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Broadband News
TransACT will unveil a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) gateway in Canberra on Tuesday in what it is describing as a “first of its kind in Australia”.
computerworld.com.au - 21 Nov 2009
Perth company iiNet is the first internet service provider to break cover and say it will move its customers on to the $43 billion national broadband network.
SMH - 20 Nov 2009
The Federal Government’s Internet filter trial was rife with controversy and as an ISP participant, Highway 1 was right in the thick of it. With the trial now over, Highway 1 general manager, Nicholas Power, spoke to ARN about the ISP’s current stance on an Internet clean feed, his 2010 predictions and the company’s opportunity for resellers.
ARNnet - 20 Nov 2009
Optus has made the surprise announcement that it is upgrading its HFC networks to as much as 100Mbps on the same day Telstra unveiled its own 100Mbps upgrades in Melbourne. Telstra’s service will be available to customers from December 1, with nearly 1 million homes able to access the 100Mbps downloads with a 2Mbps upstream connection.
commsday.com - 20 Nov 2009
Intentional or not, the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) appears to have subtly thrown its weight behind shadow communications minister, senator Nick Minchin's calls for the Federal Government to do a cost-benefit analysis of its National Broadband Network (NBN).
computerworld.com.au - 20 Nov 2009
Optus will trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology from next year. Let's hope it's better than their current 3G network.
APC Magazine - 20 Nov 2009
The legal arguments in the iiNet-AFACT case being heard in the Federal Court in Sydney echo those that saw the creation recent 'internet rights' reforms in the European Union – and both sides have been watching these developments with interest.
itwire.com - 19 Nov 2009
ISP iiNet would have to break the law to verify allegations of copyright infringement raised in notices from the film industry, the Federal Court heard today.
iTnews - 19 Nov 2009
Communications Alliance has released a paper proposing a definition for wholesale ethernet services to be provided by the National Broadband Network and other broadband infrastructures.
itwire.com - 19 Nov 2009
Attempts by AFACT investigators to incriminate iiNet of copyright infringement do not accurately reflect consumers and are therefore flawed, the ISP’s barrister, Richard Cobden SC, claimed in his closing address.
ARNnet - 19 Nov 2009
Telstra has completed the 100Mbit upgrade to their Melbourne cable network and are next planning to get 30Mbit speeds into the rest of the country; but first they'll need to dispel those endless NBN comparisons.
pcauthority.com.au - 19 Nov 2009
ISP iiNet should not have to accept the film industry’s “outsourcing” of rights management or deal with the fallout from passing on infringement notices, the Federal Court heard today.
iTnews - 19 Nov 2009
ISP iiNet was justified in sending the film industry’s copyright notices to Western Australian Police because it was “strongly arguable” the notices were evidence of copyright crimes committed by investigators, the Federal Court heard today.
iTnews - 19 Nov 2009
We spend an increasing amount of our lives online where traditional privacy protections fail to cover us. Now governments are getting set to exploit that, writes Mark Newton.
newmatilda.com - 19 Nov 2009

