Broadband News
Tue, 06th Oct 2009
AFACT claims 100K copyright breaches on iiNet
Investigators claim to have recorded almost 100,000 instances of iiNet users making available online unauthorised copies of films and TV programs from the film studio's catalogues, lawyers for the film industry said in court today.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN to drive jobs for remote Aussies: Conroy
The National Broadband Network would drive job opportunities in regional Australia and help remote indigenous communities participate in the mainstream economy, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told a conference in Geneva.
Source: iTWire
Telstra investors launch anti-separation campaign
The second largest shareholder in Telstra has kicked off a campaign to try and persuade the Federal Government to change its mind about forcing the telco to structurally separate.
Source: iTnews Australia
Internode says new cable link allows data boost, lowers costs
Internode says it's taking advantage of a reduction in data transfer costs afforded by the new fibre-optic link between Australia and the Pacific Island of Guam to boost data quotas and lower plan costs to its customers.
Source: iTWire
NBN Co gets CTO, network ops chief
The National Broadband Network Company has two further appointments to its senior executive team, a chief technology officer and a head of network operations.
Source: ZDNet Australia
New consortium helps Sanctuary Cove get NBN-ready
A new industry consortium will overlay a FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) network solution in Queensland’s Sanctuary Cove in preparation for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Source: ARN
AFACT v iiNet - The bell sounds for round one
10.15 am. Court Room 18C. Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registry. October 6, 2009. Mark it down. It may just be one of the most important dates in Australian ICT and copyright history.
Source: Computerworld
Aussie home broadband connections tip past the 50% mark
Despite one in every two Australian homes having a fixed broadband connection, we barely make it into the Top 20 list of countries with the highest penetration of home broadband.
Source: APC Magazine
Mon, 05th Oct 2009
Cable unlikely to cut net price
Experts are sharply divided as to whether consumers can expect cheaper broadband when Pipe Networks lights up its newly built Sydney-Guam cable later this week.
Source: Australian IT
Ban geostationary satellites from the NBN, says O3b
Greg Wyler, founder and CEO of future low earth orbit satellite operator, O3b Networks, will address the Senate Enquiry into the NBN to push his company's claims that the round trip delay inherent in geostationary satellite systems makes then unsuitable for providing broadband services to those Australians beyond the reach of the National Broadband Network's fibre.
Source: iTWire
Telstra payphones on hit list
Telstra has drawn up a hit list of payphones in Victoria it plans to scrap, breaking a vital link during emergencies in the bush.
Source: Australian IT
Bush ISPs face uncertain NBN future
Tiny wireless internet providers servicing the bush face an uncertain future as regional subsidy programs are cut and the NBN Company considers satellite options, the founder of pioneering rural outfit Yless4U Anthony Goonan says.
Source: iTWire
Australia-Japan Cable completes refinancing
Australia Japan Cable (AJC) - the 12,700km submarine link between Australia and Japan, says it has successfully completed its refinancing, assuring its viability into the future.
Source: iTWire
Fri, 02nd Oct 2009
Revealed: iiNet's film copyright defence
Next Tuesday, Perth ISP iiNet will throw the spotlight on the film industry, accusing it of being the primary copyright infringer in a Federal Court case to be heard in Sydney.
Source: iTnews Australia
The NBN - Flying blind?
The Australian Greens Senator for Western Australia, Scott Ludlam has questioned whether the Federal Government's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) plan is "flying blind".
Source: Computerworld
Blog: All about separation, or all about copper?
Labor's fibre-to-the-premises NBN was meant to be an act of freedom, a breaking-free from 100 years of copper infrastructure legacy and the start of something new. So why in the world are we still discussing Telstra's copper network?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Amcom on a shopping spree?
Amcom Telecommunications has put itself into a trading halt on the Australian Stock Exchange pending an announcement to be made on a proposed transaction.
Source: ZDNet Australia
AARNet peers with Akamai
Australia's academic research network (AARNet) has announced that it has unmetered access to all traffic hosted on the Akamai content delivery network for its clients in the university and research sectors.
Source: iTnews Australia
Quigley and Conroy at odds over NBN pricing
National Broadband Network Company CEO Mike Quigley has thrown cold water on a suggestion made by Senator Stephen Conroy that NBN Co should subsidise internet users in regional Australia.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co to buy telco assets
The National Broadband Network Company is talking to telcos about buying infrastructure to give the government's $43 billion project a leg up.
Source: Australian IT
Thu, 01st Oct 2009
Filtering works, Enex trial shows
Results of a federal government trial show that live ISP-level content filtering does not have a negative impact on network performance and can work in a real-time environment.
Source: Australian IT
Finance battered over Ergas' NBN cost-benefit analysis
A Department of Finance and Deregulation representative has questioned the quality of a "cost-benefit analysis" submitted to the NBN Senate Select Committee by economist Henry Ergas.
Source: iTnews Australia
ANZ bank invests in free Wi-Fi access
ANZ bank has partnered with CafeScreen to offer free Wi-Fi access at 100 Australian cafes, train stations and ferries until the end of January to advertise its new online banking site.
Source: iTnews Australia
Lobby group: Burying NBN cables may increase reliability and decrease health risks
The chairman of a national lobby group has told a Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) laying cables underground may increase reliability and decrease health risks.
Source: Computerworld
Blog: Has Conroy got the numbers for reforms?
Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Broadband will connect 20% of households worldwide this year, Gartner projects
Research firm Gartner is projecting that 20% of households worldwide will be connected to the Internet through a broadband connection by year-end.
Source: ARN
ACCC warns mobile operators against overstating wireless data rates
The ACCC has told mobile operators that they must not advertise data rates on wireless broadband services in excess of those generally achievable or likely to be achieved by consumers using the network.
Source: iTWire
British ISPs slam plans to cut off file sharers
The British Government's proposed plans to cut off illegal downloaders from the internet have been heavily criticised by internet service providers (ISPs).
Source: iTnews Australia
NBNco's Quigley to face Senate Committee today
The man at the helm of the company set up to rollout the Federal Government's ambitious National Broadband Network (NBN), Mike Quigley, is due to face the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network.
Source: Computerworld
Wed, 30th Sep 2009
AFACT retreat reveals ignorance: iiNet
A group of entertainment companies conducting a landmark copyright claim against iiNet has withdrawn part of its case against the ISP.
Source: Australian IT