Broadband News
Wed, 27th Jan 2010
iiNet stars as lone ranger in filter blackout protest
ISP iiNet has blacked out its website for 24 hours to protest the Government's filtering plans, a sole voice of protest from within the ISP community.
Source: iTnews Australia
iiNet v AFACT: Ruling fast-tracked to next week
The ruling on the landmark copyright case between Perth ISP, iiNet, and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) is expected to be handed down next week.
Source: ARN
Internet blackout 'only the first step'
The Great Australian Blackout is in full swing this week, with over 180,000 unique visitors to the site, 150,000 of which just in the last three days. But the organisers of the campaign are already looking to new protests.
Source: ZDNet Australia
LTE performance: bad news is good news
A blog post by Scandinavian research firm, Northstream reporting 'disappointing' performance after informal testing of the world's first commercial LTE network received wide publicity, but the firm has since watered down its criticisms.
Source: iTWire
Tue, 26th Jan 2010
Websites fade to black in censorship protest
Hundreds of websites joined an Australia Day "internet blackout" today to protest against the Government's web censorship agenda, but even the internet industry body believes it will do little to lessen the Government's resolve.
Source: SMH
Mon, 25th Jan 2010
IIA: Funding needed for ISPs to crack-down on unruly spammers
The Federal Government may be asked to fund an upcoming code requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to crack-down on spamming computers.
Source: Computerworld
Greens go black for internet filter protest
The Greens will join more than 500 other websites in fading their webpage to black in protest against the federal government's proposed internet filter.
Source: Australian IT
Australia Day internet blackout protests filtering
Electronic Frontiers Australia today announced that over 500 Australian websites will be "blacked out" in protest against the Rudd government's mandatory Internet filtering scheme.
Source: APC Magazine
Next G broadband price now below Broadband Guarantee threshold
As iTWire forecast last year, the latest round of price cuts to Telstra's Next G wireless broadband service has the potential to greatly reduce the number of Australian homes eligible for subsidised services under the Australian Broadband Guarantee.
Source: iTWire
Analysis: Why mobile broadband needs femto nets
A sophisticated ecosystem of femtocell home base stations will be required to achieve the next big leap in mobile broadband performance, according to wireless chipmaker Qualcomm.
Source: iTnews Australia
Call to cut net link on virus-hit computers
Computers infected with viruses could be "expelled" from the internet under a new industry code to control contaminated PCs.
Source: Australian IT
Sun, 24th Jan 2010
Australia leads world in time spent socially online
Facebook, Twitter and other social based internet systems saw massive increases in usage through 2009. Despite having some of the best weather for getting outside, Australians lead the world in spending time on social networks according to The Nielsen Company.
Source: iTWire
Sat, 23rd Jan 2010
Lundy plays good cop to Conroy's bad cop
Much has been made, both in December and recently, of a blog post by Labor Senate member Kate Lundy, a backbencher, in which she appears to differ with the party's policy on internet filtering.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 22nd Jan 2010
Could NBN leave Rudd Iridium-faced?
The NBN has never lacked critics arguing that it will be too expensive and will be irrelevant for millions of Australians already serviced through other means. Yet even as ACMA reports an explosion in wireless broadband, can we assume this growth dilutes the case for the NBN? Some have, but not all are convinced.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Nextgen to unveil blackspot offer by Feb
Nextgen Networks managing director Phil Sykes this week said the company would unveil product details for its "regional blackspots backhaul" network by February.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Senator Conroy defends Internet filtering and criticises Chinese censorship
Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has supported the American Foreign Secretary, Senator Hilary Clinton's criticism of China and other countries that censor the Internet.
Source: ARN
Pipeline strong for Pipe Networks
Pipe Networks was on track to turn over nearly $100 million this financial year following a strong result in its first half, it said.
Source: iTnews Australia
ISP, Internode, appoints Board member as CIO
National ISP, Internode, has appointed Frank Falco as its CIO after an 18-month on its Board.
Source: ARN
Alcatel-Lucent scores regional NBN deal
Mainland Australia's regional broadband traffic will be carried over Alcatel-Lucent's optical fibre network as part of a $250 million initiative to link blackspot areas to major centres.
Source: Computerworld
Thu, 21st Jan 2010
EFA's anti-filter campaign dumps No Clean Feed slogan
Electronic Frontiers Australia will relaunch its anti- internet filter campaign in two weeks to broaden its appeal among non-technical Australians, and will dump its No Clean Feed slogan in favour of a message with more mainstream appeal.
Source: iTWire
Is telecommunications a shonky business?
Last year the telecommunications industry set new records. Record complaints to the TIO. Record complaints from the ACCC. Why are telecommunications companies getting it wrong?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Internet heading for 'perfect storm'
Attacks on the cloud could cause major global outages and the service providers are now quietly worried at the potential for chaos, a survey of the sector has found.
Source: Computerworld
Broadband roadshow outlines products
NBN Co chief Mike Quigley fielded questions about finer details of the $43 billion government-backed broadband project.
Source: Australian IT
Wed, 20th Jan 2010
Telstra sits on Next G speed boost
Telstra has switched on a "dual-carrier technology" speed upgrade to its Next G mobile network, according to a staff member who outed the move on Twitter.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Carriers and ISPs fear rise in DDoS attacks in 2010
The number one problem facing carriers and their customers over the coming year will be botnet-driven distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to Arbor Networks' fifth annual security report.
Source: iTnews Australia
Tue, 19th Jan 2010
Primus Telecom considering mobile telephony spectrum bid
Primus Telecom could enter the mobile telephony market if the spectrum the federal government has identified as having potential commercial value goes under the hammer.
Source: The Australian
IPv4 addresses to be exhausted by 2012
Only 10 per cent of the entire IPv4 address range is still available and businesses need to start preparing for the switch to IPv6 within the next two years, according to the Number Resource Organisation (NRO).
Source: PC Authority
Internode releases battery-powered 3G
Internode has today announced it is selling the MiFi router - popular in America - that allows a 3G connection to be shared via WiFi to multiple computers.
Source: APC Magazine
Tasmanian Govt uses NBN to attract data centres
Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett has revealed plans to leverage the national broadband network architecture to become Australia's data centre hub.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co now looking for satellite providers
Nbn Co is looking to satellite network operators to provide capability statements for the satellite service requirements of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: Computerworld