Broadband News
Thu, 23rd Sep 2010
vividwireless debuts WiMAX connected pocket WiFi access point
vividwireless, the operator of WiMAX networks in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has added a battery-powered multi-user WiFi device, the ViViFi, to its line up of access devices.
Source: iTWire
Little joy for Telstra investors
Telstra shares plunged to new lows yesterday amid uncertainty over its deal with NBN Co and a poor outlook for profit margins in a more competitive telecommunications industry.
Source: SMH
Wed, 22nd Sep 2010
Telstra reform: Pressure mounts on Turnbull
Pressure is growing on newly-appointed Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull to deal with the industry reform legislation that will enable the $9 billion Telstra structural separation deal to proceed.
Source: iTWire
NBN talks progressing: Telstra
Talks between Telstra and the federal government on the National Broadband Network are moving towards how an agreement will be implemented.
Source: Australian IT
Optus still thinking about NBN Tasmania offering
The nation's second-largest telco Optus has again stated it is still considering whether to provide retail fibre to the home services over the Tasmanian leg of the fledgling National Broadband Network, despite its biggest rival Telstra joining the party.
Source: Delimiter
Huawei squeezes 700Mbps from DSL
Huawei has showcased, in Hong Kong what it claims is the world's first technology able to deliver 700Mbps over copper pair phone lines.
Source: iTWire
BigPond emails still await delivery to some
While Telstra maintained that its BigPond services returned to normal late last week for most of its customers, that was little comfort to Ken Hargreaves who was still waiting on crucial e-mails that were lost during the ISP's four-day national outage.
Source: iTnews Australia
Telstra Ultimate USB modem
Though so much depends on where you use it, the Ultimate USB modem has the potential to be faster than a fixed-line ADSL connection and doesn't cost much more than any other Telstra wireless broadband modem.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Web guru joins attack on NBN
One of Australia's most successful dotcom entrepreneurs has branded the National Broadband Network a potential "$43 billion hi-tech babysitter".
Source: Australian IT
Tue, 21st Sep 2010
Our growth is blitzing iiNet, claims TPG
National broadband provider TPG today claimed it was signing up customers faster than any of its rivals, including fast-growing iiNet, as well as the nation's two major telcos Telstra and Optus, with the upstart telco on track to crack the half a million customer level by the end of September.
Source: Delimiter
NBN sums don't add up: Wotif founder
Wotif founder Graeme Wood has questioned the government's sums on the $43 billion NBN, saying the return on investment just doesn't add up.
Source: Australian IT
Telstra offers free NBN trial in Tasmania
The nation's largest telco Telstra has revealed plans to hold a three-month free trial of fibre to the home services over the fledgling National Broadband Network rollout in Tasmania, bringing the total number of ISPs to sign on in the state to five.
Source: Delimiter
TPG posts huge profit margin
TPG Telecom has reported a 216 per cent rise in full year profit after absorbing fellow telco Pipe Networks, but said it would have exceeded guidance anyway.
Source: ZDNet Australia
ACCC proposal 'threatens Telstra revenue, NBN deal'
The recent ACCC proposal to lower the price Telstra charges its rivals to access its copper network will hurt the telco's revenues.
Source: Australian IT
Mon, 20th Sep 2010
Fast broadband best served by market: UN
Malcolm Turnbull has seized on a UN report that urges a competitive, market-based approach to the development of highspeed broadband networks.
Source: Australian IT
Video: Virus scanners not probing IPv6
The chief scientist of a group responsible for providing a stable online infrastructure in Australia says the evolution in the internet's lingua franca is safer from web nasties than that in use today.
Source: iTnews Australia
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