Broadband News
Fri, 16th Jul 2010
NSW changes planning rules for NBN
The New South Wales Government has today made amendments to the state's planning regulations in order to fast-track the National Broadband Network (NBN) roll-out.
Source: ZDNet Australia
First Look: Should Telstra users get a T-Box?
You might have seen the TV advertisements for Telstra's new T-Box. We've completed a hands-on test, and here are our first impressions.
Source: PC Authority
Who has left NBN Co so far?
As the sun rises, so must it also set. Just as promotions inside the ranks of the National Broadband Network Company have taken place speedily over the past year since it was formed, so have departures.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Pacnet adds to mobile broadband choices
Pacnet is targeting business users with its new mobile broadband offering.
Source: iTWire
Adam Internet runs filter tests
Adam Internet has started running its own Internet filter tests.
Source: ARN
A win in the filter debate (for everybody)
There is nothing the Government said in its announced review of the Refused Classification category of the National Classification Scheme that makes its plan for a mandatory ISP level internet filter any less likely, should it win the election.
Source: iTWire
NBN 101 - Mobility: Friend of Foe?
We delve into the debate around whether mobility will be a threat to the national broadband network.
Source: Computerworld
Houses linked up in Tassie NBN: photos
ZDNet Australia has obtained some more photographs of the National Broadband Network roll-out taking place in Scottsdale, Tasmania.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Revealed: How 100 Mbps broadband will rock your world
Residents at Point Cook near Melbourne have stopped queuing large downloads and started bringing on-demand movies down the pipe in under 15 minutes after swapping "abysmal" ADSL1 connections for superfast broadband.
Source: iTnews Australia
Thu, 15th Jul 2010
Optus predicts spectrum bunfight
The fight over the future allocation of the 700MHz and 2.5GHz bands of spectrum will not be just limited to Telstra, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) and Optus, according to Optus products and delivery director Henry Calvert.
Source: ZDNet Australia
VIDEO - Optus: we're fixing our 3G network
An APC reader asked a probing question to Optus' engineering director today: when will you fix the 3G network? Here's a video of the answer.
Source: APC Magazine
Optus scores 50Mbps in Sydney LTE tests
Optus has achieved 50 megabits per second (Mbps) downlink and 20Mbps uplink speeds on its first Sydney trial of Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 14th Jul 2010
Telstra, Optus to rely on old filter trials
ISPs Telstra and Optus will use the results of filter trials conducted last year to inform engineers on how to satisfy a commitment to voluntarily block child abuse content.
Source: iTnews Australia
The good news on IPv4 address supply...
...is that they are expected to run out in exactly 12 months from today, on 14 July 2011. The bad news is a forecast exhaustion date only nine months hence.
Source: iTWire
Telstra spies Brunswick NBN build deal
Telstra has confirmed it is negotiating its first potential national broadband network (NBN) construction contract, covering passive fibre rollout in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
Source: iTnews Australia
ACMA gifts spectrum to Optus for 3G in regional and remote Australia
Optus has secured the rights to deploy 3G mobile services at 972 sites across regional and remote Australia from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Source: Computerworld
Builders of the National Broadband Network announced, including Telstra
NBN Co has announced the winning companies that will build mainland Australia's first four National Broadband Network sites.
Source: ARN
Telstra 'price squeeze' claims go to ACCC
Competitors have acted on concerns about new Telstra pricing, lodging a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over an alleged "price squeeze" between the incumbent's wholesale and retail margins.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Optus to release LTE assessment
Optus is to shortly release the results of its on-going Sydney Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless trials.
Source: Computerworld
Broadband 'critical' to future global development
Broadband networks are as vital to the world's economic and social future as transport, water or power, according to the United Nations-backed Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 13th Jul 2010
NBN Co to spend circa $1 billion on satellites
The NBN Co will spend up to $1 billion on two KA band satellites to deliver National Broadband Network (NBN) services to Australian households unable to access coverage via fibre or wireless.
Source: Computerworld
How would you vote on the internet filter?
Numerous major media outlets are running a poll today asking whether you will vote for a party that endorses the internet filter. Vote now!
Source: APC Magazine
Chance to seize the day on net filter
Australian ISPs have an opportunity to see off Labor's mandatory internet censorship laws, but their disunity could let it slip.
Source: Australian IT
Mandatory filtering should be dropped
If ISPs blocked child sexual abuse pages voluntarily, the government would not need to impose filtering, a child protection group says.
Source: Australian IT
yARN: Conroy's cleverest move yet on the filter
When the mandatory ISP filter got delayed last week, many detractors saw it as a big win for the anti-filter movement. But what seemed to some a humiliating back down is more likely to be a well-timed move by the Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Source: ARN
Mon, 12th Jul 2010
Filter response shows Conroy the way
On Friday, three of Australia's largest internet service providers (ISPs) simultaneously announced that they would filter some internet content from reaching their customers.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Do you support the Internet Filter?
In an attempt to gauge the real level of support for or against Sen. Conroy's Internet Filter proposal, a large number of IT media outlets are supporting a combined survey.
Source: iTWire
How the tech industry defused the internet filter
Howls of IT industry protest may have alerted the wider community to the Federal Government's plans to filter the internet, but it was diplomacy that secured the delay in its implementation.
Source: iTnews Australia
No opt-out for Optus, Telstra filter
Two of the three major broadband providers that have voluntarily signed up to block child abuse websites have confirmed today that customers would not be able to opt out of the providers' new filter, meaning customers may turn to smaller providers that have revealed they will not join the block in the immediate future.
Source: ZDNet Australia