Broadband News
Thu, 26th Nov 2009
IIA snubbed in iiNet case
The NSW Federal Court has told Australia's peak internet lobby group it won't be allowed to intervene in a landmark copyright trial against internet service provider iiNet.
Source: Australian IT
Conroy can relax as hot air obscures phone bill
The rising temperature over Capital Hill and the scheming, trading and emissions emanating from a Federal Opposition intent on destroying itself has helped obscure what was to be one of the most important parliamentary debates of the year.
Source: SMH
Wed, 25th Nov 2009
AFACT opposes IIA's intervention in iiNet case
A group of copyright holders suing Perth ISP iiNet for copyright infringement today opposed the IIA's application to intervene in the trial.
Source: Australian IT
AFACT fight costs iiNet $4 million
The legal stoush between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet will cost the ISP $4 million.
Source: ARN
Coroneos takes iiTrial heat
Internet Industry Association (IIA) chief Peter Coroneos faced heated questions in Federal Court yesterday over a "knockout blow" the IIA had planned for an increasingly prolific copyright movement.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Tassie fibre testers get free TiVo
Hybrid Television Services has announced a partnership with the Tasmanian Government to trial its TiVo device on the TasCOLT test-bed fibre network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Q&A: ISPs in 2010 - Unwired
With the revelation of the NBN, the potential break up of Telstra, the AFACT vs iiNet and ISP-level filtering trials, 2009 has shaped up as quite a year for ISPs. What could be in store in 2010? We ask some of the leading internet service providers. In this edition, Unwired's CEO David Spence.
Source: Computerworld
Tue, 24th Nov 2009
Day 21: IIA chief Peter Coroneos grilled on the stand in iiNet case
Internet Industry Association chief Peter Coroneos has fronted a fiery cross-examination in the Federal Court today, as representatives of the world's major film studios attempted to portray the IIA's application to enter the iiNet copyright case as providing "nothing new".
Source: iTnews Australia
Conroy readies fibre-for-greenfields draft
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will release within days the discussion draft of legislation that would mandate fibre connections for all greenfield sites, a key indicator for developers and infrastructure providers in making near-term investment decisions.
Source: iTWire
TransACT unveils 100 Mbps fibre exchange
TransACT has unveiled a fibre exchange facility that will provide connectivity of up to 100 Mbps to 16,000 premises in new housing estates in Canberra.
Source: iTnews Australia
Day 21: iiNet tackles the Telecommunications Act
Barristers for ISP iiNet have sought to dispel inferences by the film industry that the ISP’s Telecommunications Act defence is a recent invention - insisting that it was something iiNet staff had in mind when the internet service provider refused to take action on infringement notices.
Source: iTnews Australia
Organisations should prepare for the NBN now: Gartner
Enterprise network users must evaluate their attitudes, relationships and approaches to sourcing networking services in Australia, because of the radical NBN-fuelled changes emerging in the telecommunications environment.
Source: Computerworld
Day 21: iiNet attacks film industry's freezone claims
ISP iiNet attempted a systematic deconstruction of a number of arguments put forward by the film studios in the Federal Court today in an attempt to demonstrate authorisation of copyright infringement on the ISP's network.
Source: iTnews Australia
Day 21: iiNet sample users didn't take up quota offers
ISP iiNet's sample of 20 customer accounts surfaced in the copyright case showed there was "no correlation" between infringing activity and download quotas, the Federal Court heard today.
Source: iTnews Australia
ISPs gear up for Tasmanian NBN
Internode and iPrimus have flagged their involvement with the $43 billion National Broadband Network's (NBN's) initial rollout in Tasmania.
Source: ARN
Mon, 23rd Nov 2009
Ludlam: Telstra-split Bill unlikely in '09
The Bill that will decide whether Telstra remains vertically integrated is set for debate in parliament this Thursday, but Greens Senator Scott Ludlam doubts it will happen this year and blames Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin for it.
Source: ZDNet Australia
BigPond redirects typos to 'unethical' branded search page
Telstra has begun redirecting failed domain name lookups on its BigPond broadband network to a Telstra-branded search page which includes advertisements and pay-per-click links.
Source: iTnews Australia
Forget the NBN, 100Mbps is already here
Telstra and TransACT will shortly begin offering 100Mbps broadband to many customers. By moving early, the companies have not only raised the bar for Australia's broadband services, but thrown down a challenge to a government that now faces increased pressure to deliver the NBN as promised.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Local net content in line for review
The federal government has opened the door for regulation of local content on the internet after Minister for Broadband Stephen Conroy confirmed the government's intention to commence a review of convergent media regulation.
Source: Australian IT
Telstra reform may be delayed
The legislative dismemberment of Telstra could be delayed indefinitely unless the Senate can speed through debates on the party-dividing emissions trading scheme that comes before parliament this week.
Source: Australian IT
Sat, 21st Nov 2009
3 set to utilise Vodafone network
3 mobile customers look set to get expanded "on network" 2G coverage, thanks to the merger of the two telcos announced earlier this year.
Source: Whirlpool
TransACT to kick off FTTP gateway in the ACT
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'.
Source: Computerworld
iiNet first on national broadband network
The 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.
Source: SMH
Fri, 20th Nov 2009
Optus upgrades HFC too
Optus has finally put an end to speculation on whether it will follow Telstra's upgrade of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network, announcing that it has already started work on its cable in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Telstra CEO: iPhone tethering for Next G (finally) coming soon!
Better late than never, Telstra boss David Thodey says the carrier is working with Apple to enable Next G tethering on the iPhone.
Source: APC Magazine
Telstra builds $280m NSW education fibre network
Telstra will build a $280 million fibre network connecting all NSW schools and TAFE institutes with fast broadband services over the next four years.
Source: iTnews Australia
As Telstra sits on Next G, Optus starts 4G trials
Optus will trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology from next year. Let's hope it's better than their current 3G network.
Source: APC Magazine
Thu, 19th Nov 2009
Day 20: iiNet can't vet AFACT copyright allegations
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.
Source: iTnews Australia
Comms Alliance defines first NBN wholesale services
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.
Source: iTWire
Day 20: iiNet refuses to play police for film industry
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.
Source: iTnews Australia