co prepares for wireless tower backlash
NBN Co has startedan education campaign to curb potential opposition to new phone towers required in communities that will receive fixed wireless services.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 03rd Aug 2011
Conroy unveils first release sites for NBN's fixed wireless service
Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, today revealed the first regions that will receive the National Broadband Network's 12 megabits per second (12Mbps) fixed wireless service.
Source: Computerworld
Opposition promises 'comparable' broadband for bush
The federal opposition has vowed that all Australians living in the bush will have access to fast broadband at a price comparable to their city cousins under the coalition's alternative plan to the NBN.
Source: Computerworld
Internet to cost more with NBN: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has warned that Labor's National Broadband Network will needlessly push up internet prices and make life more difficult for struggling families.
Source: Australian IT
Turnbull challenged over NBN costing
Labor has challenged the opposition to release costings for its broadband policy after Malcolm Turnbull declared a Coalition government would retain completed parts of the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
NBN could revolutionise business: Conroy
Australia is lagging behind other developed countries in harnessing the internet for business and needs to catch up, the federal government says.
Source: ARN