Broadband News
Thu, 03rd Feb 2011
NBN Co mulls user-pays upgrade to fibre
NBN Co has flagged the potential for the "last 7 percent" of Australian premises slated to receive wireless or satellite services under the National Broadband Network plan an opportunity to "pay the difference" to upgrade to a fibre connection.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra, Optus, Vodafone assess Yasi damage
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have reported network outages in areas impacted by Tropical Cyclone Yasi as engineers move in to assess the damage caused by the category five storm.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone 'seriously impacted' by cyclone Yasi
Vodafone has been 'seriously impacted' by cyclone Yasi, with the telco releasing a statement indicating that voice and data services from Cairns to Bowen have been damaged.
Source: Computerworld
Townsville's NBN may need a rebuild
Large parts of the Townsville leg of the $36 billion National Broadband Network could be facing a major rebuild.
Source: Australian IT
Analysis: The legal means to cut net access
With internet services cut in Egypt as a desperate Government response to political unrest, the question has inevitably asked - "Could it happen here?" David Havyatt believes it can, but only if Australian democratic values were turned on their head.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 02nd Feb 2011
Miser Internode is hoarding IPv4 addresses
Internode is ready to battle what is expected to be a global shortage of Internet Protocol version 4 addresses during 2011.
Source: Delimiter
Forget piracy law until iiNet's over: Telstra
Telco giant Telstra has asked the government to keep potential reviews of policy surrounding copyright infringement off the table until a court case being heard on the matter is completed.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Cisco: Mobile traffic to hit 75 exabytes in 2015
By 2015 Cisco expects "petabytes" to be a measurement of the past, estimating mobile traffic to hit 6.3 exabytes a month or 75 exabytes a year.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN tops levy as legislative priority
The National Broadband Network has become the federal government's first legislative priority for the sitting year, ahead of its new flood levy laws
Source: Australian IT
Asia gets IPv4 breather
The Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) has received two large blocks of IPv4 addresses with another promised to it, giving businesses in the region that are in the midst of their IPv6 migration somewhat of a breather. However, this is mere respite and the agency is urging the internet community to heed its migration call.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Prepaid vs postpaid: There's more data per dollar on prepaid phone plans
Mobile data, the prized possession of any hard-core smartphone user, appears to have gotten cheaper on prepaid compared to the equivalent postpaid plans.
Source: PC Authority
Juniper changes course, accelerates IPv6 support
Juniper Networks is accelerating its plan to support IPv6 on its public-facing website and Web services, following criticism that the router maker was lagging rivals including Cisco Systems and Brocade Networks in this critical area.
Source: Computerworld
No more IPv4 addresses
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned two of the remaining blocks of IPv4 addresses - each containing 16.7 million addresses - to the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) on Tuesday, as predicted.
Source: ARN
IPv4's funeral expected to come Thursday
A press conference taking place on Thursday in Miami is expected to mark the last allocation of Internet Protocol, Version 4 addresses by the central authority that assigns them.
Source: ARN
Tue, 01st Feb 2011
NBN Bills top priority for first sitting week
Legislation surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a top priority for the parliament in its first sitting week next week, the Federal Government has indicated.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Fault downs Optus 3G in Melbourne
Melbourne has today become the second Australian capital city to encounter 3G issues on the Optus network, with 3G mobile data services affected until 1:30pm this afternoon.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Adelaide hit with Optus 3G outage
A software error left Optus customers in Adelaide's central business district (CBD) and metropolitan area without 3G internet and voice services this morning.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN cost benefit analysis would be real challenge, says IBES study
The Institute for the Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) at the University of Melbourne has holds out little prospect of a meaningful cost-benefit analysis of the National Broadband Network being possible.
Source: iTWire
Public support for NBN waning?
Public support for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could be on the wane with a new poll finding both Liberal/National and Labor voters favour the private sector, rather than the government, to deliver broadband services.
Source: Computerworld
Network admins field more DDoS attacks
Network operators faced larger and more frequent distributed denial of service attacks on their assets with at least one in three fielding over 10 attacks a month, according to Arbor Networks' worldwide infrastructure security report.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telcos count the cost of flood damage
Telstra and Optus have begun cleaning and repairing damage from Queensland's floods, but full restoration of infrastructure is weeks off.
Source: Australian IT
Asia gets US$430m submarine link
Japanese giant NTT will launch a US $430m undersea cable linking business hubs in East Asia in June 2012.
Source: iTnews Australia
Small ISPs make a dash for the door
Small ISPs are a dying breed, as many as 200 having disappeared last year, as fixed-line broadband reaches saturation levels.
Source: Australian IT
Poll: 28 per cent want NBN scrapped for Queensland floods
A poll conducted by Essential Research has found 28 per cent of voters questioned believe scrapping or postponing the National Broadband Network is the best way to help fund the Queensland flood recovery.
Source: ARN
Mon, 31st Jan 2011
Is a net blackout possible down under?
After internet connectivity in Egypt was reportedly severed for political reasons, what would it take to blackout network access in Australia?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Sign it, or we'll shout 'sign it!' again
Despite 18 months of "we're working on it", Telstra still has not signed off on the deal that will enable the NBN to proceed - even though nearly everybody recognises it's the right thing to do. Is David Thodey stalling in hopes of torpedoing the whole project? And if so, what exactly should Stephen Conroy do about it?
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co appoints head of marketing
NBN Co has appointed Hitachi Data Systems Australia and New Zealand senior marketing manager Tim Smith to head up marketing at the National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler.
Source: Computerworld
Sydney ferries get more free internet
The NSW Government will offer free wi-fi services on about 70 percent of the Sydney ferry fleet from today, giving 200,000 passengers up to 60MB of free quota a day.
Source: iTnews Australia
Hackett exits iiNet's Top Geek poll; appointed judge
Internode managing director Simon Hackett has made a graceful exit from a competition being held by rival broadband provider iiNet to find Australia's 'Top Geek', accepting an invitation to help judge the winner instead of potentially taking out the top prize himself.
Source: Delimiter
Speaking out: Exetel's view of telco issues
To describe Exetel chief John Linton as outspoken in the telecommunications industry would be an understatement. The chief of the telco that boasts 125,000 customers and 100 employees based in Australia and Sri Lanka was against the NBN even before it was cool.
Source: ZDNet Australia