Broadband News
Mon, 20th Sep 2010
Wireless Internet connections exceed fixed line
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its latest Internet Activity Report. It has included mobile handsets for the first time putting mobile connections well ahead of fixed.
Source: iTWire
Labor's NBN should learn from the Snowy Mountains Scheme: Turnbull
Opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has co-opted the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme to attack Labor on its own would-be iconic piece of infrastructure, the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld
Opposition broadband plan could be changed, says Pyne
Opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne has flagged that the Coalition may change its broadband policy.
Source: SMH
iiNet rules out multiple billing systems
iiNet planned will merge customers it bought from AAPT on one billing platform "in the long run", said its chief executive officer Michael Malone.
Source: iTnews Australia
Greens put Labor's NBN plan in doubt
Labor's plan to privatise its $43 billion National Broadband Network is in jeopardy.
Source: Australian IT
Sat, 18th Sep 2010
Call charges set to fall as Telstra price gouging revealed
The price of both fixed line telephone rentals and local calls are likely to fall under new pricing calculations that significantly undercut the price Telstra charges for access to its network.
Source: SMH
Fri, 17th Sep 2010
CSIRO plans week-long broadband event
The CSIRO 's ICT Centre is to stage - in Tasmania, the birthplace of Australia's FTTH network - a week long event designed to help Australia realise the full potential of the broadband future.
Source: iTWire
'Everything back to normal', says BigPond
Telstra's BigPond internet service provider is back online and "everything is back to normal", a spokesman said today.
Source: iTnews Australia
Aussie ISPs and telcos warned to overhaul consumer protection rules
Australian ISPs and telcos have been put on notice that they must lift customer service standards following a call from the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) that consumer protection rules be overhauled.
Source: Computerworld
NBN must avoid becoming 'failed state'
Service providers were obliged to defend their networks against security attacks but not to the point they became security police, Arbor Networks solution architect Roland Dobbins told an audience of ISPs today.
Source: iTnews Australia
The Broad picture: Why AAPT opposes the NBN
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has been the darling of the broadband industry since it was given a $43 billion dollar budget and the goal of being a wholesale-only network.
Source: ARN
We need fast broadband to compete: Swan
Australia won't be able to compete economically in years to come without a super fast broadband network, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
Source: Computerworld
Deal with the bush puts NBN further off
Julia Gillard's deal with the independents to prioritise connecting rural Australia to high-speed internet will delay the rollout of the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 16th Sep 2010
BigPond users 'frustrated' by severe email outage
Telstra's BigPond internet customers have suffered significant email outages this week with some still complaining they are unable to use their email accounts four days later.
Source: SMH
100Mbps internet's dirty little secret
Getting a 100Mbps internet service might seem like the Holy Grail, but is it all that it's cracked up to be? No, actually. But does that mean the NBN isn't worth building? Again, no.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internode cuts terabyte pricing by $30/month
Internode has cut the prices on its new terabyte broadband plans by $30 a month, bringing them into closer in line with what the national broadband provider's competitors are charging, although it will no longer offer the plans to customers using Optus' wholesale infrastructure as it had previously planned to.
Source: Delimiter
Pros advise on Optus 64Kbps 'supersonic'
The Federal Court in Sydney will next month hear experts determine if 64Kbps internet access can really be called "supersonic" broadband.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Conroy: Turnbull knows dial-up, not broadband
Newly appointed Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has experience in the dial-up business, not the broadband industry, according to Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Source: ARN
NBN plan makes 'heroic' assumptions: Turnbull
Government must urgently publish the financial model it used in developing its National Broadband Network plan so the assumptions on which it is based can be properly debated, newly-appointed Coalition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co reveals IT rollout progress
NBN Co has reported "massive progress" in its IT infrastructure rollout as it started work on the first of two data centres and embarked on a second wave of recruitment to support the deployment program.
Source: iTnews Australia
Wed, 15th Sep 2010
Conroy lashes Turnbull on NBN, Telstra bill
The Federal Government will push to get its stalled telecommunications reform bill passed this year, and says the Opposition will be held to account for any delays and cost escalations for the National Broadband Network if the legislation is held up.
Source: iTWire
Ericsson first with 21Mbps embedded HSPA modem
Ericsson has released what it says is the first embedded HSPA modem to support 21Mbps downstream bandwidth, and a new version of its 7.2Mbps product with half the power usage of its predecessor.
Source: iTWire
Wilkie, Oakeshott won't sway over NBN
Rob Oakeshott has lined up behind fellow independent Andrew Wilkie by ruling out the prospect of switching sides to support the Coalition over the NBN.
Source: Australian IT
Opposition trying to trash NBN: Gillard
The Opposition is trying to trash Labor's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative because they don't understand what it means to the economy, according to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
Source: Computerworld
Ludlam warns Turnbull: Don't be a "NBN wrecker"
Greens Communications Spokesman Scott Ludlam today welcomed Malcolm Turnbull's appointment as Shadow Communications Minister but warned the Liberal heavyweight against "wrecking" Labor's National Broadband Network project.
Source: Delimiter
IPv4 shortage dawning on ISPs
The difficulties of adopting the next-generation internet standard so far have outweighed its advantages, but one key part of the computing industry is showing signs of beginning the IPv6 transition in earnest: internet service providers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN: Abbott sets Turnbull on independents
Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, says one of Malcolm's roles as the new Shadow Communications Minister will be to expose problems with Labor's National Broadband Network project with the aim of wooing independent MPs back to the Coalition's camp.
Source: ARN
Tue, 14th Sep 2010
Election delay extends free NBN deadline
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) announced today that it will extend the deadline for those in first release sites to sign up to have their houses connected to the fibre network.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Widespread problems with Telstra BigPond
Telstra was experiencing widespread problems with user login and email on its BigPond internet and Foxtel cable services.
Source: PC Authority
Turnbull blasts NBN waste, internet filter
Freshly minted federal shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Federal Government over its NBN investment, likening it to the '90s subsea cable boom that led to a "massive destruction of wealth".
Source: iTnews Australia