Broadband News
Wed, 05th Jan 2011
Internode customers get NBN uplink win
ISP Internode has brought uplink speeds on broadband services delivered over Tasmania's NBN network up to the minimum national standards proposed in the NBN Co business case last month.
Source: iTnews Australia
Vodafone could be sued by over 9000 users
Around 9000 Vodafone users have registered their interest in suing the telco for call drop-outs and poor service according to law firm, Piper Alderman.
Source: ARN
We'll fix the network, promises Vodafone
Mobile telco VHA has pledged to implement a series of rolling upgrades this year to the network of its troubled Vodafone brand, following a series of outages and problems in 2010 that bought the company a tsunami of customer complaints.
Source: Delimiter
Tue, 04th Jan 2011
2010 Whirlpool survey focuses on the NBN
Australia's most controversial and perhaps largest internet forum has just opened the doors of its flagship annual survey, which will poll readers throughout January on their broadband purchasing habits and general opinion about the telecommunications market in general. And the focus in 2010? The National Broadband Network.
Source: Delimiter
NBN at risk from spies and hackers
The National Broadband Network could be vulnerable to attack unless it is backed by tougher counter-measures, says a cyber security report.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 03rd Jan 2011
Australian Broadband Survey 2010
The Australian Broadband Survey is now online, so consumers can once again have their say about the state of broadband in Australia.
Source: Whirlpool
Sun, 02nd Jan 2011
Lay off NBN smears, PM warns
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has leapt to the defence of two NBN Co executives, accusing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of playing smear politics.
Source: SMH
Gillard rubbishes Libs' NBN, Alcatel questions
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rubbished Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's questioning of the handling of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: ZDNet Australia
Sat, 01st Jan 2011
Gillard dismisses Abbott's NBN claims
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rubbished Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s questioning of the handling of the national broadband network (NBN).
Source: SMH
Coalition targets NBN over bribes scandal
The two top executives of the company rolling out the national broadband network have tried to distance themselves from an international corruption scandal that is engulfing their former employer, the French telco giant Alcatel.
Source: SMH
Fri, 31st Dec 2010
NBN advisers fined in US for paying bribes
Alcatel-lucent, the company providing key advice to the National Broadband Network, has been fined $137 million in the US.
Source: Australian IT
It's policy: Victoria rejects NBN opt-out
Victoria's new technology minister has confirmed the state's new Coalition Government does not support the introduction of Labor's preferred 'opt-out' model for the National Broadband Network, in a move that will force residents to actively choose to receive fibre infrastructure when the rollout hits their neighbourhood.
Source: Delimiter
NBN project a worry: John Colvin
The chief of the Australian Institute of Company Directors is particularly worried about the National Broadband Network.
Source: The Australian
NBN boss denies part in corruption scandal
Mike Quigley, the man Kevin Rudd appointed to head the national broadband network, denies being involved in a multimillion-dollar bribery scandal that occurred during his time as a top executive at the French telecommunications giant Alcatel.
Source: SMH
Thu, 30th Dec 2010
Behind the 'no' to Telstra's flat $30
It was an exciting, brash and colourful time in a complex and boring industry.
Source: SMH
Face to face: Vodafail's Brimo meets VHA chief
Over just a few short weeks his nascent website has become a focal point for customers angered by problems in the mobile networks of telco giant VHA, with his name has been splashed across Australia's mass media. Now Vodafail founder Adam Brimo has taken his complaints directly to the top of the corporate telco ladder.
Source: iTWire
Wed, 29th Dec 2010
Alcatel Lucent fined over bribes
French-based telecom equipment giant and NBN contractor Alcatel-Lucent has agreed to pay US$137 million in fines and penalties to settle US charges it paid bribes to win contracts in Latin America and Asia, officials said.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tue, 28th Dec 2010
NBN: politicians and their promises
The Federal Coalition, the opposition to the Federal Government, has had its Finance Spokesperson, Andrew Robb, make an excellent suggestion in relation to the NBN, but would he take it up himself?
Source: iTWire
Mon, 27th Dec 2010
Asbestos next big challenge for NBN
The company delivering the National Broadband Network could be forced to remove asbestos from trenches being dug for the project.
Source: Australian IT
Vodafone customers to sue in class action
It has already presided over one of the biggest PR disasters of the year and now Vodafone faces being sued by potentially thousands of its customers over poor network performance.
Source: SMH
Costly NBN will prove a super test
Would Julia Gillard and Stephen Conroy be willing to link their superannuation payouts to the performance of the National Broadband Network?
Source: Australian IT
Sun, 26th Dec 2010
2010: the year of the NBN
2010 was one of the biggest years on record for the telecommunications industry: The National Broadband Network (NBN) roll-out began, the project became much more political and we consequently had Australia's first election fought and won on broadband policy.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN promises already broken?
The NBN is coming... in 10 years, even longer than initially promised. Which promises will be broken next?
Source: iTWire
Thu, 23rd Dec 2010
ACCC suffers initial setback in TPG case
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been dealt in a blow in its lawsuit against national broadband provider TPG over the company's $29.99 'Unlimited' ADSL2+ plan, with the judge in the case denying the regulator's application to freeze TPG's advertisments until the case is finalised.
Source: Delimiter
Will Vodafone survive its network mess?
It is late in the month of October in the year 2008. And Sydney has just begun the long wind-down as it prepares for its traditionally glorious summer. But despite all the frivolity, Optus managing director of products and delivery Andrew Buay is not having fun.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Datacentre builds to follow NBN sites: IBM
David Yip, leader of IBM's Site and Facility Services arm, has predicted that first and second release site for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could bring with it new points of presence for datacentre vendors.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN: a sick, dirty and expensive joke played on Australians
Now that the wildly optimistic NBN figures are out, showing the NBN won’t be available to all Australians for almost a decade, we can safely say the NBN is a sick, dirty, political and very expensive joke. Thanks Senator Conroy!
Source: iTWire
Photos: Networking remote Australia
Telstra's network operations team share some snaps from the most remote corners of Australia as they construct fibre, wireless and satellite networks.
Source: iTnews Australia
Detour on Telstra road to NBN deal
Telstra has set itself an Australia Day deadline to finalise its $13.8 billion deal with the government.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 22nd Dec 2010
NBN: The dirty little secret of regional Australia
While NBN proponents tout wildly optimistic benefits that ubiquitous FttH will bring to regional Australia, the rhetoric falls way short of what will actually be delivered to bush dwellers. This is the claim of the head of at least one telecoms carrier, who says the lead time for rolling out the NBN to a large proportion of country Australia will be unacceptably long and will not happen at all in many cases.
Source: iTWire